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Friday, January 4, 2013
There is not one MMA fan that follows the sport closely that does not know Ronda Rousey became the first female mixed martial artist to sign with the UFC.
If I just broke the news to you, then you should also know Brock Lesnar is back in the WWE, Anderson Silva is on a bit of a winning streak and Chael Sonnen will soon be fighting Jon Jones.
Women's MMA surged in 2012 with the help of Rousey, but also ... Read More
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Around six months ago I and a few others began writing on a full-time basis for Operation Sports. The goal has been to provide the great Operation Sports community with insights and analysis that are a little different and hopefully a tad more interesting than the run-of-the-mill stuff you read on other sites.
I've had some great debates and conversations with many of you touching upon ... Read More
Thursday, December 20, 2012
This year has not been a great year for me -- as far as sports are concerned.
The USC Trojans entered the season as the preseason number one team only to spend the last week in December gearing up for the 6-7 Georgia Teach Yellow Jackets, whom they will face in the Sun Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Not to mention the pain I'm still feeling with them losing to both UCLA and Notre Dame in the same ... Read More
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
I often read and hear about players "back in the day" that bled the colors of their team. Every sport has great rivalries on paper, but do the players really care about them anymore?
I've longed thought about this topic, but the recent news of Kevin Youkilis signing with the Yankees brought it to the forefront for me again.
Sure, Youkilis isn't the best of examples. The long time Boston ... Read More
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Another year and another "Sportsman of the Year" award has been given out by Sports Illustrated. The recipient of this years award is LeBron James.
According to the official definition of the award, it is presented to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement."
So, in the ... Read More
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Typically I'll throw some stats your way and analyze why something is going good or bad, but this is simply a somber question. Will we ever get hockey back?
At first it was another labor dispute. As fans, we've all been through it before, but even the most pessimistic of fans didn’t think we’d repeat history and lose an entire NHL season. Of ... Read More
Friday, November 30, 2012
Three seasons ago the Memphis Grizzlies finished their regular season campaign with a 24-58 record. During that season they had three head coaches (Marc Iavaroni, Johnny Davis, and Lionel Hollins). The franchise was the model of inconsistency. They were essentially turning into a Midwest version of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Surprisingly it is Lionel ... Read More
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
What's a Laker season without a bit...err...ton of drama?
Mike D'Antoni was hired as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers once the team struggled out of the gates to a 1-4 start. As much as I like the optimism and character of Mike Brown, it was painfully obvious Brown and his Princeton Offense was not ... Read More
Monday, November 19, 2012
By now you may have heard about the situation involving Royce White and the Houston Rockets.
Houston drafted White with the 16th pick in the most recent NBA draft. White has an extreme anxiety disorder which prevents him from flying with the team.
White's anxiety disorder was a cause for concern from other ... Read More
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Apparently fans in Los Angeles don't have memories that go as far back as May 8, 2011. If you recall, the Lakers had just been swept out of the Western Conference Semifinals by the Dallas Mavericks. Fans new the end had come to Phil Jackson's tenure and not only did they accept it, the city was looking forward to a change.
The team had become stagnant. Player's weren't playing with intensity, ... Read More
Thursday, November 8, 2012
It has taken a few days, but I'm finally crawling out from under my USC hangover from over the weekend. The white blurs that I see every time I close my eyes are less frequent, and I think I'm ready to watch the Trojans take on Arizona State this weekend...I think.
The Trojans defense, headed up by Monte Kiffin, is ranked 65th in the FBS. I'm not even sure if they were that bad during the Paul Hackett ... Read More
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The Los Angeles Lakers are really scary -- and not in a good way. What many people considered to be some sort of "Dream Team" are now 0-2 and some irrational fans are starting to believe there may have been more meaning to the winless preseason after all.
Things don't get any easier for the Lakers when they take on their hallway rival Los Angeles Clippers. ... Read More
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 08:15 PM.
Tim Tebow has been named by his peers as the most overrated player in the NFL. This is according to a poll conducted and released by Sports Illustrated.
I have a problem with this. Mainly due to the fact that I don’t know anybody who is “overrating” him. Do you?
If the poll question was, “Most Undeserving Media Star” or “Most Mechanically ... Read More
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
One week from today the chaos starts all over again for NBA fans. Being a fan of most teams in the NBA doesn’t hold the same optimism as it does in other leagues such as the NFL, NHL, and MLB. If you’re a fan of the Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Bobcats, or Cleveland Cavaliers then you know that you have no shot of seeing your team hoist a championship trophy this year.
It’s a buzzkill to start any ... Read More
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Get your mind out of the gutter.
As a San Diego Charger fan, I was doing cartwheels at the end of the first half of their game against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football.
The Bolts were up 24-0 and my Charger flag was blowing proudly in the wind off of my front porch. Oddly enough, I have two neighbors who are Broncos fans and they live on either side of me. I was planning ... Read More
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