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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
UFC 153 takes place this Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In one of the most unbalanced main events, Anderson Silva will take on Stephan Bonnar in a light heavyweight bout.
Silva, for the last four or five years has been considered the best MMA has to offer. He has compiled a professional record of 32-4 and hasn't lost a fight since 2006. Even then, that was due to an illegal kick in the ... Read More
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Another fantastic Major League Baseball season is winding down. It always amazes me that playoff spots come down to the last couple games of the year after a full 162 game season.
While we gear up for the playoffs, here are my projections for the end of season awards (stats are through 9/30):
American League
MVP: Miguel Cabrera - Tigers (.325 ... Read More
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 06:20 PM.
The NFL has yet another Thursday night game tonight and for many of us the increase in frequency of Thursday games has been welcomed.
Tonight's game will mark the third of 13 regular season Thursday games scheduled for the 2012 season. In comparison, there had been an average of eight Thursday games between the 2006 and 2011 seasons. Ratings have been good, and if the increase in Thursday ... Read More
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 02:03 AM.
Now that we are three weeks through the NFL season, we can start to take a look at which top fantasy draft picks are making their owners contemplate trading them before they lose their value.
Some players are off to horrific starts but we all know they are going to turn it around and have a great season. For other players, they may never recover and as an owner ... Read More
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 03:56 AM.
I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable person. I'm not smarter than you or the person sitting next to you, but I can comprehend just about anything.
Except for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
How can a professional baseball team with a lineup such as the one the Dodgers have put together have trouble scoring runs and winning games?
I tried looking at the angle of the pitching ... Read More
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The NHL officially canceled all preseason games for the month of September and could soon decide to forgo the entire exhibition slate if a deal between the players and the owners is not agreed upon.
As of this writing not only are both sides nowhere near an agreement, there doesn't appear to be a sense of urgency from either side. Unlike the NFL and NBA lockout deadlines, this one pretty ... Read More
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Photo Credit: Rich Barnes, US PRESSWIRE
I've finally emerged from the depths of my USC hangover.
Not because I overindulged in whatever beer the local dive bar was promoting, but rather due to the fact that the USC Trojans sucker punched their fans once again.
It's crazy how games just don't feel right sometimes. A few years back ... Read More
Thursday, September 13, 2012
My earliest childhood memories include a white horse named Traveler, the colors cardinal and gold, and the sound of a fight song that bugs the heck out of everyone who is not a USC Trojan fan.
I've lived through the best and worst of times -- at least as long as I've been alive. I've dealt with the Larry Smith, John Robinson (Part II), Paul Hackett era. If you ever want to know how ... Read More
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 04:44 PM.
“We will now get the call from the retired insurance salesman from Des Moines, Iowa.”
I heard Al Michaels use that introduction for the head referee in Sunday night’s game between the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers. This was, of course, when the referee’s conferred with each other for what seemed like ten minutes to make sure the ball was being placed in the right spot. ... Read More
Friday, September 7, 2012
When you think back to your favorite moments attending an NFL game, chances are many of those good vibes include something surrounding a tailgate party.
A tailgate party can be something as simple as you and one other person sitting in a lawn chair in the stadium parking lot sharing a drink while something sizzles on the barbecue. Or, it can be an all day event where a group of people show ... Read More
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 05:46 PM.
What a difference a year makes.
A year ago the Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t have any real expectations. The franchise was the laughingstock of Major League Baseball and fans were staying away from Dodger Stadium in droves. Every now and then we hear a little rumbling about a campaign to keep fans away from attending games to get back at ownership, but this was the first time where I actually saw it ... Read More
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The landscape of America is constantly changing. Families start to lose their traditions as the kids get older, while starting new ones of their own. As a country we now seem to be quick to judge and protest instead of adhering to “innocent until proven guilty”. Heck, even country music and hockey in Los Angeles have made substantial gains over the last decade. This is just a snippet of the kind of things we ... Read More
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Photo Credit: ESPN
The wave of momentum regarding the possibility of bringing Adrian Gonzalez to the Los Angeles Dodgers started to become more of a reality as Friday continued.
Forget about Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, and Nick Punto. Dodger fans are about to get the elite first baseman they've been clamoring for ever since they realized James Loney really is a .250 hitter with very little ... Read More
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Dana White has just announced on a media call that UFC 151 has been canceled. Dan Henderson suffered a partial tear of his MCL. Ariel Helwani, who was on the conference call said the fight was then offered to Chael Sonnen.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Photo Credit: ESPN
One minute and four seconds.
That is the average fight length for Ronda Rousey in her nine MMA fights -- all victories. Her six professional fights have ended in the first round at the marks of 0:54, 4:27, 0:39, 0:25 (twice), and 0:49. In the amateur ranks she finished her opponents in 0:24, 0:57, and 0:23.
Each of her fights have ended via armbar.
If you've had ... Read More
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