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tron7 has posted 2 links and 497 comments to SportsFilter and 1 thread and 136 comments to the Locker Room.
MMA Fantasy Draft If every fighter in the world was suddenly declared a free agent, what order would they be selected in?
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Shawne Merriman suspended for steroids. The four game suspension comes less than a week after the news of the Falcon's Matt Lehr and the Lion's Shaun Rogers receiving steroid suspensions.
posted on Oct 23, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
College junior self-declares for 2008 NBA draft. [via kottke.org] No skills? No agent? No problem.
posted to Basketball at 1:49 PM CDT
MMA Fantasy Draft If every fighter in the world was suddenly declared a free agent, what order would they be selected in?
posted to Boxing at 12:56 PM CDT
This is not a top ten pound-for-pound list; we’re going to pretend that through an act of god, every fighter in the world has been declared a free agent and that six different promotions have agreed to acquire the rights to each fighter through a universal draft.
Alot of what ifs but I think it's an interesting excercise in who are the most important fighters in terms of maketability and talent in the current MMA landscape.
posted at 1:00 PM CDT on April 21
Have we returned to the days of 'Gladiators'? The ice at Montreal's Bell Centre, home of the Canadiens, will be replaced tonight by an eight-sided, chain-link cage that will hold two incredibly fit men using an arsenal of fighting skills and raw violence to pummel the other into submission. Watching the men in the cage - their muscles clenched and red-faced with adrenalin - it is easy to see the comparison to the blood sport of ancient Rome.Mixed martial arts, and especially UFC, the largest purveyor of the sport, is moving from cult interest into the mainstream. Tickets to tonight's event sold out within a minute. CBS is to begin airing fights in prime time next month.
posted to Culture at 12:31 PM CDT
That article was troll bait to begin with, and posted to culture to boot. It's the same sensationalist anti-mma article you can find written in the weeks leading into or out of any UFC card.
I am a five-foot tall dance enthusiast. I like musicals. I do not like sports - not to watch, not to play.
I should write an article on musicals. Oh I don't like musicals, but I should write an article on why I dislike them. I'll give all the clichéd reasons too.
posted at 9:51 AM CDT on April 21
UFC Fighter Knocked Out in Eight Seconds In a Colorado ring thronging with his fans last night, Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Houston Alexander was knocked out by James Irvin in eight seconds, the shortest bout in the sport's history. "Houston Alexander has been utterly exposed," Michael Rome declared on the blog Bloody Elbow. (See the video.)
posted to Boxing at 8:05 AM CDT
I watched that fight and I think when they mean "exposed" they are referring to this guy having a couple very convincing vicotories to begin his UFC career, but many having doubts about his actual skills.
That's exactly what they are talking about. He came out of nowhere with a couple entertaining wins that more resembled bar brawls than mma matches. Cue the UFC hype machine and then cue the mma blog backlash when Houston gets more attention than better but more technical(less exciting) fighters. I think there is a bit of "I told ya so" in the Bloody Elbow comments.
posted at 12:02 PM CDT on April 3
I don't think Alexander has taken a backwards step in any of his UFC fights, he takes no time to gauge distance or feel the other guy out. Great strategy by Irvine to see that and come out with the superman punch. Irvine has some heavy hands too so I wasn't real surprised to see Alexander drop so quickly. It only takes one.
posted at 12:21 PM CDT on April 3
Would it lose irony if it were in an NFL thread?
posted at 1:14 PM CDT on April 4
Ultimate Fighting Robs The Cradle Want to watch 6-year-olds in the Octagon? Welcome to Missouri, apparently the only state in the union that allows "youth fighting." Says one parent, "We're not training them for dog fighting...I'd rather have my kids here than out on the streets."
posted to Culture at 5:46 AM CDT
The sport, which is also known as mixed martial arts or cage fighting, has already spread far beyond cable television.
Damn, the UFC has done a fine job of marketing.
posted at 11:06 AM CDT on March 28
I think the rules(no elbows, no ground and pound), pads, and short rounds should do a good job of limiting injuries. It's still going to be dangerous but I don't see it being more dangerous than youth football.
posted at 11:49 AM CDT on March 28
claiming to be an official 57th degree grandmaster of Bullshi-do
Who is Dana White.
Alex: Correct
I'll take S-words for a thousand
posted at 12:35 PM CDT on March 31
Critics Go Ape Over LeBron James Magazine Cover A picture of NBA star LeBron James and the model Gisele on the cover of April's Vogue is attracting controversy over their pose. The shot taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz has been compared by some detractors to King Kong holding Fay Wray. ESPN.Com columnist Jemele Hill called it "memorable for all the wrong reasons." The photo is remarkably similar to "Destroy This Mad Brute," a famous World War I recruitment poster.
posted to Basketball at 10:16 AM CDT
Realize, however, if a white television announcer was to refer to LeBron as a "monkey" or a "big ape" they'd be fired immediately.
But if they called him King Kong after blocking a shot I'm not sure there would be much of a fuss. I think Kong has transcended apedom... or maybe not based on the reaction this shot is getting.
posted at 12:26 PM CDT on March 28
posted to Basketball at 5:27 PM CDT
Wow. Those grapes are so sour. KG is the only good thing that has ever happened to the T'wolves you'd think the owner would show a little more respect even if he's gone now.
As for the tanking, I don't really care. 50+ losses and a chance at DurOden is enough to make anyone's quad hurt. I was openly rooting against my bucks last year at about this time and I'm not sure why Davis would want ping pong ball stealing victories so badly.
posted at 6:25 PM CDT on March 18
Attn: News Media
Re: Trolls
Don't feed them.
But... that's their job. You can't fill 24 hours a day on sports talk radio without building up some controversy here and there. It's not every day that an owner calls out a franchises only star in it's history for "tanking".
posted at 11:01 AM CDT on March 19
Union to examine why Bonds has no offers The lack of offers to Barry Bonds will be examined by the baseball players' association as part of its annual review of the free-agent market. Less than two weeks before opening day, the 43-year-old home run king remains unsigned.
posted to Baseball at 4:21 PM CDT
I would LOVE to have Barry Bonds playing left field/dh for my favourite team
Seconded. Put him in between Braun and Fielder in the lineup. Scary. What would be scarier though would be the defense the Brewers would then get to trot out there.
posted at 11:15 AM CDT on March 19
Brett Favre Retires Brett Favre has told the Packers and coach Mike McCarthy Tuesday morning he's planning on retiring after 17 seasons.
posted to Football at 9:07 AM CDT
Being in Wisconsin for this is a bit like being surrounded by Maddens. It's as scary as it sounds. I can't talk to anybody about sports without them gushing to me about how much they'll miss Brett and how much he meant to them, often punctuated with how well they think Rodgers will do. It was cute at first but I'm growing weary of it.
/not really a Packer fan, though I liked watching Brett.
posted at 6:19 PM CDT on March 6
Having a bad day, Chargdres?
An interview with Ball Don't Lie.
BDL: What aspect of your game needs the most work?
Feinstein: The basketball part.