Category: "Columns"

Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery Preview/Picks

Last week’s UFC 113 card was not kind to me. I still went above .500 but it was not my finest outing. I will make up for it in this card. A lot of these guys are not well known, and a lot will be after Saturday. You want to know which, don’t you? Of [...]

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In The Clinch – The Mis-education of Kimbo Slice

Kimbo losing? No big deal. He only has six professional fights under his belt. Kimbo losing because of the training he’s getting? That’s what we call a big problem. I know, American Top Team is one of the best places to train for mixed martial arts. I get that. But they have really dropped the [...]

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Award Stripping

As I reported yesterday, Houston Texans LB Brian Cushing could lose his Defensive Rookie of the Year award for testing positive for the performance enhancing drug human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG. This isn’t even a steroid it’s a female fertility drug, but is commonly used when coming off of a steroid cycle to get your [...]

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UFC 113: Shogun vs. Machida 2 Review/Thoughts

Not a great night of fight picking. I went a whopping 6-5 this time around. Still above .500 though, so still making money. That brings my overall record to 37-23. I will have that 11-0 card though, just you wait. As for the PPV, it was a pretty good card. Shogun is back and Paul [...]

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UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 Preview/Picks

And so it comes to pass. The rematch everyone has been waiting for, Machida vs Shogun 2. What’s with that poster? Kind of lame, but that’s neither here nor there. It seems like I’m in the minority that thinks Machida won the first matchup. While it was close, Shogun just didn’t do enough for me [...]

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Weekly Nickel: Top 5 bloodiest MMA fights

I was watching some past fights, brushing up on my MMA knowledge, and I came across Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga. Quite the matchup. A young up-and-comer versus a legend for the heavyweight championship belt. Most all people had Gonzaga favored, but Randy came out and dominated that fight and made Gabriel bleed all over [...]

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All-First Round teams for NBA Playoffs

Let’s keep this simple. I’ll list the All-First Round teams for each conference, along with a MVP for each. I’ll offer up a sentence or two making my case. Then, on the next page, I’ll show you my All-First Round Team comprised of both West and East players and explain why I picked Player West [...]

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Player Hating : LeBron James Edition

Let me first say that I do not actually hate LeBron James. I have no subjective agenda against him or the Cleveland Cavilers. Maybe I’m just a player hater, I’m totally ready to own that. King James! Who could have thought of a better moniker? The fact is most, if not all of the hype [...]

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