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Bango Performing Insane Dunk

2010-04-27T12:17:00.000-07:00

Results For UFC 109

2010-02-06T21:34:00.000-08:00

Preliminary card

Heavyweight bout: Rolles Gracie vs. Joey Beltran
Beltran defeated Gracie via TKO (punches) at 1:31 of Round 2.

Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Tuchscherer defeated Hague via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28).

Light Heavyweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis
Davis defeated Stann via unanimous decision. This fight aired on the PPV broadcast following the Maia vs. Miller bout.

Lightweight bout: Phillipe Nover vs. Rob Emerson
Emerson defeated Nover via unanimous decision.

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres
Guillard defeated Torres via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Justin Buchholz
Danzig defeated Buchholz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Main card

Welterweight bout: Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
Serra defeated Trigg via KO (punches) at 2:23 of Round 1.

Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller
Maia defeated Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago
Thiago defeated Swick via submission (d'arce choke) at 1:54 of round 2.

Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
Sonnen defeated Marquardt via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Light Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman[1]
Couture defeats Coleman via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:09 of round 2.

UFC Undisputed

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Shaun White's Wipeout

2010-02-03T00:15:00.000-08:00

U.S. Olympian Shaun White shows off his injury following a wipeout at the X-Games.

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Jeff's Analysis of Norv Turner

2010-01-02T14:32:00.000-08:00

I found Jeff (sliderockmpc) analysis very astute and on the money regarding Norv Turner in a blog post titled "An Experiment - A Level Headed Assessment of Norv Turner"

Give him a read and tell me what you think, about Norv Turner and the Bolts.

Basketball Dunks: Best 100 of 2009

2010-01-01T08:53:00.000-08:00

Top 100 best dunks ever.

UFC 107 Results

2009-12-12T22:55:00.000-08:00

Preliminary Card

Welterweight bout: Kevin Burns vs. TJ Grant
Grant defeated Burns via TKO (strikes) at 4:57 of round 1.

Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Edgar Garcia
Johnson defeated Garcia via submission (triangle choke) at 4:03 of round 1.

Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Lucio Linhares
Palhares defeated Linhares via submission (heel hook) at 3:21 of round 2.

Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Ricardo Funch
Hendricks defeated Funch via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25).

Lightweight bout: Matt Wiman vs. Shane Nelson
Wiman defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Catchweight bout (195 lbs): Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia
Belcher defeated Gouveia via TKO (strikes) at 3:03 of round 1.

Main Card

Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello vs. Stefan Struve
Struve defeated Buentello via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28).

Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida
Florian defeated Guida via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:19 of round 2.

Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce
Fitch defeated Pierce via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo
Mir defeated Kongo via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 1:12 of round 1.

Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn (c) vs. Diego Sanchez
Penn defeated Sanchez via TKO (cut) at 2:37 of round 5 to retain the UFC Lightweight Championship.

Picture of the nasty cut on (WARNING GRAPHIC PIC) Diego Sanchez's forehead from BJ Penn head kick. (via @MMAKicks on Twitter).

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses.[7]

Fight of the Night: Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia
Knockout of the Night: TJ Grant
Submission of the Night: DaMarques Johnson

Muhammad Ali vs Cleveland Williams Video

2009-02-15T12:05:00.000-08:00

Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams 1966

Espn Ringside Muhammad Ali

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More Companies Sponsor Mixed Martial Arts

2009-01-21T14:26:00.000-08:00

NYTimes.com online recently posted an article titled Companies Warm to Sponsoring Mixed Martial Arts.

Even companies like MicroSoft are sponsoring MMA, as can be seen by this quote;

But when the referee raised Rashad Evans’s hand after a victory last September, Mr. Evans was not wearing a shirt bearing the logo of one of the sport’s niche apparel brands like Sprawl or Tapout. Instead, on his shirt appeared a mug shot of Bill Gates, taken after the future billionaire was arrested for a traffic violation in 1977.

Chargers vs Steelers

2009-01-11T17:37:00.000-08:00

I just finished watching the Charger vs Steelers game. And while I am sad that the Chargers did not win, I feel like they played a good game, but the Steelers were just the better team on this day.

The Chargers have made it to the playoffs over the last three seasons. I'm hoping they continue with that trend. I hope they come back next year and give us a better season.

Wingsuit Cliff Skimming Base Jumping

2009-01-09T14:39:00.000-08:00

When I first saw this video Wingsuit Clift Diving I was speachless. Words do not realy explain it, you just have to watch it. Let me know what you think in a comment.

If ever there was something that should be a sport.

Extreme Base Jumping in Wingsuits

Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers:
Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them,
Fell in Them, and Perfected Them

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Beckett Ultimate Collectors Guide: Dallas Cowboys (Ultimate Collectors Guide)

2008-11-18T05:00:00.000-08:00

Beckett Ultimate Collectors Guide:
Dallas Cowboys (Ultimate Collectors Guide)

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Warman's Sporting Collectibles: Identification and Price Guide (Encyclopedia of Antiques and Collectibles)

2008-11-17T11:38:00.000-08:00

Product Description - Collector interest in hunting and fishing-related collectibles is soaring with most earning between $50-$500, but the same duck decoy that sold for $300,000 in 1986, sold for $800,000 at auction in 2006.
Format combines essential identification and pricing details, with valuable instructional advice and tips you can use to assess and identify items.

This one-stop guide to a multitude of outdoors-related collectibles provides you with a big, bold and beautiful overview of this exciting hobby. With 1,200 superb color photos, extensive descriptions, current collector pricing, and chapters about fishing lures, reels, game calls, archery, advertising materials, shot shell boxes, licenses, and duck, trout and pheasant stamps, you will be hard pressed to find another guide with the same depth of information.

About the Author - Russell E. Lewis is well versed in outdoors-related collectibles. He is an avid decoy collector, archeologist, college professor, lawyer and author. He’s written books for Krause Publications on everything from fishing lures to duck decoys, and North American Indian artifacts to American farm collectibles.

Is Brock Lesnar the Real Thing?

2008-11-16T10:17:00.000-08:00

After his big win over former UFC champion Randy Couture, is there any doubt that Brock Lesnar is the real thing. I don't think so, but many sports journalist still have some questions.

In an article titled Despite impressive win, Lesnar still a work in progress by Franklin McNeil makes the point that there is some up and coming competition for Brock who are closer to his age and size.

The LA Times' Lance Pugmire reports in his article Brock Lesnar defeats Randy Couture that Lesnar likes playing the bad guy, kind of like he did when he was a World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.

While I think that Lesnar is for real and will be a force in the UFC for a while now, it will also be nice to see someone give him some competition.

Becoming the Natural:
My Life In and Out of the Cage

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Couture Lesnar Weigh in for UFC 91

Jim Brown on Ernie Davis

2008-09-30T05:00:00.000-07:00

Jim Brown on Ernie Davis

Jim Brown Stretched Canvas Print

Friedlander,...

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The Negro Baseball Leagues

2008-09-29T05:00:00.000-07:00

Blackball Art Print

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UFC Poster Set

2008-09-22T05:00:00.000-07:00

UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championship Poster Set

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Over The Top; The Redskins vs The Giants 1960

2008-09-18T05:00:00.000-07:00

Over The Top: The Redskins vs. The Giants, c.1960 Art Print

Riger, Robert

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NFL Team Valuations Slide Show

2008-09-17T22:49:00.000-07:00

Forbes.com has a very interesting article and slide show titled NFL Team Valuations.

Patriots QB Tom Brady Out for Season

2008-09-08T15:21:00.000-07:00

Patriots QB Brady Out for Season

Notes from the AP on YouTube; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is out for the season with a left knee injury that will require surgery. The 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player will be placed on injured reserve, the Patriots said Monday. (Sept. 8)

Dolphins Name Pennington Starter

2008-08-25T22:09:00.000-07:00

In the NY Times.com NFL roundup, they are reporting that Dolphins Name Pennington Their Starter.

Over the past two weeks, Chad Pennington convinced many of his new Miami Dolphins teammates that he was the club’s best quarterback option. On Monday, Dolphins Coach Tony Sparano made it official.

RIP Gene Upshaw

2008-08-22T02:26:00.000-07:00

Raiders React to Death of Gene Upshaw

Oakland Raider great Gene Upshaw

Notes from YouTube; NFL Players Association executive director and Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 63. Listen as former teammate and Raiders assistant coach Willie Brown talks about Upshaw and his accomplishments. (August 21)

Quotes: Tom Landry

2008-08-13T05:00:00.000-07:00

"When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn."

"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control."

"Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve."

"If you don't know if your shoes are tied, look at your shoes."

10 Funny NFL Videos or Don't Call Me Chris!

2008-08-11T14:30:00.000-07:00

Some of these had me laughing so hard It brought tears to my eyes.

Jim Vs. Jim/Chris!!

Joe Namath really likes Suzy Kolber

Bill Parcells:"you got sucked"

Meltdown Of The Year

Jimmy Johnson Rant

Jim Mora Playoffs ! ? Long Version

Dennis Green Flips

Herm Edwards- Greatest Coach Ever!

LJ Mocks Herm

Crazy NFL Coaches

National Football League Lore: The Ice Bowl

2008-08-08T18:42:00.000-07:00

The Ice Bowl was the 1967 National Football League Championship Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. It was the 35th championship game in NFL history.

At Lambeau Field, the temperature was reported at -13 degrees Fahrenheit (-25 °C). The NFL Films presentation of this event in which the playing surface was referred to as "the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field" has been the source of endless imitation and parody. The Packers won 21-17 on a Bart Starr Quarterback sneak.

From Wikipedia Ice Bowl Article;

One reason this game is so famous is because it featured numerous players who would later be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as well as the head coaches of both teams.

Cowboys future hall of famers in the game
Tex Schramm (GM)
Tom Landry (coach)
Bob Lilly (defensive lineman)
Mel Renfro (defensive back)
Rayfield Wright (offensive lineman)

Packers future hall of famers in the game
Vince Lombardi (coach)
Bart Starr (quarterback)
Forrest Gregg (offensive lineman)
Willie Wood (defensive back)
Willie Davis (defensive lineman)
Ray Nitschke (linebacker)
Henry Jordan (defensive lineman)

Super Bowl Champs Stumble on the Road

2008-08-07T20:44:00.000-07:00

Not that it matters.

In an article titled Eli struggles, Giants fall in preseason opener at Fox Sports.com the game between the New York Giants and Detroit Lions, which the Lions won 13 - 10, is described;

Manning, the Super Bowl MVP, struggled on his only two series in the preseason opener and the Giants lost to the Detroit Lions 13-10 on Thursday night. New York won its final 11 games away from Giants Stadium last season, including all four in the playoffs en route to the championship.

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Packers players fed up with the saga

2008-08-06T01:43:00.000-07:00

According to the Associated Press in an article titled Packers players fed up with Favre saga

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Fans chanting "Bring Back Brett!" distracted them during practice on Tuesday. Well before that, the constant media questions were wearing thin on them.

Green Bay Packers players have had it up to here with the Brett Favre saga. And as Favre Fatigue sets in, they're sending a clear message to the team's front office:

Solve it. Now.

Packers players fed up with Favre saga

Peyton Manning Missing Practice Due To Surgery

2008-07-29T10:14:00.000-07:00

According to Yahoo Sports;

Colts coach Tony Dungy says quarterback Peyton Manning is in Terre Haute but is being kept away from practice to prevent the risk of an infection in his healing left knee.

Manning had surgery to remove an infected bursa sac from the knee on July 14.

You can read the full report here Manning in town, but not at practice.

Latest News on Brett Favre

2008-07-28T14:59:00.000-07:00

The Rift Between Favre and the Packers

From Wikipedia;

Brett Lorenzo Favre (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/[1]) (born on October 10, 1969, in Gulfport, Mississippi, US) is an American football player who was the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1992 to 2007. Favre started at the quarterback position for The University of Southern Mississippi for four years before being selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons (33rd overall). After one season with the Falcons, Favre was traded to the Green Bay Packers on February 10, 1992 for the 19th pick in the 1992 NFL Draft. He became the Packers' starting quarterback in the fourth game of the 1992 NFL season, starting every game from then on until his retirement in 2008.

2007 NFL Highlights Video

2008-07-27T15:11:00.000-07:00

2007 NFL Highlights

David Letterman-Eli Manning-Part-1 Video

2008-07-26T15:16:00.000-07:00

David Letterman-Eli Manning-Part-1-Feb-6-2008

Tom Brady on SNL

2008-07-25T15:23:00.000-07:00

WHY TOM BRADY?!?!

The NFL; A Definition

2008-07-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

According to Wikipedia;

The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league in the world. It is an unincorporated association controlled by its members. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (the league changed the name to American Professional Football League in 1921 and then settled on its current name in 1922). The league currently consists of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions, divided evenly into two conferences — the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) — of four four-team divisions.

NFL Terms; Bye Week

2008-06-28T15:34:00.000-07:00

From Wikipedia;

In a typical use of the term "bye", the NFL rewards the two division winners from each of the two conferences which possess the best regular season record with a bye in the playoffs. This is necessitated by the current 12-team playoff structure. Eight is the next lowest power of 2, so four teams must be eliminated in the first week to get down to eight teams. The NFL is the only one of the "Big Four" North American sports leagues to offer playoff byes. (The NBA and NHL each allow 16 teams in their postseasons, while MLB allows 8, and since 8 and 16 are both powers of two, no teams receive byes.) The CFL also grants a bye to its two division winners, directly to the division finals as four other teams compete in a semi-final week.

San Diego Charger NFL Adult Steel Frame Chair

2008-06-15T15:49:00.000-07:00

You'll be the hit of the next tailgating event when you show up with this portable chair adorned with the logo and official colors of your favorite NFL team. This collapsible and lightweight chair is great for picnics and barbecues, being a spectator at a weekend soccer game, or cheering on your Steelers, Vikings, Redskins, Raiders, or whichever team rules on Sundays. Comfortable and durable, the chair includes a built-in cup holder for your favorite beverage while showing your loyal support for your favorite team.

The Dallas Cowboys Team History DVD

2008-06-02T15:41:00.000-07:00

Ushering in the Era of the Tuna in Dallas, there is a renewed interest in "America's Team", the Dallas Cowboys. This two-disc set celebrates the glorious history of the Dallas Cowboys, from the inception in 1960, through the first days in training camp 2003. Bonus disc is the 70 minute highlight program of the NFC Championship Game of 1992, in which Dallas beat the 49ers and kicked off its Super Bowl run of the 1990s - one of the greatest Cowboy games.

New Orleans Saints Tiffany Table Lamp

2008-06-01T15:49:00.000-07:00

NFL Terms; Super Bowl

2008-05-28T15:38:00.000-07:00

From Wikipedia;

In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday. Over the years it has become the most-watched U.S. television broadcast of the year, and has become likened to a de facto U.S. national holiday.[1] In addition, many popular singers and musicians have performed during the Super Bowl's pre-game and halftime ceremonies. Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest U.S. food consumption day, following Thanksgiving.[2]

The Super Bowl was first played on January 15, 1967 as part of an agreement between the NFL and its younger rival, the American Football League (AFL) in which each league's championship team would play each other in an "AFL-NFL World Championship Game". After the leagues merged in 1970, the Super Bowl became the NFL's championship game, played between the champions of the league's two conferences: the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

Since the NFL season extends into the New Year, the Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year it was held. For example, Super Bowl XLII, played in February 2008, was actually part of the 2007 season.