Early yesterday morning the world was all a Twitter with Favre news. It started with an executive huddle on the practice field in Mankato, MN where the Vikings hold training camp. Star Tribune beat writer Judd Zulgad said he was following the story as it started to develop the previous evening when unnamed players...
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We’re just a couple of weeks away from the new Madden NFL 11 by EA Sports (August 10th-expect little to no postings on that day). I had the opportunity to talk to a friend who got to play it first hand and he was ecstatic about it…and he hasn’t been like this about the Madden franchise in the past. Aside...
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ESPN came out with a report that studied all of violations at stadiums nationwide. After reading it, I’m making sandwiches and packing candy-bars the next time I go to the game. Excerpt: At 30 of the venues (28 percent), more than half of the concession stands or restaurants had been cited for at least...
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Sure a lot of athletes, especially pro wrestlers, are fans of mixed-martial arts. But do all of them have what it takes to actually compete? Probably not. But then again we have yet to be proven wrong with the likes of UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley dominating the competition. The next...
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THQ is readying the highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s first installment of the UFC Undisputed franchise with UFC Undisputed 2010, due out May 25th. As a motivator to get players active in their official online community, they are offering a free demo (XBox360 or PS3) to everyone that signs up. But they’re not...
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This Saturday night, the MMA promotion Strikeforce will take battle with a stacked card for free on CBS. Last November, their card was headlined by possibly the best fighter in the world in Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers. The rest of the card was impressive as well with Jake Shields defeating Jason Miller by...
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In a surprising announcement yesterday, the UFC announced (*TUF Spoiler Alert*) that the main event at UFC 115 in Vancuver in June will be “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz Rich “Ace” Franklin. The controversy surrounding this is due to the hype for The Ultimate Fighter 11, which inevitably would pit the 2 coaches (Liddell...
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The man-beast was on ESPN yesterday to talk about his love loathe for Mir and his thoughts on tonight’s fight between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin for the interim title. Tweet This Post
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Tags: Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin, UFC
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Tiger finally address his personal affairs on ESPN and apparently on something called the Golf Channel as well. (Really? A whole channel about golf? Is that really necessary?) Here’s the segment from the Today Show: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Some people may call it a lie,...
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With a wrestling hangover, the drinks keep coming as we first retweeted last night as it was announced that Stone Cold Steve Austin will be the special guest host on RAW next week. Which makes you wonder who else the WWE and TNA are going to bring in to try to boost ratings. Rock? Sid? Warrior?...
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