Len Bentley walks out of Brock Lesnar’s firm but relaxed tirade. He’s coaxed back in. Brock continues to chew out his team with the same tone and body language of someone discussing interior design, sitting back in a comfortable chair…
Monthly Archives: April 2011
MLSSoccer.com “Ramos Project” looks promising
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Quick impressions on an impressive beta version of MLSSoccer.com: – Outstanding: Bottom navigation featuring the latest two offerings of regular features such as Talking Tactics, Armchair Analyst, The Throw-In, etc. Finding regular features on the site has been difficult until…
2012 judo: No chops allowed
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Sorry, Austin Powers fans, there is no such thing as a “judo chop.” Judo is a grappling sport, with throws, takedowns and submissions from chokes or armbars. So it’s still a viable component of mixed martial arts, and a few…
2012 projections at the halfway point
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With gymnastics out of the way, I’ve projected 160 medal events, more than halfway to the end. Here’s how it stands so far:
2012 gymnastics: China takes show on the road
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Some sports (track and field, most forms of skiing) are big in the Olympics and have well-established international competitions through the year. Some sports wallow in obscurity, even at the Games. Then there’s gymnastics, one of the biggest sports in…
The Ultimate Fighter: Season 13, Episode 4: Underestimate this
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Team Lesnar’s remaining fighters are “The Four Horsemen”: Tony Ferguson, Chuck O’Neil, Clay Harvison and Charlie Rader. But Clay struggles in practice and says his head isn’t in it. Brock says Charlie also is lollygagging. Great Bull Durham shoutout. To…
2012 fencing: My name is Inigo Montoya …
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Another sport I covered in Beijing, and I can tell you first-hand that the action is a little faster than what you see in The Princess Bride, as marvelous as those sword-fighting scenes were. (Yes, fencers tend to be big…
2012 equestrian: Horse is a horse, of course
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Equestrian events tend to be the distant cousin at the Olympics. We’re talking “Hong Kong to Beijing” distant. That’s slightly better than 1956, when the equestrian events were held in Stockholm (yes, Sweden) while the other events were in Melbourne…