Two days late, no dollars short.
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. My day consisted of being around family, eating turkey, and watching football. The family stuff is fine except I feel 30 years younger than everyone (and in fact, am 30 years younger than everyone except my cousin, who smartly ducked out most of [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 28, 2008
Fact or Fiction (11/26)
November 27, 2008
MMA Thanksgiving
From this weeks Cardio Freak on 411Mania
Giving Thanks for MMA
Today is Thanksgiving. A day for giving thanks. A day to go to your relatives house against your will, spend hours with people who annoy you, know the best moment of the day will be eating turkey because that’s when no one talks, and try to [...]
November 24, 2008
NHL Week Preview (11/24 – 11/30)
In the course of two weeks, the NHL lost the top two netminders in the league. Martin Broduer, who will go down as the greatest goaltender ever, is out for months and now Roberto Luongo is out for months. Ask anyone in the NHL and they’ll tell you that you can’t win without goaltending. If [...]
November 20, 2008
UFC 91 Review
From this weeks Cardio Freak on 411Mania
UFC 91: “Pain Arrived” Review
If you didn’t see him after UFC 87, I’m sure you see him now. Then again how could miss that gigantic man in the first place?
Brock Lesnar caused the MMInternet to collapse just after midnight Saturday when he knocked down former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy [...]
November 19, 2008
Fact or Fiction 11/19
Now that I’ve taken over FoF duties at 411Mania, I’ve decided that every Wednesday I’m going to answer the FoF questions that I propose to my fellow writers. So this week we tackle Liddell/Couture 4, Lesnar’s chances against Nog or Mir, the impressiveness of Florian, and more.
November 18, 2008
Octagon vs. Ring
I don’t get too many emails asking me to address certain things in columns so when I do, I feel special. I’m always happy to answer emails from readers so don’t hesitate to send them. Here’s an email I received about the difference between the cage and the ring.
“It may not be [relevant] for you [...]
November 17, 2008
NHL Week Preview (11/17 – 11/23)
Jordan Staal has always been the red-headed step child in Pittsburgh. You know Crosby, you know Malkin, and you know Fluery. Staal has always been a good 3rd line center who is great at killing penalties. Staal had six points in three games this past week, five of them being goals. This years Penguins are [...]
November 13, 2008
UFC 91 Preview
From this weeks Cardio Freak
UFC 91: “This deserves to be named after the main event since the main event is Couture vs. Lesnar” Preview
Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar.
Did you ever think you would be saying that one year ago? Randy Couture had just resigned from the company as the Heavyweight champion while Brock Lesnar had [...]
November 10, 2008
NHL Week Preview (11/10 – 11/16)
A lot of journalists preview the week ahead in the NFL because most games take place on one day and it’s easy to keep track of on a week to week basis. While I enjoy football, I’m more of a hockey guy. Previewing the week ahead in the NFL is an easy out because if [...]
November 7, 2008
Changes in MMA
From this weeks Cardio Freak on 411Mania.com
“Enough is Enough and it’s Time for a Change”
In the weeks leading up to this past Tuesday’s Election Day, all I saw was a bunch of ads where the parties talked about what the other party does wrong and change. I’ll admit that I’m not a political buff and [...]
