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Fighters Sue The UFC, Alleging Massive Violations Of Federal Law
A group of mixed martial arts fighters held a press conference today to announce that they had filed an antitrust suit against the UFC, alleging that fighters "are paid a fraction of what they would earn in a competitive marketplace." The suit, filed by fighters Nate Quarry, Cung Le, and Jon Fitch...
UFC Gets A Reebok Deal, Possibly No Longer Aesthetically Destitute
The UFC just got in bed with Reebok, and in doing so, threw out a load of its old sponsors. It's the sort deal a grown-up company makes, and also the sort of deal that reminds you that the UFC has some growing up left to do....
Amateur MMA Fighter Attempts Showtime Kick, Fails Gloriously
If you've ever seen an amateur MMA event, you know that they're filled with men and women who dare to attempt the impossible. At a Warrior Camp's event held just outside Spokane, Wash., on Friday, one man showed off just how impossible as part of an incredible exhibition highlighted by the above att...
High School Team's Game-Winning Drive Kept Alive By Immaculate Reception
This happened last Friday in a playoff game between Louisville Central and Corbin High in Louisville, Ky. Louisville Central beat Corbin 36-33 thanks to two fourth-quarter touchdowns, the second of which was precipitated by this insanely fortunate catch. This may not quite live up to the original Im...
Emmanuel Sanders Partied In Heaven With All The Ladies
After getting absolutely crushed on a scary play during Sunday's game against the Rams, Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders fell victim to a Wikipedia prankster who edited the page to say that Sanders had died. The wideout caught wind of this, and he responded with a well-struck "Hi haters."...
Report: Kickboxer Died After Bout Due To Cheap Promoter, Inept Doctors
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel went long this weekend on the death of Dennis Munson, a 24-year-old kickboxer who in March collapsed in the ring following his first amateur bout and died hours later. It's a harrowing read that catalogues a litany of errors that started well before the fight and ...
The Broncos Had Themselves A Really Bad Day
The following things happened to the Denver Broncos today:...
Emmanuel Sanders Leaves Game After Brutal Hit From Rodney McLeod
Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders is being evaluated for a concussion after taking this extremely violent hit from the Rams' Rodney McLeod....
700 Year Old Tito Ortiz Flips Off Stephan Bonnar
Some things never change....
UFC Card Features Gruesome Exploding Ear, Dude Maybe Shitting Himself
Leslie Smith fought on the prelims of tonight's UFC card in Mexico, and she is inhumanly tough. After a shot from contender Jessica Eye came damn close to entirely shearing her ear off, referee Herb Dean immediately called in the ringside doctors, who called the fight off only to be met with vigorou...
ESPN Hires "The UFC's Skip Bayless" As MMA Analyst
Disgraced former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen—who has retired and is banned from fighting by the Nevada Athletic Commission until mid-2016 because of two failed drug tests (which also cost him his job as a UFC broadcaster for Fox Sports)—is joining ESPN as an MMA analyst, the AP reported Tuesday. ESPN s...
Adam LaRoche Kills A Giant Elk; Dan Haren Is Bummed About It
Free-agent first baseman Adam LaRoche is an avid hunter, and earlier today he posted a photo of a giant-ass elk that he shot on his Twitter account. That's a really fucking big elk, and the fact that it's dead has LaRoche's former Nationals teammate, Dan Haren, feelin' a little blue....
What The Most Infamous NBA Heckler Learned From His Friend Muhammad Ali
He had a role model. The most obnoxious spectator in sports history says he was inspired by the most beloved athlete of all time....
25 Dope Pictures Of Muhammad Ali
Over at the ever-amazing Kottke, I found a link to this cool post at the Guardian. ...
I Watched A Journeyman Fighter Get His Ass Beat In A Cage In St. Louis
From Thrown, Kerry Howley's new, great book on mixed martial arts, available now....
How Muhammad Ali's Rope-A-Dope Myth Suckered America
Myth now dominates our misunderstanding of Muhammad Ali, who was once the most accessible celebrity in the world. The truth of the man is nearly irretrievable. With Ali having receded into an exile of his own choosing, the jokes and half-truths and outright lies he once told to entertain us have h...
A Total Eclipse of the Sonny: The Night 'The Greatest' Was Born
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Rumble in the Jungle. A lot has been written about that fight. Movies have been made about it. People have wept and torn their hair and rolled in the grass, beating their heels against the ground, because of that fight. It was a mighty fight. A remarkabl...
UFC Champ Rescues Bleeding Great-Granny, Delivers Badass Catchphrase
Undefeated UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is hanging out at his home on Long Island and rehabbing a broken hand, but just because he can't fight doesn't mean he can't do cool shit like maybe save the life of his 94-year-old neighbor....
<em>Thrown</em> Is The Only MMA Book Anyone Ever Needs To Write
Nearly no one writes really well about fighting, which I've always thought was less because of the sport itself than because of the institutions around it. Promoters, matchmakers, agents, sponsors, and reporters are, after all, at all times engaged in a conspiracy to deny the essential humanity of t...
War Machine's Suicide Note Is Delusional
War Machine (born Jonathan Koppenhaver), awaiting trial for the alleged beating of Christy Mack, tried to kill himself in jail last Tuesday by tying a piece of linen around his neck. Jailors reportedly found a suicide note in the cell. TMZ published that note today. There are Nietzsche quotes....