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Confirming much speculation inside the fight media, Dream Stage Entertainment have officially announced their plans to have Mike Tyson fight in Macau on New Year’s Eve.
DSE has revealed that their partnership 40 year old former heavyweight boxing champion will be further materialized on December 31st, as they plan to have Tyson compete against a PRIDE fighter in a boxing match, in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. The locale serves two purposes for DSE: Tyson is unable to compete in Japan due to his felony rapsheet, whilst Macau is one of the world’s hottest gambling venues, which could net revenue for DSE abroad.
DSE representatives say that Tyson’s bout will be slotted into the live telecast of Otoko Matsuri, and will be seen by the live crowd at Saitama Super Arena in Japan on the video screens in the arena. It is the goal of DSE to have this year’s Otoko Matsuri broadcast worldwide, including mainland China, Africa and the Middle East via internet stream.
Also, the announcement of Tyson’s participation on New Year’s Eve may be the key to restoring PRIDE’s status on Japanese television. Despite losing their deal with Fuji Television in June, those in the television industry have stated that if DSE were able to get Tyson to fight on New Year’s Eve, that Nippon Television and tv asahi would both be interested in acquiring the broadcasting rights for the event. According to broadcasting insiders, Nippon TV would be the frontrunner in acquiring PRIDE’s broadcasting rights, due to higher spending power.
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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Puzzle, Sports
A quick round up of some of the other games at Microsoft’s X06 party tonight:
- Tony Hawk’s Project 8: The marquee new feature, already well-known, is the ability to slow down time to perform individualized tricks, using an analog stick to control each leg. The timing takes a bit of getting used to, but after a few minutes you’ll be busting out some ridiculous combos — and actually understanding what goes into the tricks to boot. Besides that the game seems like the same old Tony Hawk, though being able to choose the desired difficulty of each goal on the fly is a nice improvement.
- Lumines Live: The Xbox Live version of the PSP puzzler is actually significantly harder to control — neither the analog stick nor the digital pad are precise enough for quick moves. Playing on a big screen is nice, but it actually makes it harder to take in the whole playfield with one quick glance. And the new mission mode seems intriguing, but there are only five levels available unless you purchase an additional mission pack. Yikes!
- Fuzion Frenzy 2: Only three mini-games were playable, though there were 43 listed in-game. My favorite was Sumo Paint, featuring rolling, bumping spheres battling for position and control of floor space. Seems like a decent enough drinking game with friends in the room, but not as appealing over Xbox Live.
Look for more impressions from the X06 show floor soon.
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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Puzzle, Sports
A quick round up of some of the other games at Microsoft’s X06 party tonight:
- Tony Hawk’s Project 8: The marquee new feature, already well-known, is the ability to slow down time to perform individualized tricks, using an analog stick to control each leg. The timing takes a bit of getting used to, but after a few minutes you’ll be busting out some ridiculous combos — and actually understanding what goes into the tricks to boot. Besides that the game seems like the same old Tony Hawk, though being able to choose the desired difficulty of each goal on the fly is a nice improvement.
- Lumines Live: The Xbox Live version of the PSP puzzler is actually significantly harder to control — neither the analog stick nor the digital pad are precise enough for quick moves. Playing on a big screen is nice, but it actually makes it harder to take in the whole playfield with one quick glance. And the new mission mode seems intriguing, but there are only five levels available unless you purchase an additional mission pack. Yikes!
- Fuzion Frenzy 2: Only three mini-games were playable, though there were 43 listed in-game. My favorite was Sumo Paint, featuring rolling, bumping spheres battling for position and control of floor space. Seems like a decent enough drinking game with friends in the room, but not as appealing over Xbox Live.
Look for more impressions from the X06 show floor soon.
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Continue Reading September 27th, 2006
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Puzzle, Sports
A quick round up of some of the other games at Microsoft’s X06 party tonight:
- Tony Hawk’s Project 8: The marquee new feature, already well-known, is the ability to slow down time to perform individualized tricks, using an analog stick to control each leg. The timing takes a bit of getting used to, but after a few minutes you’ll be busting out some ridiculous combos — and actually understanding what goes into the tricks to boot. Besides that the game seems like the same old Tony Hawk, though being able to choose the desired difficulty of each goal on the fly is a nice improvement.
- Lumines Live: The Xbox Live version of the PSP puzzler is actually significantly harder to control — neither the analog stick nor the digital pad are precise enough for quick moves. Playing on a big screen is nice, but it actually makes it harder to take in the whole playfield with one quick glance. And the new mission mode seems intriguing, but there are only five levels available unless you purchase an additional mission pack. Yikes!
- Fuzion Frenzy 2: Only three mini-games were playable, though there were 43 listed in-game. My favorite was Sumo Paint, featuring rolling, bumping spheres battling for position and control of floor space. Seems like a decent enough drinking game with friends in the room, but not as appealing over Xbox Live.
Look for more impressions from the X06 show floor soon.
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A legitimate question as we tie a big ribbon on this whole Terrell Owens suicide business for the day, which, we have to say, ESPN has done a rather outstanding — if predictably overdone — job of covering today:
Is Kim Etheredge the worst publicist of all time, or is she merely a decent human being? And, perhaps more pressing: Is it possible that she’s the former because she’s the latter?
Let’s take a look again at the facts that we know from the police report, which, no matter how many people try to tell you otherwise, has absolutely no reason to lie. (Unless, of course, it’s an O.J.-style frame job to convince the world that Owens is suicidal. Hey, it’s Texas, it’s possible.)
Etheredge, Owens’ personal publicist, found him last night disoriented and/or overdosing on medication. She told police that he said he was “depressed” and that a prescription for 40 pain bills had been filled earlier that week. Before this exact incident, Owens had taken five pain pills. Etheredge now realized they were all gone, and she watched Owens put two pills in his mouth, which she tried to extract. The police, witnessing the empty bottle, asked him if he had taken them. He said “yes.” He was asked if he was trying to harm himself. He said “yes.”
These are the facts: There is no way police could have gotten any of this information from anyone other than Etheredge. And there is no reason for them to lie.
Today, Etheredge, no longer a panicked woman afraid her friend and/or star client was about to die, put the personal publicist hat back on and denied everything that the police said. Their information, of course, came directly from her in the first place. And she is saying it didn’t happen. As is Owens.
So, the question you have to ask here: Which Kim Etheredge do you trust more?
Do you trust the one who witnessed a man that she sees every day — presumably cares for, cleans up after, pampers — overdosing on 30-plus pain pills and immediately calls 9-1-1, telling paramedics in a panic that he was trying to kill himself?
Or do you trust the one who realized that she’s not a human being: She’s a publicist, and her job is to make Terrell Owens look like everything is just fine?
Do you trust the human, or do you trust the publicist? Where you stand on that issue will give you a pretty good idea whether or not Terrell Owens attempted to kill himself last night. Because if it really was just an allergic reaction, and the only reason anybody is saying “depression” and “suicide” is because she told the police that … heavens, there has never, ever been a worse publicist than Kim Etheredge.
Terrell Owens Police Report [The Smoking Gun]
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As we sort through the public reaction to the possibility of “Game Of Shadows” reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams heading to jail for their refusal to give up their sources, we have found something surprising: The vast majority of people we talk to about this who aren’t reporters think they should absolutely go to jail. This was, to say the least, a shock: In the world of journalism, particularly sports journalism, Fainaru-Wada and Williams are heroes. But many people think they should spend some time in Maurice Clarett’s world. And these aren’t all angry Giants fans either. Far from it.
So what’s the deal? Where’s the disparity? The Bleacher Report attempts to state the anti-reporter viewpoint.
In the eyes of the American justice system, there is no difference between the two parties - and that’s what makes the American justice system so great. Everyone is treated equally regardless of how much a sleazeball or saint one is thought to be.
Do you really think Jason Giambi would’ve admitted his usage of steroids if he had known his supposedly sealed testimony would later be leaked to the press? Would Barry Bonds have even copped to the “clear” and the “cream”? If we are ever to get to the bottom of this steroid problem, then we need people to testify, including players that are currently playing in the big leagues. If players believe that whatever they say behind closed doors will be leaked to the press and ultimately the public, they will never testify and we will never really get to the bottom of the problem.
We’re not sure we necessarily agree, but yeah: We can at least understand where the sentiment is coming from. It used to be a badge of honor for a reporter to serve prison time to protect their sources. It seems perverse to punish the outstanding journalism of Fainaru-Wada and Williams … but they wouldn’t be the first reporters to go to prison to protect a source, and if they go, they won’t be the last.
Memo To BALCO Writers: Don’t Drop The Soap [The Bleacher Report]
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If you want your T.O. live press conference updates — and boy, DON’T YOU — you can find them right here.
Sometimes, we see an eBay auction that we suspect has a little more backstory than we necessarily want to know about.
Apparently, a friend of the Absolutely Not Dead Jaleel White, the creative thespian behind the “Urkel” character that delighted several, perhaps even a dozen, people in the mid-90s, was given an old Clippers jersey with “Urkel” on the back from his pal, and now he’s selling it on eBay.
He’s making no secret of his connection to the not-dead Urkel: “This is a authentic clippers NBA jersey which belonged to Steve Urkel from the show “Family Matters”. It was given to him directly from the Clippers.He is a friend of mine,and he gave it to me because i am a big clippers fan, and now i have decided to sell it. This jersey is authentic and not a fake. If you have any questions Please E-mail me.”
Bidding starts at $130 … and, amazingly, that’s where it’s stuck right now.
Authentic Clippers NBA Steve Urkel Jersey!!! [eBay]
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If you want your T.O. live press conference updates — and boy, DON’T YOU — you can find them right here.
Indianapolis Colts punter Hunter Smith, seen here carrying a football and running with it for the first time in his life, wants the world to know that not only are the Colts a delicate flower in the harsh rock garden of the NFL, but also that he’s awfully mouthy for a punter.
“Jacksonville is like a stand-up comic who can only use vulgarity and curse words because he lacks intelligence and lacks class,” Smith told the Indianapolis Star. “He really doesn’t have anything to say. Our intangible is our class and our intelligence. A team that gets personal fouls the way they do, the roughing penalties, they just don’t have any material.”
Smith continued, musing for 10 painful minutes on:
• How funny it is that women were always just interested in shopping and makeup, while guy’s just wanna watch the game and drink beer.
• You see, black people, they all have rhythm and are cool, but white people, white people are lame.
• That President Bush, he sure is a cowboy good ole boy, and that President Clinton, boy he does like sex!
• Grape Nuts: Neither a grape nor a nut!
It’s So Lame When A Punter Talks Trash [The Sports Pulse]
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