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June 13th, 2007
It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks and maybe that is true for boxing. But old things also have a lot of rich history that new things can learn from.
MMA maybe gaining in popularity, but it’s a fairly new sport while boxing was there even before my great grandfather was born. It has also made its contribution in history with popular historic figures like Muhammad Ali. We have come to know some historic bouts from the sport like the Ali-Frazier, Gatti-Ward, Hagler-Hearns, and other famous trilogies. We have also come to know the bad boys in boxing like Oscar De La Hoya and Mike Tyson who is now a house hold name despite his infamous acts outside the ring. MMA still doesn’t have those. On the other side, mixed martial arts is more on the modern side and is now attracting modern fans while boxing is stuck in its past. Boxing fans compare modern fighters to past fighters while UFC and other organizations are making their own history with their current line-up of modern fighters that their fans can’t compare to anybody in the past.
One thing that boxing also lacks is media distribution. While UFC, Pride, and King of the Cage have fight DVD’s that fans can own and watch when they want, boxing only has pay-per-views and your good ol’ VCR to record those. Alas, VHS tapes can be bulky and some of us are too lazy to record it. There are some websites that do sell boxing fight DVD’s, but they are limited and it would be better if there was an official boxing DVD seller like maybe HBO or something? Or each promoter could sell the fights they have promoted on DVD’s.
Bottomline: it would greatly help if boxing, like MMA, catered to the younger generation and stopped looking at what has already passed. Take advantage of what is popular to the fans and what the fans like and maybe it’ll gain more. Follow mixed martial arts’ example of promotion. This is my take on this matter. Please feel free to post opinions.
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As we sift through the carnage of a mostly D.O.A. NBA Finals, we wonder: Can anything save it at this point? The popular theory is that Cavs coach Mike Brown is destroying any slim hope his team has — maybe he should play Eric Snow more — and, in addition, he’s making the games excruciating to watch. Considering they can’t exactly fire him now, is there any coming back? Is there any reason to watch Thursday?
We’re sad to say: We can’t think of one. Fortunately, the college football and NFL preview magazines are out. The Sporting News has our Illini going to a bowl!
We love this photo, by the way. Tim Duncan, happening to run into coach Brown in the hall. Wonder what he had to say. Hey, just keep doin’ what you’re doin’, baby …
(Getty Images Photo)
Continue Reading June 13th, 2007
As we sift through the carnage of a mostly D.O.A. NBA Finals, we wonder: Can anything save it at this point? The popular theory is that Cavs coach Mike Brown is destroying any slim hope his team has — maybe he should play Eric Snow more — and, in addition, he’s making the games excruciating to watch. Considering they can’t exactly fire him now, is there any coming back? Is there any reason to watch Thursday?
We’re sad to say: We can’t think of one. Fortunately, the college football and NFL preview magazines are out. The Sporting News has our Illini going to a bowl!
We love this photo, by the way. Tim Duncan, happening to run into coach Brown in the hall. Wonder what he had to say. Hey, just keep doin’ what you’re doin’, baby …
(Getty Images Photo)
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For months now, we’ve been trying to figure out why, during our exhibition football game against Andre Rison and Kordell Stewart, Rison felt obliged to hug us. We felt we had competed hard, but not quite worthy of a hug. We thought maybe Andre was just lonely. Maybe he missed Left Eye?
Turns out … he knew a bomb was about to drop. Andre Rison, our Pros Vs. Joes hero … is going to have to file for bankruptcy. Poor Rison owes $105,000 in back taxes and child support, and, apparently, “Pros Vs. Joes” just doesn’t pay that much.
As we remind again just how difficult life is for retired athletes — hey, but thanks, Gene Upshaw! — we hope Bad Moon can come through this with his head held high. And if he needs another hug, he knows where to find us.
Bad Moon In Bankruptcy [Lion In Oil]
Our Battle With Slash And Bad Moon [Deadspin]
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For months now, we’ve been trying to figure out why, during our exhibition football game against Andre Rison and Kordell Stewart, Rison felt obliged to hug us. We felt we had competed hard, but not quite worthy of a hug. We thought maybe Andre was just lonely. Maybe he missed Left Eye?
Turns out … he knew a bomb was about to drop. Andre Rison, our Pros Vs. Joes hero … is going to have to file for bankruptcy. Poor Rison owes $105,000 in back taxes and child support, and, apparently, “Pros Vs. Joes” just doesn’t pay that much.
As we remind again just how difficult life is for retired athletes — hey, but thanks, Gene Upshaw! — we hope Bad Moon can come through this with his head held high. And if he needs another hug, he knows where to find us.
Bad Moon In Bankruptcy [Lion In Oil]
Our Battle With Slash And Bad Moon [Deadspin]
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If you’re a social worker who is considering a foster care applicaton, how could you not approve the couple who is related to Elijah Dukes? A 17-year-old girl who is in foster care with a relative of Dukes told the Tampa police that Dukes got her pregnant. The article goes on to say that Dukes will not be charged with a crime. That’s because, while the age of consent in Florida is 18, if the other person is 24 or younger, age of consent is only 16. The Devil Rays outfielder was born on June 26, 1984, so … and Dukes gets in under the tag!
The girl, expected to give birth Nov. 5, told investigators she and Dukes had consensual sex on the living room sofa. She said Dukes got angry when she and another person confronted him about the pregnancy. “Yeah, we sat down and told him and he got mad and threw a Gatorade at me,” she told investigators.
The incident has prompted a state investigation into the foster home.
Well, what next? Time now to spin the big Elijah Dukes Anti-Social Behavior Wheel and watch it land on … it looks like … poaching endangered owls! Unexpected, we must say, even for him. But we’re certainly looking forward to it.
Teen: Dukes Got Me Pregnant [St. Petersburg Times]
Elijah Dukes Is Not Subtle About Voicemail [Deadspin]
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If you’re a social worker who is considering a foster care applicaton, how could you not approve the couple who is related to Elijah Dukes? A 17-year-old girl who is in foster care with a relative of Dukes told the Tampa police that Dukes got her pregnant. The article goes on to say that Dukes will not be charged with a crime. That’s because, while the age of consent in Florida is 18, if the other person is 24 or younger, age of consent is only 16. The Devil Rays outfielder was born on June 26, 1984, so … and Dukes gets in under the tag!
The girl, expected to give birth Nov. 5, told investigators she and Dukes had consensual sex on the living room sofa. She said Dukes got angry when she and another person confronted him about the pregnancy. “Yeah, we sat down and told him and he got mad and threw a Gatorade at me,” she told investigators.
The incident has prompted a state investigation into the foster home.
Well, what next? Time now to spin the big Elijah Dukes Anti-Social Behavior Wheel and watch it land on … it looks like … poaching endangered owls! Unexpected, we must say, even for him. But we’re certainly looking forward to it.
Teen: Dukes Got Me Pregnant [St. Petersburg Times]
Elijah Dukes Is Not Subtle About Voicemail [Deadspin]
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OK. Are you sitting down? We feel like you should be sitting down. It’s probably for the best if you’re sitting down. Take a deep breath. Have a brandy. You ready? Cool. Here goes.
We’re not sure how to say this, so we’re just gonna come right out with it: Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry is in trouble again. Fortunately, this one’s no big deal: Just the random, unsolicited beating of a 16-year-old boy.
Police say the 16-year-old and an 18-year-old friend were walking along Wetherington Boulevard near Mt. Zion Road just after 11 p.m. Friday night when, they say a black Navigator or Escalade pulled up next to them. According to the police report, a white male jumped out and started punching the 16-year-old in the face. “From that, the victim tells us another gentleman got out of the vehicle the same vehicle and in their attempt to get away, was shoved to the ground by this African American gentleman.”
The teen identified that man as Bengals receiver Chris Henry, and says receiver Reggie McNeill was also in the vehicle. The teen also alleges that they were throwing beer bottles at him as he tried to run away. “Go away, we don’t want to talk to you.”
Henry, of course, is already serving an eight-game suspension for, you know, his other four arrests. We’re not sure where “throwing beer bottles at a minor” falls on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell offense chart … but it has to be around the “depantsing nuns” level. We wouldn’t hold your breath to see Chris Henry playing football again anytime soon.
Assault Accusation Against Bengals’ Chris Henry [WCPO]
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It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks and maybe that is true for boxing. But old things also have a lot of rich history that new things can learn from.
