Mar 19
Mixed martial arts is a sport that has seen exponential growth over the last few years. As the sport has gained more exposure and interest, more people are trying it than ever before and that includes athletes. Thinking the sport is a glorified tough man competition is an attitude that doesn’t end with your local meat head who has a couple t-shirts adorned with sequined skulls and dead roses. Athletes and celebrities looking to recapture previous fame and glory have also moved to MMA with mixed results. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 05
Every week The Sports Hernia and Cousins of Ron Mexico will recap the top five stories of the week. They are listed by importance, humor and relevance with a high degree of historical perspective in mind. Mostly, we’ll be reviewing the stuff TBL has run into the ground over the last few days, but sometimes a story slips through the cracks. Or some third reason allowing us to bring up something pointless. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 19
The UFC is coming live from Australia on Saturday. Of course, the actual fights may take place on Sunday in Australia. So, technically, we’ll be watching the future. Don’t you love how the UFC can figure out how to broadcast a live event from Australia, but NBC can’t figure out how to broadcast a live event from North America? Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 05
The main event this Saturday is between Randy “The Natural” Couture and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman. These are two legends of the sport who were originally supposed to meet at UFC 17 in 1998. The bout was canceled when Couture went down with an injury. Mark Coleman went to Japan and it looked like this fight would never happen. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 29
Every week The Sports Hernia and Cousins of Ron Mexico will recap the top five stories of the week. They are listed by importance, humor and relevance with a high degree of historical perspective in mind. Mostly, we’ll be reviewing the stuff TBL has run into the ground over the last few days, but sometimes a story slips through the cracks. Or some third reason allowing us to bring up something pointless. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 15
Real life got in the way as the clock ticked closer to midnight on New Year’s, so we pushed the Top 5 post back a couple weeks. It’s not like you forgot 2009 already, right? Here to help me review the year is former TBL intern and Daily Kansan editor, Stephen Montemayor. Shirtless men ahead… Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 11
Tonight is one of the UFC’s free fight nights on SpikeTV. This one takes place on the George Mason University campus in Fairfax, Virginia. Why is the card taking place on a Monday? I don’t know, but I’m not here to question the nights I get free UFC, I’m just here to enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 09
Had some junk in my inbox and there are a bunch of stories that I don’t feel require full posts. Unless you want 12 consecutive one-liners. Also, Bar.
Saw Youth In Revolt last night and really liked it. Funny, different. I recommend it. I also watched Inglorious Basterds for the first time. Great movie, but a little heavy on the subtitles when you’re watching at 2am after a few beers.
Manny Pacquiao will fight Joshua Clottey in March. (NYT)
Chris Johnson believes Peyton Manning has something that belongs to him. (Twitter)
We still don’t know anything certain about Brock Lesnar, but his trainers say he will fight again. Hopefully this year. (MMAjunkie)
Blazers won their 9th straight last night when they beat the Lakers at home. (USA Today) Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 02
Ah, the New Year’s weekend show. As a rule the UFC make sure that the end of year/beginning of year Pay Per Views are always a major event. UFC 108 was no different. Until Dana White found a Tiki God on vacation in Hawaii. Then UFC 108 went and got all cursed. Headliners have dropped like flies. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 22
Rachelle Leah is a former UFC Octagon Girl who currently hosts UFC: All Access. So, yeah, she’s professionally hot. LeBron bless her. I don’t really have anything to add to these pictures so… Happy Holidays! 3 more from the Maxim online edition after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
