On the heels of Brock Lesnar's face caving win over Frank Mir, he's positioned himself as the first legit heel in UFC history, almost wrestling style. Loved his blasting of sponsor Bud Light post-fight because they weren't paying him directly: "I'm going to go home tonight and drink a Coors Light because Bud Light won't pay me," said Lesnar, pointing at the logo of the presenting sponsor of the event. "I'm going to sit down with my friends and family and hell, I might even get on top of my wife tonight." Awesome...this one isn't legit, but Bukkake passed me a rant that the Phat Phree composed on behalf of Washington Redskin Ethan Albright who objected to being the worst rated player in Madden 2007. They wrote a nasty letter to John Madden to express his (alleged) thoughts on the low rating. Freaking awesome...now that we're into a relatively dead period on the global sporting calendar with baseball in its All-Star break, time to unload some curious things in the broader world over the next few days. First up, is the nine least urgent 911 calls, including the famed Mike Forbes - a legend on the Jim Rome Show - at #2 and another featuring the "she are the manager" bit at #5. Love this stuff...WAG's are always a popular topic in this corner of the internet, and in keeping it topical, here are the top WAG's whose better halves will be at the MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis...Jayson Stark at ESPN takes a look at the stranger happenings and better quotes of the first half of the season. Oddly, he didn't cite the familiar April refrain of Toronto Blue Jays fans saying "we've got a shot this year"...turns out Jerry Jones didn't just drop a pile of cash on the Cowboys Stadium to host his football team, NFL style. He's also got an eye towards it being a go-to soccer venue. Check out the video at this link for a peak at the inside of the stadium, and the scoreboard that runs between the 20 yard lines over the field as they get the stadium ready for the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals this week. Insane...could Derek Jeter finish his career somewhere other than in Yankee colours? Seems unlikely, but Sam Borden doesn't think it is impossible...seems Chicago Black Hawks GM Dale Tallon was asleep at the wheel, and in not getting qualifying offers to Cam Barker and Kris Versteeg and then having to pay them above what those offers would've been, they won't likely have enough cap room to ink Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith without moving other, presumably well paid and key, pieces...have a great Monday.Check out this ridiculous bit of skill from a Brazilian futsaller, courtesy of TFE...
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Middle of July gets a little more interesting if you're interested in cycling, but even that has not been as impressive so far. PED and everything aside, the mix of stage profiles and Contadors and Armstrongs team Astana's tactic of "defending" their way to Paris gets quite boring. Some like that more break aways manage to go all they way in, but I miss the days were US Postal ruled the peleton with an iron fist and when attack was the best defense, completely crushing and humiliating the other riders. Only see the 15th stage and perhaps the 16th as the real decisive ones left.
The greatest part of that Ethan Albright article is that in hindsight the dude made the Probowl after that season (you might remember he wore #21 to honor Sean Taylor in the Probowl game). Maybe he was a bit better than a 53 overall?
T and I moved into our new home on Saturday and the topic of UFC 100 came up amongst the boys while moving. Here is my take on UFC ...
I honestly could never put a finger on why I can't get more into it. Fat Ass, the Creepy German and I were full bore from UFC 1 - 15 back in the day, then *poof* .. completely lost interest.
Its weird because the concept is interesting, the athletes are phenomenal, and I truly think Brock Lesnar is one of the most intruiging athletes of our generation.
On Saturday I nailed it. More than anything, I cannot get into UFC because of it's fanbase. It is the ultimate douchebag sport. 99% of their fanbase is comprised of either the "skintight, shiny shirt and $300 jeans beefcake" or trailer park white trash. Regardless, it seems pretty much every dude into UFC thinks he should BE in UFC. Go to a bar during one of these events and check out the spectacle of cheesedick losers slamming their Smirnoff Ice's and ready to throw down at a moments notice.
I repeat - UFC - Ultimate Douchebag Sport.
I think those first UFC's turned more people off than anything. Like you, I watched them and they were BRUTAL, nothing like what they are today.
And while I can see some of that element in the fan base, that doesn't do enough to get me off it, but I generally watch at home with friends rather than out and about, and only half of them are douchebags, mostly in the 780. I kid!
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