MATT SERRA DOES A XYIENCE 180
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Matt Serra is back with Xyience in a big way. In case you didn’t know, he made it perfectly clear by donning a Xyience hat upon striding up to the microphone after his big UFC win against Frank Trigg at UFC 109 this past Saturday. I admit I must have […]
THE LATEST XYIENCE LAWSUIT & OTHER XYIENCE DEVELOPMENTS
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Tonight, I found out the true meaning of “no good deed goes unpunished.” After years of fighting to expose the truth behind the Xyience scandal I am now the last person in the bankruptcy process still fighting to get relief for burned shareholders. I try to send updates from time […]
TONY PENECALE’S ROCKY MARCIANO TRIBUTE ARTICLE AND POEM
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO TONY AND RICH TALK WITH A COUPLE BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS FOLKS WHO KNEW ROCKY MARCIANO PERSONALLY [mpinpage] ROCKY MARCIANO By: Tony Penecale Rocky Marciano An Italian Boxing Sensation His Hard-core Fighting Style Captured the Heart of the Entire Nation The Greatest Heavyweight Champ Had the Nickname of “The Rock” He […]
Solving The Crime: An Intro to The Story Behind The Fertitta/Zuffa Assassination of PRIDE
By: Rich Bergeron PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SERIES [mpinpage] SOME HISTORY BEHIND ZUFFA’S FOUNDING “FAMILY” It is important to frame this piece with a bit of Fertitta “Family” history. “The magazine is probably best known outside Japan for its role in the scandal which led to Romanian gymnasts Corina Ungureanu, Lavinia Milosovici […]
AFFLICTION “DAY OF RECKONING” PLAY BY PLAY REPORT
ROUND BY ROUND BY: RICH BERGERON [mpinpage] Dan Lauzon Vs. Bobby Green: This fight was really all over the place with Green looking a little too wild but maybe promising except for his three groin strikes. Would have been cool in the early days of the UFC, but there’s no Andrew Golotta excuse for […]
LOOKING FOR LEVERAGE: Fertittas’ Station Casinos Empire Running Out of Time
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] The Fertitta Family is in crisis mode to save Station Casinos from the throes of bankruptcy, and without a solution materializing by Thursday there could be some major trouble brewing for the multi-billion dollar gaming empire. While the Fertittas are not the only ones who find themselves stuck in the […]
FROM BELLBOY TO GAMBLING TYCOON: HOW FRANK JUNIOR BUILT THE FERTITTA EMPIRE IN LAS VEGAS
CHAPTER TWO IN A FOUR-PART FERTITTA FAMILY HISTORY By: Rich Bergeron CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS TO SEE FULL SIZE PICTURES [mpinpage] When Frank Fertitta, Jr. came to Las Vegas from Galveston, Texas in 1960, he quickly found work as a bellboy at the Tropicana. Fertitta’s Texas-bred “family” history included decades of successful casino operations in […]
THE REAL “DEAL” ON XYIENCE
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Recently A New York City Magazine that shall remain nameless published an article about the Xyience saga I’ve been reporting on since late 2006. The reporter interviewed me for over an hour as part of her research, but her editor cut out every single quote of mine she put into […]
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