Wrestling Links (11-11-11)
Wrestling set to take mat Drexel University The Triangle Online Ciminera on November 11, 2011 in Sports, Wrestling With all of the pressures of beginning his first season at a new school, Drexel’s early schedule is not doing new head wrestling coach Matt Azevedo any favors. Drexel wrestling will begin its new … See all stories on this topic » The Best […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-11-11)
Citizen Cain: Heavyweight champ Velasquez is UFC’s ideal ambassador for its … Washington Post That’s because Cain Velasquez probably would be using his education degree from Arizona State if his mixed martial arts career hadn’t taken off. In a sport that’s widely — and incorrectly — thought to be practiced entirely by ruffians and miscreants, … See all stories […]
Boxing Links (11-9-11)
Boxing world in mourning Boston.com He and Ali will be linked forever, both heavyweight champions and bitter enemies in the boxing ring who squared off in three epic fights from 1971-75. Frazier won the first one at Madison Square Garden in the “Fight of the Century. … See all stories on this topic » HBO Boxing: Pacquiao-Marquez III: Undercard […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-9-11)
Mixed martial arts goes mainstream with Saturday’s national network broadcast San Jose Mercury News By Mark Emmons memmons@mercurynews.com Mixed–martial arts, the violent combat sport once relegated to the American sporting scene’s back alleys, is about to go Main Street. “The world is ready for us,” said Dana White, the brash head of Ultimate … See all stories on this […]
Boxing Links (11-8-11)
boxing champ Joe Frazier dies CNN (CNN) — Joe Frazier, the hard-hitting boxing heavyweight who handed the legendary Muhammad Ali his first defeat, died Monday, just a month after being diagnosed with liver cancer, his family said in a statement. The former heavyweight champion, … See all stories on this topic » SC federal judge sanctions boxer Mayweather Sacramento Bee […]
Wrestling Links (11-8-11)
Team wrestling tournament to end Indianapolis Star The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced Monday it is scrapping the team-wrestlingtournament following this season. IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox has publicly expressed concerns about the event for more than a year, the most significant … See all stories on this topic » Friends, Foley, wrestling community bond for Shane Helms MiamiHerald.com […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-8-11)
Dos Santos: ‘MMA unites the world’ USA Today I believe the world is ready for mainstream MMA matches — not just UFC matches, but all MMA matches. MMA is a sport that is practiced and loved all around the world. The UFC is an extremely serious, extremely competent organization with only top-level … See all stories on this topic » USA Today […]
Boxing Links (11-7-11)
Kirkland gets up to punish Angulo ESPN By Dan Rafael Rafael’s remark: If you follow boxing you knew there was no question that this would be a bombs away slugfest. Making action fights is not rocket science, so when you match guys like Kirkland, 27, of Austin, Texas, and Angulo, 29, … See all stories on this topic […]
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