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Mixed Martial Arts Links (5-4-11)

Ottawa’s time will come, says UFC VP Toronto Sun Now it will just take a promoter to woo the massive mixed martial arts event to the nation’s capital. “We wouldn’t really have a role in attracting something like that, it’s up to the UFC and I guess it’s very competitive to get a UFC fight like […]

Boxing Links (4-28-11)

Alice Ward, real-life mom of boxing champ, dies. Washington Post (blog) Mrs. Ward made national headlines after the 2010 release of the critically acclaimed movie, The Fighter, where her role in her son’s boxing careers was portrayed by actress Melissa Leo. Ms. Leo won an Oscar, Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award … See all stories […]

Molina: The Underdog No More

  Junior middleweight “King” Carlos Molina will be playing a different role than the one he’s become accustomed to lately when he meets fellow spoiler Allen Conyers in the April 29 main-event broadcast of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights from the deck of the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.   Coming off the […]

Robert Guerrero Honored With Tribute Day in Hometown of Gilroy

ROBERT ‘THE GHOST’ GUERRERO HONORED BY THE “CITY OF GILROY” Press Release For Immediate Release ALL PROCEEDS TO HELP FUND CANCER RESEARCH April 25, 2011– The city of Gilroy,California, hometown to five-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, is dedicating a special day to their accomplished hero.  On Sunday May 15, 2011, family, friends and fans are encouraged to make their […]

Title Town USA Book Review

By: Darren McElligott   [mpinpage] Every so often, a book that is published seems destined to land on the top shelf of every serious sports enthusiast’s library. “Title Town USA: Boxing in Upstate New York” (History Press; 2010) is such a classic. Author Mark Allen Baker’s introduction begins by stating that “’Title Town USA’ is […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fertitta Family’s Organized Crime History Offers Clues to Current Station Casinos Crisis

Chapter One: The Maceos and Fertittas establish rackets and roots in Texas: By: Rich Bergeron   [mpinpage] CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS BELOW TO SEE THE IMAGES AT FULL SIZE Sam and Rosario (Rose) Maceo blossomed from humble Italian-born barbers to booming businessmen overseeing a vast array of organized crime operations from prohibition bootlegging to the […]

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