After a day’s worth of flying — had a lengthy layover at Dallas/FTW (FTW!) — I landed at McCarran International Airport in Vegas at about 10 p.m. last evening. Garry from PokerNews met me at the baggage carousel, and when my overstuffed bag finally turned up it felt a little like I’d won at roulette
A tip from the Joker to get your betting day under way…. Lugano. It’s the Swiss Monte Carlo, apparently
‘Battling beefcake’ sums up the mixed martial arts sport of K-1 for Richard Douglas. The fight for credibility will the biggest scrap in the sport of K-1 for the foreseeable future. The organisation was formed in 1993 by Kazuyoshi Ishii and within a decade had become one of the many mixed martial arts events trying to usurp boxing from its position as the world’s No 1 combat sport.
If you’ve been distracted by all the NBA action lately, chances are you missed one of the NHL’s great performances last night.
We all know Albert Pujols is one the best players in baseball, but on Thursday night he also proved there is no I in team. While hitting his 14th homerun of the season he took out the I in the “Big Mac” sign at Busch stadium
*Editor’s note: Mitch the Intern is an NYU undergrad whose favorite Wednesday night pastime includes the TV in his dorm room, a green beanbag chair and two hits of acid. Enjoy.* Apparently, you have to actually want to be a fighter to become an “Ultimate Fighter”.
Point: The Country Breakfast- Woo-wee do you have a hard day on the farm ahead of you! Already you’ve cleaned out the hen house and fed the pigs, but now that the sun is up you have plenty of other chores to take care of - like milking the cows and chopping some fire wood.
UFC 98 is Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, with light-heavyweight champ Rashad Evans defending his belt against Lyoto “Bruce Leroy” Machida, and Matt Hughes and Matt Serra finally meeting in a co-main event heralded as a grudge match but more akin to “Oh Jeez, Just Get the Damn Fight Over With” bout. Anyhoo, here’s a list of things that won’t happen at UFC 98: Machida will not move forward.
New York Giants David Diehl performs at Comix Comedy Club Oh, OK, darn it, one more thing: Giants lineman David Diehl making fun of Brett Favre at a comedy club Wednesday night.
Oh, snap. I just remembered I’m supposed to be off today. Have to stop before the family notices