Women’s action at Roland Garros began with defending champion Ana Ivanovic winning in straight sets.
‘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.
*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.
I can’t say that it’s the most talked about thing in Red Sox Nation, because frankly, no one really wants to talk about it. They’d rather talk about Jason Bay’s great numbers, or Daniel Bard’s premiere, or how great it is to have this much talented pitching. But it’s on everyone’s mind
It looks like the war of words between Ferrari and the FIA is ON. Yup, we’ll be treated to a war of words in the next few weeks between one of F1’s premiere teams and F1’s governing body
The XY Factor heads to Hamilton for the 7.30 on Friday…. Suggested Bets (with current Betfair win odds): 2 point win EMIRATES CHAMPION [26] Staking Plan Records (on £1 per point basis): Yesterday: -3.00 This week: -10.32 All time: +68.35 VERDICT: What a superb line-up the listed Glasgow Stakes has attracted at Hamilton tonight. A small but select field of six with an Aidan O’Brien runner and a Godolphin candidate in the field to take on Mark Johnston who has done so well in this race in the past and saddles two tonight
*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.* Like a Steven Soderbergh film, this episode is layered with scenes and montages of only tangential relevance to the TUF premise of aspiring fighters locked away in a house and competing for a UFC contract.
If you were fortunate (or unfortunate) to catch the Madrid Open third round match between Roger Federer and James Blake, you would have seen something in Blake’s play that would have caused your brows to furrow.
I’m no culture snob. Sure, I might write something here about Dostoevsky from time to time
