One week from today on November 16, the first international event will be held at the brand new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The COTA is the first purpose-built Formula One track in the U.S., so its opening has been highly anticipated for several years. The F1 event officially begins with practice day [...]

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The world of professional wrestling is known for its scripted entertainment and sometimes strange characters. However, on the rare occasion, real-life incidents occur on the show that shake up all involved, and the higher ups –  ownership, officials, producers, and announcers, have to react immediately. Unfortunately, one such incident occurred on the Sept. 10, 2012 [...]

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Summerslam is known as one of the “big four” events on the WWE calendar. Throughout its twenty-five year tenure, the show has provided fans with heart-pounding action and excitement. In this article, I will discuss some of my favorite matches from this summertime spectacular. It all began in August, 1988 at the famous Madison Square [...]

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Being completely ticked off with NBC’s TV coverage, my rant is here. I decided that it was time to move to the Internet coverage, this supposedly was live. Of course there are a couple of Olympic ‘hoops’ that you need to jump through. For reasons that only the brain the size of a Peacocks (not [...]

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For once I cannot pin the blame of NBC. Everyone does it. The damn medal rankings. In my mind a Gold Medal has greater weight than a Silver, which in turn has more weight than a Bronze. Now to be fair, winning any of these medals is a lifetime achievement for any athlete. An Olympic [...]

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On Monday Night, July 23, 2012, the WWE’s flagship program, Monday Night Raw will be celebrating its 1,000th episode. The first broadcast aired on January 11th, 1993, and the show’s popularity just skyrocketed. Raw has featured many memorable moments over the past the past two decades, and I would like to share a few of [...]

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Fans of the WWE have often complained about the stagnancy of the company’s current main event scene, with the same superstars headlining major events. However, I feel that the WWE is making slight progress towards younger talents, not only moving them up in the company, but also allowing new stars to debut. Viewers of the [...]

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In the WWE, tag team wrestling was once an important part of their broadcasts. In my opinion, the best matches in the division occurred between the 1980’s to the early 2000’s. However, over the past few years, the quality of tag matches, have deteriorated because of a lack of teams, and interest on the part [...]

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Heh. The Honorable Senator Emmanuel D, Pacquiao, Aka the world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao, aka Pacman, who recently found religion, is now under attack. Why? Well, it s seems that he has made a remark against gay marriage, and his website has some Biblical phrases that imply promiscuous gay sex is wrong. Since Pacman has [...]

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Way back in 1968 Peter Hain coined the phrase “You cannot play normal sport in an abnormal country”. He was talking about Apartheid South Africa – but the principle he was articulating then still gets to the heart of the issue of Sport and Politics today. The thing about sport is that if is essentially [...]

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It was a night filled with intrigue, excitement and history.  Wrestlemania 28 was held in front of over 73,000 screaming fans, outdoors at Sun Life Stadium, in Miami, Florida. The entrance ramp was long, the set was decorated with palm trees, and it was really neat to see an event of this magnitude held out [...]

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The reports are that the Denver Bronco’s have picked up QB Peyton Manning for a wallet busting $96 million 5 year contract. So this likely signals the departure of Tim Tebow from the Bronco squad. A move that I think will hurt the Bronco’s in the long run. Sure, Peyton Manning has the track record, [...]

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Wrestlemania. Throughout the year, superstars of the WWE work hard to be part of this spectacular pay-per-view event. The fans anticipate this show, after the previous one concludes. This year’s event takes place outdoors at Sun Life Stadium, in Miami, Florida, on April 1, 2012, and promises to be a night full of great matches, [...]

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The boisterous crowd of over 18,000 at the Scottrade Center, in St. Louis, Missouri, welcomed spectators to the first WWE pay-per-view event of the year – the Royal Rumble. Fans eagerly anticipated the Main Event – the 30 man over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble Match. But, before that, they were treated to several intense undercard matches, two [...]

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The clock is ticking, Santa is already traveling, but through the wonders of the internet, it is still possible to send that last minute present. An item popped into my inbox an hour ago. And I just have to share it There are people that are just very hard to buy for. They either already [...]

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Drama. Intrigue. Excitement. These are just some of the words that  reflect and describe the kind of year that WWE fans witnessed and enjoyed. The matches were spectacular, and there were many memorable moments. This was also a year where the company pushed several young talents, who were thrust into the spotlight, and it began [...]

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The boisterous crowd and the deafening fireworks welcomed over 16,000 spectators at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, as well as those watching at home on pay-per-view, to the second longest event in the history of the WWE. The twenty-fifth annual Survivor Series was a display of tremendous and riveting action, headlined by a [...]

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Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu was facing criticism for being too slow in building cases against participants in the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver.  So he held a press conference in August where he introduced Constable Lee Patterson to explain how evidence is collected.  It was an odd choice of spokesperson, since Patterson is accused [...]

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This is a guest article by author James Ross. Readers know James Ross as an avid golfer, but golf is not his only love. He is also an avid College Football fan. I asked him his thoughts on the Joe Paterno controversy and here is what the characters of his fictitious Prairie Winds Golf Course [...]

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It is, in my opinion, one of the great events in the history of the WWE. The main attraction of the Survivor Series, which will be held on Sunday, November 20, 2011, at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, has always been the “traditional Survivor Series Elimination Matches.” These showdowns consist of teams of [...]

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This is a guest article by author James Ross. Readers know James Ross as an avid golfer, but golf is not his only love. He lives in St Louis and is a big Baseball fan.  The Cardinals have made it to the world series, and game one is set for tomorrow. The series should be [...]

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What can only be described as a North Korean regime’s propaganda video is being promoted by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a U.S. government agency charged with providing uncensored radio, TV, and Internet news to countries without free media, BBG Watch, a nongovernmental citizen watch group reported. Read From BBG website: Pyongyang is a [...]

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The First Niagara Center, in Buffalo, New York was packed with fans anticipating an exhilarating night of WWE action. Every championship was on the line at WWE Night of Champions. The boisterous crowd witnessed two title changes, and an exciting, nail biting, yet, controversial main event. The opening match featured Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [...]

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Throughout its history, World Wrestling Entertainment has been known to create intriguing storylines, which sometimes lead to an unforgettable series of matches between two “rivals.” The hottest story of the summer involved C.M. Punk, John Cena and the WWE Championship. The first of the two matches took place on July 17, 2011 at the “Money [...]

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 This is a guest article by Tigercat 81  That doesn’t sound quite right as the NFL  is in their pre-season, however there are full contact football teams that are all female. There is probably a team right next door or possibly in the very town or city you live in and you never even knew [...]

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It was a cute photo, so I place it on my blog. a great photo of a happy young teenager holding a water sprayer, somewhat wet herself, and smiling happily. There is enough bad news in the world, so I like to post stuff that reminds us that not all of life is war and [...]

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In case you are only aware of the “hits”, the movie Soul Surfer is a “sleeper”: a small movie that becomes widely seen by word of mouth recommendations. I usually dislike surfer movies (e.g. Blue Crush) but I do like the photography of the ocean in them, so I watched this one. The good news: [...]

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The vibrant, flashy, and talented wrestler whose signature catchphrase, “ohhhhh yeahhhhh,” died on May 20, 2011, in a single car crash. His eye-catching attire, his big muscles, and his charisma attracted fans to him. He was a tremendous wrestler who graced the WWE ring for several years, and provided great entertainment for all wrestling fans. [...]

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Throughout its history, the WWE has made some choices, which made fans unhappy. A recent decision of the company’s caused a lot of controversy, and created quite a stir among fans. I have read a lot of negative comments about the current situation involving the World Heavyweight Championship. Since wrestling fans seem to have different [...]

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Although the last holdouts in Corrigidor didn’t surrender until May 1942, it is April 9th that is the anniversary of the surrender of Bataan. At dawn, 9 April 1942, against the orders of Generals Douglas MacArthur… Major General Edward P. King, Jr., commanding Luzon Force, Bataan, Philippine Islands, surrendered more than 76,000 (67,000 Filipinos, 1,000 [...]

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