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The Fertitta Files: Sayonara Pride Fighting Championships
We've talked about the UFC's foreign adventures this week, discussing mostly Lorenzo Fertitta's plan to bring the UFC to Asia and into mainland Europe. It's an exciting time to be a fan of MMA-this de...
The Fertitta Files: The UFC Eyes China as Next Break Through Market
The sale of 10-percent interest in the company to the Abu Dhabi government-owned Flash Entertainment was about more than an influx of cash. Zuffa's eyes weren't on the Middle East at all-that ...
The Fertitta Files: The UFC's German Experiment Off to Shaky Start
It was interesting listening to Lorenzo Fertitta last weekend. He gave a keynote speech at the UFC Fan Expo, the day after Dana White and in front of a much, much smaller crowd. Yet, in a prepared spe...
Want a professional league? Be professional.
Perhaps Major League Soccer still hasn't quite caught on in the states not due to competition from American football or the overlap with baseball season, but because it is so bloody difficult to compr...
Dog days
Matt Fenwick called these the dog days on Friday, and given the utter snail's pace that hockey news has taken on the past week or so, that's pretty tough to contest. Tennis... golf... the Jays' feeble...
A look at the USHL
On Frozen Blog has an interesting take on the USHL today, calling for one of the American junior league's franchises to setup shop in Washington, D.C.:The pipeline for Major Junior hockey talent in th...
NHLers flee to Europe
Players who played five or more NHL games in 2006-07 and have signed to play in Europe for next season: Players European team Country NHL team Ric Jackman Salzburg EC Austria Ana Josh Green Sa...
So much for a 'super' seriesWhere have the great European defencemen gone?
There's a reason I didn't expect the so-called Super Series (which Canada now leads 2-0) to be much of a competition, and it looks something like this:Russian NHLers 25-and-underForward: Ovechkin, Mal...
A guide to the world championships
Here's a look at hockey's latest world rankings as we head into international championship season.Countries are colour coded as per which tournament they'll be playing in. Those in red are taking part...
2008 world championship Canada goes with Hitch
Ken Hitchcock will be behind the bench when Canada looks to become the first host country to win the IIHF World Hockey Championship in two decades.He's been unveiled as the Canadian coach for next mon...
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