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Fox News Picks Up Jacob Volkmann Administrative Leave Story
Not surprisingly, Republican-slanting Fox News picked up the story Tuesday on UFC lightweight Jacob Volkmann being put on administrative leave from his assistant high school wrestling coaching job following some negative comments he made toward Barack Obama at UFC 141. After his win over Efrain...
WWE mandates that wrestlers carry insurance, but won't pay for it
That one site with the spyware is reporting that WWE is now requiring all wrestlers to carry health insurance. In addition, our friend Irv Muchnick has a look at the situation over at his Wrestling Babylon blog. WWE, which pays for on the job injuries, will not be paying for the coverage in any...
Armenian MMA Fighter Manuel Gamburyan Says the "Genocide" Word That President Obama Is Afraid to Say
International politics made a surprise cameo appearance on a major American Mixed Martial Arts event when winner and Armenian born fighter Manuel Gamburyan audibly said the word "genocide" on the Pay Per View broadcast. Mixed martial artist Manuel "Manny" Gamburyan dared to publicly say the words...
BRACKET BLOG: West Region
Always save the best for last, I say. That would be the exciting West Region, home of the Final Four-bound (or so says the Prez) Kansas State Wildcats. You can read a preview of the chalk-filled West after the jump, but first... There's still time to sign up for and participate in the 235th...
President Obama Stops to Greet the Golf Course Neighbors
Check out this YouTube video shot of President Obama stopping in the middle of his golf round MidPacific Country Club Golf Course in Kailua yesterday to chat with some of the folks who live on the course. Now, get back to Washington and fix our broken airline security system. [H/T ABC News...
President Obama Describes Why "Money Isn't Everything": How the WNBA Represents an Opportunity to "Release the Imagination"
When President Barack Obama honored the 2008 WNBA champion Detroit Shock today, he once again took the opportunity to mention what the league means to his daughters. Let me also say something as a father -- I was mentioning it to the team before we came out. It's hard to believe the WNBA has...
The Florida Gators, Barack Obama, and College Football
Thursday, the Gators will be in Washington, visiting with President Barack Obama at the White House. As some of you remember, President Obama, on several occasions, advocated a playoff. That has led to one of the stupidest articles ever written on this series of tubes; advocating not going to the...
Center Court: Ben Ball (VCU) Madness Pre-GameThread
The afternoon round of games are over which means it's time to get started with the pre game thread taking in the first games in the evening session. Hope by now everyone has been able to erase all the negative vibes coming at our our team from all direction coast-to-cast. And to make that a...
Ben Ball Gameday Roundup: Playing Our Game
The negativity from the outside world has pretty much reached a crescendo in last 48 hrs. And it sounds like the reporters and writers from Southern California are just chomping at the opportunity to pounce on the UCLA basketball program in Philadelphia. Coaches and our players can sense...
Ben Ball Roundup: Oregon State Notes
So apparently we are playing against a team on Thursday night that has some kind of connection to President Barack Obama or something. Before I get to today's hoop notes, does any one here want to sent an over/under for how many times will mention the word "President" (not re. PAA) and...
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