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The Sweet Inexact Science: Haney v. Lomachenko PPV Boxing
Haney v. Lomachenko PPV Boxing Notes. The sweet science is an inexact science. I wanted Lomachenko to win. And, I’m burying the lead. However, it is rather interesting to see the seven steps of grief timeline. The ESPN portion of the broadcast Nico Ali Walsh v. Danny Rosenberger Frankly, I thought Rosenberger won despite being…
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Indy 500 Presents Interesting Clash Between Honda and Chevy
The Indy 500, coming up on Sunday, presents an interesting clash between engine-makers, Honda and Chevy. Honda was scorching-hot-in-heels in qualifying while Chevy wore the sensible shoes and was steady-fast in practice. Eight of the top nine qualifiers were powered by the Honda lump. It would be mighty tempting to jump on the bandwagon of…
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All the Buzzer: I’m Jumping on the Houston Astros Bandwagon
All the Buzzer: I’m jumping on the Houston Astros bandwagon. I love me some Houston Astros baseball because the Astros can do no wrong. I’ve been minding my own business this baseball off-season. That is, until I started seeing the purple prose coming out of the Houston Astros, their management and players, as well as…
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Pacquiao v. Thurman PPV: Notes from the Spit-Bucket
The Pacquiao v. Thurman PPV from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, provided a night of knockouts, tough fights, and assorted amusements. Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao v. Keith “One Time” Thurman Pacquiao affirmed the notion that he is one of the greatest of all time and did it at the world-weary boxing age…
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Pugilist: The Shocking Story of Jimmy ‘Lectroshock Dimtone
Pugilist: The shocking story of Jimmy ‘Lectroshock Dimtone. While no man ever beat him, aside from the comas, he met his match in the fabulous Mitsy. Jimmy Dimtone was born on May 5, 1950, in Lawton, Oklahoma, which, as everyone knows, is the biggest drug town in Oklahoma. Accordingly, at the age of four years…
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Top Secret and Classified Future Big Fight Naming Rights
TOP SECRET: Details of CLASSIFIED negotiations and naming rights to all thirteen editions of the upcoming big fight, including subsequent rematches. CLASSIFIED: These details are currently in negotiation and have been leaked, The Very Fake News has revealed, by way of an unnamed source deep within the bowels of the janitorial water closet at the…
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McFarland, USA Movie Got Cross-Country Absolutely Right
Not too many films have been made about, or even touched on, the sport of cross-country, but the McFarland, USA movie got it absolutely right. When commercials started running for this film, it immediately piqued my interest because of its cross-country subject matter. This is a road not too many films have run down. Getting…