Governing Body: UCF Lacks Skinstitutional Control

Much has been made the past few days about a recent photo shoot involving a former Playboy magazine model that took place in the Univ. of Central Florida football team’s locker room.

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The ORLANDO SENTINEL recently reported that UCF football coach George O’Leary gave a local magazine, called […]

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Why UFC Star Fought Like Bloated Ex-Action Hero

UFC star Anderson Silva called upon the expertise of the world’s foremost authority onĀ  fake fighting, Steven Seagal, to train for his fight last Saturday night again Chael Sonnen.

(I call this hold “4am in Filipinotown”)
During that training, Seagal said at the time of Silva-opponent Sonnen, “I believe that this will not be one […]

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Cuban’s ‘Dumbest’ Media? He Wants To Hire Them

On Dec. 24, 2008, Mark Cuban wrote a post in his personal blog titled, “Why Pro Sports Need Newspapers.”

Cuban wrote at the time:
Professional Sports Leagues and teams, if we want to continue to connect to our local casual sports fan, needs to work with our local papers to try to keep them alive as long […]

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Longest Pro Football HOF Speech? Chris Berman

Your Pro Football Hall of Fame speech lengths last weekend in Canton:

(Speechless - for once)
Emmitt Smith: 21 minutes
Jerry Rice: 16 minutes
Dick Lebeau: 18 minutes
Russ Grimm: 9 minutes
Floyd Little: 9 minutes
Rickey Jackson: 8 minutes
John Randle: 4 minutes
Chris Berman:

28 minutes.
To be fair, let’s take a look at the length of the Pro Football Hall of Fame […]

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LeBron James On Longtime Baby Mama: ‘Sidekick’

Harper’s Bazaar has an interview with the mother of LeBron James‘ two children, Savannah Brinson. Brinson, who is not married to James, seems like a sweet, naive woman. Exactly how you would picture her personality.

The interview is mostly fluff and would’ve gone on without incident had baby daddy not gotten in on the act.
Brinson on […]

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JVG: ‘Indefensible’ Heat Beat Bulls 72-Win Season

Jeff Van Gundy to Barry Jackson of the MIAMI HERALD on the Miami Heat this season:

The Heat not only will be great, but historically great. So predicts the co-lead NBA analyst for ABC/ESPN.
They will break the single-season win record [of 72].
I think they have a legit shot at the Lakers’ 33-game [winning] streak [in 1971-72], […]

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