The real secret to boxing's rebirth as a semi-mainstream, semi-universally respected sport is not really such a secret. Think of it more like an inconvenient truth that most everyone with half a brain in the business prefers to gloss over in favor of sleight of hand and get rich quick schemes. The Premier Boxing Champions card on NBC touched on this key factor Saturday … [Read more...]
Homer on a Two Ball Count: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette Novac called. It wants its dinosaur back. Claude Bell's plaster blasts from the past formed the backdrop for ESPN2's Friday Night Fights this week in Cabazon, California, and anyone who spent the night playing Fallout: New Vegas instead of watching the fights? They didn't miss anything. But the diehards who watch every fight, every week, every time? Let's dive … [Read more...]