I’m certainly not the first person to tell you I won’t be watching Floyd Mayweather box Conor McGregor tonight. It’s one thing to watch Randy Couture pummel James Toney in the co-main event of a strong UFC card. It’s another to shell out $99.99 to watch a UFC fighter who’s third, at best, in theContinue reading “Mayweather-McGregor: A corporate bailout, not a fight”
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It’s 3 a.m. Smile! You’re on camera! Inside The Ultimate Fighter
Fighters get used to the cameras, sort of, but maybe not each other. Several TUF alumni sound off in this excerpt from Beau Dure’s unpublished book about the show. Source: Inside The Ultimate Fighter: Fishbowl format distorts reality for reality TV – Bloody Elbow
Inside The Ultimate Fighter lives … at Bloody Elbow
I wrote a book about The Ultimate Fighter that never saw the light of day. But Bloody Elbow will publish excerpts for the next 10 weeks. Here’s the story of the book … Source: Inside The Ultimate Fighter: The best-selling tell-all book that never was – Bloody Elbow
How Kimbo Slice and MMA challenge our notions of celebrity and humanity
Written in the wake of a dizzying weekend of MMA news, with one of the sport’s top journalists (Ariel Helwani) temporarily losing his UFC credentials and one of the sport’s most famous figures (Kimbo Slice) passing away suddenly. Source: How Kimbo Slice and MMA challenge our notions of celebrity and humanity | Sport | TheContinue reading “How Kimbo Slice and MMA challenge our notions of celebrity and humanity”
MMA writing: 2008-2015
Selected pieces on mixed martial arts — all USA TODAY except as noted: Issues Aug. 4, 2015: Is the UFC turning into Rollerball? (The Guardian) July 12, 2015: Huge night for McGregor, Lawler and UFC 3.0(SportsMyriad) May 25, 2012: UFC, MMA wrestling with testosterone issues March 28, 2010: State of New York still not submitting toContinue reading “MMA writing: 2008-2015”
Covering MMA: Fascinating, frustrating, never dull
One of my projects for this year is to wrap up a book on my experiences covering mixed martial arts. I promise it’ll be a fun read. So I was happy to see SI’s terrific media reporter, Richard Deitsch, hosting a roundtable of MMA journalists. He got a good cross-section — people are very muchContinue reading “Covering MMA: Fascinating, frustrating, never dull”
Back in the podcasting game
The new SportsMyriad podcast features me ranting about the U.S. women’s soccer roster, curling, Rio 2016 prep, youth soccer getting too serious, and of course, the bizarre lawsuit filed against Ronda Rousey by a guy who apparently lives at White Castle. [spreaker type=standard width=100% autoplay=false episode_id=7519994] Please let me know what you think. Yes, it goesContinue reading “Back in the podcasting game”
My books (so far)
In reverse chronological order: How the Hell Did I End Up Cageside?: An Accidental MMA Writer’s Memoir is in the early stages, though I have a bit of a headstart because it will incorporate several interviews I did for a book on The Ultimate Fighter. Single-Digit Soccer: Keeping Sanity in the Earliest Ages of the Beautiful Game was releasedContinue reading “My books (so far)”
MMA fighters: Please don’t fight for your family
Marion Reneau is just the latest MMA fighter who says she’s fighting to support her family / give her family a better life: UFC women’s bantamweight contender Marion Reneau, who is pushing 40, started MMA in her early 30s to help finance her son’s college fund.(From MMA FIghting) Let’s take a look at the moneyContinue reading “MMA fighters: Please don’t fight for your family”
Huge night for McGregor, Lawler and UFC 3.0
The UFC couldn’t have picked a better night to unveil its new look. Let’s face it — the UFC of a few years ago was big but a little predictable. Georges St. Pierre would take people down at will or methodically jab them to a pulp. Anderson Silva would dance around a little and winContinue reading “Huge night for McGregor, Lawler and UFC 3.0”
