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The New York Times is watching you, MMA bloggers
By Zach Arnold | June 2, 2008
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The New York Times has two articles today talking about the EXC on CBS show. The first article is titled Ending in Main Event Raises Fans’ Suspicions and the second article is an opinion piece by Richard Sandomir titled Elite XC was brutal. So was the hyperbole. Sandomir rips on Gus Johnson and crew for being ‘in-house lackeys,’ which is laughable because it’s plainly obvious that he hasn’t watched Mike Goldberg work his magic on a UFC PPV telecast.
One thing I should point out in various NY Times articles on MMA recently is that they have extensively quoted major blog sites, including: MMAPayout.com, MMAJunkie.com, and MMAFrenzy.com. Speaking of MMA Payout, this right here is a must-read post.
Update: Fightlinker is not happy with the NYT.
Onto more headlines.
- The Chronicle Live (UK): Ian Freeman facing tax fraud charges
- MLive.com: MMA on CBS is disturbing
- The Richmond Post-Dispatch (VA): Take me out to the brawl game
- Bloody Elbow: Be careful what you wish for
- The Phanatic Magazine: EXC – a swing and a miss
- The Del Rio News Herald (TX): MMA’s prime-time debut deserved better
- The Seattle PI: Not-so Elite debut
- The Baltimore Sun: MMA’s big night – after further review
- WRAL Sports: Thoughts about MMA on CBS affiliates
- Deadspin: Kimbo Slice fascinates and titilates the world
- Darren Rovell (CNBC): Elite couldn’t risk a Kimbo Slice loss
- The UNLV Rebel Yell: UFC woes more than just monetary
- The Telegraph (UK): Mum’s the word for ‘Irish Hand Grenade’ ahead of London UFC event
- The Sun (UK): Marcus Davis eyes UFC title shot
- The Telegraph: Michael Bisping ready for London’s UFC showdown
- The Daily Star (UK): Jason Day — I’ll show Michael Bisping the door
- The Canadian Press: Jason Day wants to leave his mark
- The San Jose Mercury News: Forget Kimbo Slice and bring some substance
- The Long Beach Press-Telegram: A prime-time disaster
- The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Slice of savagery
- The Canadian Press: First Xtreme Couture gym in Canada opens
- The Canadian Press: Randy Couture expects to fight again
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You haven’t been this active in literally the past 8 months. Nothing like Kimbo to invoke a response like Japan does to the hardcore fans.
Seems I may have been somewhat wrong about the impact of Shaw and Kimbo with all the negative reviews linked here. Much of the mainstream sports media has been able to see through that farce. Locally, here in Philly, we have a few sports talk stations, and the comments from the hosts and callers have been very critical of the production and Kimbo.
Here are the two Times article without the subscription required:
http://tinyurl.com/3gbtho
http://tinyurl.com/4v4t5r