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Thursday, September 21st, 2017Andre Ward announced his surprise retirement from boxing. His legacy in the ring was overshadowed by his bad judgement outside the ring.
Lessons from Canelo/GGG: Bob Bennett secured likely rematch but did casinos lose enough $ to punish him?
Monday, September 18th, 2017Nevada casino sportsbooks are refunding bets placed on the GGG/Canelo Alvarez fight. Will this risk Bob Bennett’s job security?
California not drug testing USADA-tested UFC stars like Jon Jones to save money?
Wednesday, September 13th, 2017A major revelation in the steroid drug test result for former UFC champion Jon Jones is that California doesn’t drug test USADA-tested fighters.
Shocking UFC Fight Night Japan 2017 Saitama Super Arena card
Monday, September 4th, 2017UFC Fight Night Japan 2017 features a fight card more fitting of Korakuen Hall in Tokyo rather than Saitama Super Arena.
Andy Foster wants due process for UFC champion Jon Jones on turinabol USADA drug test bust
Thursday, August 31st, 2017California State Athletic Commission Andy Foster wants you to give UFC champion Jon Jones due process on his drug test bust but can’t stop talking.
Post-Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor’s marriage with UFC demands a piece of ownership
Saturday, August 26th, 2017Conor McGregor proved that he is as big, if not bigger than the UFC after his fight with Floyd Mayweather.
Jon Jones is the kind of UFC drug user that American sports fans hate: a lying drug user
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017Jon Jones is incapable of staying on the straight and narrow. The only consistency in Jon Jones’ life is that he’s a screw-up who creates collateral damage.
Self-financing is accelerating manipulation & political pressure on Nevada’s athletic commission
Friday, August 18th, 2017The state of Nevada cutting its athletic commission off of general funding has relegated the AC from upper echelon to ham-n-egger status in bending over backwards to high stakes manipulation.
Unusual anxiety about the biggest “money” fight ever not selling out in advance
Friday, August 11th, 2017There’s a chance that the Floyd Mayweather fight with Conor McGregor may not be sold out come fight time and Mayweather’s camp is sending mixed signals in public about it.
ESPN begins its march away from cable and the ramifications are huge for combat sports
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017Disney is cutting the cord with Netflix and building its own streaming operation. ESPN is heading to a streaming platform. Cable is dying but the future of American broadcast television is big with 4K and streaming options coming.
UFC’s debt financing is making rich fighters wealthier but the window is closing fast for everyone else
Sunday, July 30th, 2017Ari Emanuel and WME-IMG ownership is pushing more “super fights” in the UFC that are eye-catching due to name value but not necessarily competitive. The rich are getting richer but what about the rest of the fighters?
Conor McGregor proves to be Floyd Mayweather’s lifeline to the IRS
Monday, July 10th, 2017We knew money was the root of Floyd Mayweather’s motivations in fighting Conor McGregor. What we didn’t know was what role Uncle Sam and the IRS played into the equation.
The spin stops here: ESPN underachieves with Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn drawing 3M viewers
Tuesday, July 4th, 2017The Manny Pacquiao/Jeff Horn fight on ESPN drew less than three million viewers. It bombed… but you wouldn’t know that reading the spin from ESPN and other sports media sites proclaiming that it was ESPN’s best boxing rating in a decade.
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