After a three-week break, which in this day-and-age is a long break, the Octagon returns on Saturday night as the UFC makes its now annual trip to Japan for UFC Fight Night 75 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The main card airs on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday night, with preliminary action…
Month: July 2020
WWE Raw live results 10-5: Brock Lesnar and Undertaker build to Hell in a Cell
The Big Takeaway: Seth Rollins will officially face Kane at Hell in a Cell. Summer Rae asked Rusev to marry him. Rusev said he would, but only until he captures a championship. John Cena was accidentally superkicked by Dolph Ziggler following the main event, which teased a program between the two. Stephanie McMahon shouted down The…
Stipe Miocic vs. Andrei Arlovski co-headlines UFC 195
A heavyweight bout with title shot ramifications has been added to UFC 195. Contenders and top-five ranked fighters Stipe Miocic (13-2, 7-2 UFC) and Andrei Arlovski (25-10 1 NC, 14-4 UFC) will meet in the co-main event of the January 2 event from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UFC confirmed the news…
Devin Taylor's fate decided on episode 2 of WWE Breaking Ground
Submitted by Ryan Pike Key Takeaway: We open with Devin Taylor getting terminated and the episode closes with questions about Dana Brooke’s NXT future if she can’t keep improving. In-between, it’s another enthralling but unfocused edition of Breaking Ground, with the best part of the episode focusing on a three-day try-out for prospective NXT trainees….
Cynthia Nixon vows to continue campaign for New York governor despite failing to get Democrat endorsement
Cynthia Nixon has failed to secure the Democratic party’s support for her campaign for governor of New York state – but has insisted that she never expected to, and will fight on regardless. Ms Nixon, a 52-year-old actress best known for her role as Miranda in Sex And The City, was heavily defeated by her…
Starbucks to close over 8,000 coffee shops in the US for racial bias training
Starbucks will close more than 8,000 shops in the US on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking to try to restore its tarnished image as a hangout where all are welcome. After the arrests of two black men in Philadelphia last month at one of its stores,…
UFC Fight Night 79 DFS Playbook: value picks, who to avoid
The UFC returns for the fourth straight Saturday for their final event in the month of November. The Octagon heads to Seoul, South Korea for the first time for UFC Fight Night 79, headlined by a five-round welterweight bout between Benson Henderson and Jorge Masvidal. Let’s take a look at some fighters to target for…
Dozens of Barack Obama staffers run for office to protect his legacy from Donald Trump
Andy Kim was in hospital when he decided to run for Congress. Attending a check-up with his wife Kammy, pregnant with their second child, Mr Kim was told there were complications. Their unborn son was underweight, the doctor informed them. The cause was unclear, but if the situation did not improve there was no guarantee the baby…
December 28, 1998 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Bischoff gets historic NBC deal, WCW files lawsuit against WWF over Wrestling With Shadows, more
In the biggest wrestling deal made in this country in recent years, Eric Bischoff put together a deal with NBC-TV to begin airing two-hour prime time wrestling telecasts beginning on 2/14 with a show live from the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas and a second show that will be broadcast live head-to-head with the…
Palestinian protester hit in face by tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldier in Gaza protests
A Palestinian was on life support in a Gaza hospital on Friday after being struck in the face by a tear-gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier. Israel says it uses tear gas as a non-lethal measure against Gaza border protests. But the projectile, launched by a soldier on the Israeli side of the frontier,…