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Friday, December 30th, 2011
UFC 141 is finally here! Tonight on Pay-Per-View, MMA fans finally get to watch (or if you're too cheap to order the PPV you can follow the live blog we're doing for FoxSports.com right here on R&R later this evening) two of the best heavyweights on the planet duke it out in this long-awaited clash ...
Posted in Brock Lesnar, MMA, UFC | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Bernard Berrian seems to have really endeared himself to Minnesota Vikings fans recently. And by "fans," I mean the whole Vikings organization and the entire greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, too. In case you aren't in tune with all things Bernard Berrian, the man has made quite a name for himself lately. Unfortunately for poor Bernard, it ...
Posted in NFL | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
It's no secret around Indianapolis these days that Bill Polian's son, Vice President and general manager Chris Polian, has been much more involved in the decision-making process in the Colts' front office lately. Although it has no doubt proven effective over the years, the Colts' blueprint has always remained stubbornly boring: build the team ...
Posted in NFL | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 14th, 2011
Every year on Selection Sunday, the only thing more entertaining than filling out a bracket and incessantly staring at it is incessantly staring at the lines which get posted at some books as early as just a few hours after the Selection Show. Needless to say, this year was no different in WiseGuyAction's humble bungalow. My ...
Posted in College Basketball, Gambling | 7 Comments »
Friday, February 18th, 2011
What was seemingly inevitable is now a sad reality. According to Jim Irsay via Twitter, the great Bob Sanders was just released by the Indianapolis Colts this morning.
It was undeniably the only option left for the Colts, but it is still a sad day for many fans in Indianapolis. On a per game basis, there's ...
Posted in Bob Sanders, Indianapolis Colts, NFL | 1 Comment »
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Fear not Pacers fans, it's now safe to take the paper bags off your heads. Last weekend Larry Legend finally wrote Obie a "Dear John" letter blaming all their marital problems on the oft-criticized coach. Every failed operation needs a fall guy, albeit in this case O'Brien probably deserved to be sent ...
Posted in NBA | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 24th, 2011
At the Pontiac Silverdome this Saturday one of my favorite fighters, Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley, squares off in a battle against up and comer Devon Alexander "The Great." On the line will be the WBO and WBC light welterweight titles, and perhaps more importantly, pride. Both fighters are undefeated and looking to ...
Posted in Boxing | No Comments »
Friday, January 7th, 2011
On Saturday afternoon, perhaps the worst NFL team ever to make the playoffs in the modern era will take the field against the defending Super Bowl champs. Are the Seahawks bad? Yes. Utterly god awful? Check. Lack star power and dynamic playmakers? Touche. So why on earth would any sane ...
Posted in NFL | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Around 11:30 PM EST tonight on HBO, a very intriguing matchup will be popping off between Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola and Tomasz "Goral" Adamek. All nipple jokes aside, the real nightmare for Arreola and his trainers is, and always has been, Arreola's conditioning.
At the weigh-in on Friday, Arreola tipped the scales at a ...
Posted in General | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 1st, 2010
After watching the spectacular gold medal game between the U.S. and Canada, one distinct thought stood out in my mind. Forget the fact that I just witnessed the most exciting and most dramatic hockey game I had ever seen. Who cares that I played the under 5.5 goals on a whim and won even though I don't ...
Posted in Gambling, General, Hockey, Vancouver 2010, Winter Olympics, Wise Guy Action, WIseGuyAction's Plays | 1 Comment »
