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 ...
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Well-traveled English soccer player Michael Chopra claims $3 million in gambling debts.
I know, peanuts. Charles Barkley lost $10 million gambling. But since you've never heard of Michael Chopra (that is unless you're a Newcastle fan), he can't afford that much red ink.
Per BBC News:
"Your first bet's your worst bet. As ...
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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 »
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 ...
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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 ...
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
Stephen A. Smith, star of the smash hit "Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith," reports today that Allen Iverson has major issues of the non-basketball variety. Smith's column from today's Philadelphia Inquirer claims that Iverson has major drinking and gambling issues that have derailed his career and threaten to ruin ...
Posted in Allen Iverson, NBA | 3 Comments »
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
After a rough Day Uno here at Rumors and Rants, I'm summoning the ghost of Jimmy The Greek to help a fellow degenerate like myself get into the win column. It's going to take a few weeks of course to either trust or hysterically laugh at my college basketball capping abilities; anything ...
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
It's tough out there economically these days, so we here at Rumors and Rants often have to search for alternative ways to generate private revenue.
Luckily for us, knowledge of sports can sometimes translate into cash. And doubly lucky for us, we've found a guy who has proven to successfully use ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
The Web has been blowing up over this week's sightings of Alessandra Ambrosio on the beach. Yeah, I mean, I guess she's alright.
Mark McGwire's five-step approach to hitting - Club Seat
The top 10 franchises of the past decade - Randall Simon's Sausages
The Quandary of JaMarcus Russell - The Legend of ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Well, not FUNDED by it, but definitely inspired by it. I realize he won a Super Bowl for them, but really? And I also have to admit that it's not like the highest paid player in the various sports leagues is always the most deserving.
Eli's about to get paid. But ...
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