The United Football League continues to announce player signings and the league’s most recent acquisition boasts some impressive NFL credentials.
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It’s been more than two years since the world’s premiere mixed martial arts promotion has put on a show in the most populated state in the union, but on Saturday, Oct. 24, Californians will stuff the Staples Center in Los Angeles to watch UFC 104 and it’s main event of ...
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The WEC announced Monday that its Sept. 2 event has been postponed due to an injury to main event fighter Benson Henderson. The event has been rescheduled to Oct. 10.
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The Maaco Bowl Las Vegas — formerly the Las Vegas Bowl — announced on Monday that it has extended contracts with the Mountain West Conference and the Pac-10 through 2013. The bowl game annually gets the top choice from the MWC and the No. 5 choice from the Pac-10. “We are ecstatic ...
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Randy Couture may be one of the baddest men on the planet, but when it comes to the military the former UFC champ has a big soft spot in his heart. Like several GI events he’s hosted in the past, Couture, a veteran of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, will be the main man today at second annual “Operation All In” poker tournament that takes place at 2 p.m. at the Golden Nugget.
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Arena football might make a comeback in Las Vegas. As if the United Football League’s choo-choo trains were not enough in this market, Arena Football2 president Jerry Kurz said Friday at the Orleans Arena that he wants to bring a franchise to Las Vegas in the near future. “This is a market ...
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The USA Bid Committee eliminated Las Vegas as a potential World Cup site, in 2018 or 2022, in an official cut-down release Thursday morning. However, Jeff Marks, the chief operating officer for the Los Angeles-based public relations firm Premier Partnerships, said Las Vegas should not be discounted for future consideration. Premier represents ...
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Nevada could start using instant replay in boxing and mixed martial arts within a month to help referees review crucial or controversial moments at the end of fights. The Nevada Athletic Commission approved limited use of the technology to help referees review hits that end fights, including knockouts and hits like low blows or head-butts if they cause the match to end because of injury.
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No doubt the biggest fight in female mixed martial arts history Saturday night was quite the successful event as Strikeforce’s bout between Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos drew 13,524 fans to HP Pavilion in San Jose for an estimated live gate of $750,000. But the show airing on Showtime played second fiddle to UFC’s counter-programming of the promotion’s historic UFC 100 event from July (well, depending on how you view the ratings).
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ESPN and Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment, Inc. announced today that they have reached a seven-year agreement that will keep the World Series of Poker on ESPN through April 2018. As part of the new deal, ESPN will telecast a minimum of 32 hours of WSOP event coverage annually, including select other events ...
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