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Herschel Walker NFL Talk Doesn't Even Get Strikeforce in the Story
Herschel Walker brings one huge asset to Strikeforce -- his ability to garner mainstream media attention. He hit a rich vein today by hinting he wanted to come back to the NFL: Herschel Walker says he's thinking about making a football comeback. At age 48. After not playing for 13 years. "I want...
How the Washington Post's Top Sports Writer Saw UFC Fight Night 20
Dan Steinberg, the big dog and the top blogger at the Washington Post's sports dept wrote a column on UFN 20. His chief take aways: the limited demographic appeal of the UFC: I suggested to play-by-play guy Joe Rogan that the demographic seemed to be 30ish white dudes. "But that's the people that...
WEC 41 Scrambling for Coverage, Local Print Media Blissfully Ignorant
When we discuss MMA penetrating the mainstream consciousness, we really only refer to the UFC blowing up. We shouldn't be surprised when ESPN and other sports media conglomerates snub a big WEC or Strikeforce card. But shouldn't local print media take an interest when a big fighting event comes...
Yahoo's MMA Coverage Today Reaches EPIC FAIL Level
In an article by Kevin Iole titled, "Bank on it", the Yahoo sports writer profiles UFC 85 headliner Thiago Alves by saying the following: Thiago Alves’ family is in the banking business in Brazil. But he was only 14 by the time he knew the world of high finance was not for him. By that...
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