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Canada's New Schedule: Suck It Up, Westerners!
Okay westerners, listen up. It's time to stop holding your breath for the Canadian men's team to play somewhere out west, and there is no further good reason to continue being resentful of Toronto and Montreal. First, most of our men's squad plays in Europe. That's usually an eight to nine hour...
Colorado defeats Vancouver 2-1 in their first home win since April
Despite form, whenever a defending MLS Cup Champion side takes on a team that only has two wins by the time the season is half over, the champs should expect to take a victory away and that's just what the Colorado Rapids did tonight as they defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 for their first win...
Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Colorado Rapids - Three Keys to the Game
I said before that to be a successful month, the Colorado Rapids needed to get 11 out of the 21 possible points in the month. After two games they have two points which means that they need at least three wins to close out the month out of their next five games. That's a tall order indeed - only...
Toronto Rock to Play Washington Stealth in BC
According to a press release from the National Lacrosse League, a rematch of the last two season's Champions Cup final game between the Toronto Rock and Washington Stealth will be played this coming preseason. The kicker? It will be played in Langley, British Columbia at the Langley Events...
UFC 131 Fight Card: Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin
After a slow couple of weeks, the UFC's summer schedule, which kicked off yesterday with UFC 130, is packed with no fewer than eight events (in addition to four Strikeforce events) between now and the end of August. The next pay-per-view event takes place in two weeks from Vancouver, with a...
UFC 131: Lesnar vs. Dos Santos Official for Vancouver, Will be Solid Test of Lesnar's Drawing Power
Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos, coaches of The Ultimate Fighter season 13, are officially set to meet in the main event of UFC 131 on June 11, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver. A disheartening premiere of TUF 13 doesn't inspire much hope in the headlining fight bringing in many more eyes than...
UFC 131 Fight Card: Brock Lesnar vs. Junior dos Santos Is Official
According to UFC Ultimate Insider Episode 28 at UFC.com: (TUF 13) The long running competition reality series features heavyweight contenders Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos as coaches. Lesnar and dos Santos will meet in the Octagon at UFC 131 on June 11th from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver,...
Michihiro Omigawa vs. Darren Elkins Planned for UFC 131 in Vancouver
MMA Junkie with the report: Darren Elkins (12-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is dropping a weight class and is expected to make his featherweight debut against Michihiro Omigawa (12-9-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) at UFC 131. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the planned bout with sources close to the...
Lift the Ban Watch Do-Over: Vancouver Really May Be One UFC and Done With MMA
I botched it pretty bad with my earlier post about Vancouver -- but thanks to feedback from readers much more informed than I (thanks Emma May and who me), I've now read two Vancouver Sun stories from earlier this month that make me even less confident that the UFC or any regulated MMA will ever...
UPDATE: NORTH Vancouver Is Done With MMA
From BCLocalNews.com: City of North Vancouver councillors put the kibosh on hosting professional boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) fights in the city, after voting to disband the North Vancouver Athletic Commission Monday night. "I've watched enough of it (Ultimate Fighting Championship) channel...
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