DWTS: Dancing With The Stars Rick Fox
DWTS: Dancing With The Stars Rick Fox
Reality television producers figured out quickly that watching a group of total strangers struggle to live stranded on an island was a big hit. Survivor is almost as popular as Gilligan’s Island was back in the day. Then, the celebrity reality shows started to air and the mix was inevitable. Now, Dancing with the Stars doesn’t hesitate to throw their version of athletes into the mix, including the addition of Rick Fox this upcoming season.
Athletes, both male and female, have done well on the show and for obvious reasons like endurance and balance. A ice skating queen in Kristie Yamaguchi made the dance steps look easy and she was already big in the entertainment sector. Basically the athletes turned dancers who are already accustom to working a crowd should have an edge. That may be what makes Rick Fox popular on the show this season.
Rick’s resume lists him as a retired NBA player, actor and now a dancer. Why anyone is surprised is almost more surprising in and of itself. One character that may have more than she bargained for is Florence Henderson especially if she tries to be Mrs. Brady to all these gnarly personalities. In the meantime, the show airs tonight and fans can see first hand if Rick Fox is going to be able to cut it on the dance floor.
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DWTS: Dancing With The Stars Kurt Warner
DWTS: Dancing With The Stars Kurt Warner
Former professional athletes seem to be extending their celebrity-laden careers by moving to reality TV. In case you didn’t know already, Jimmie Johnson from the NFL will be a contestant on the upcoming season of Survivor. Dancing with the Stars watched Emmitt Smith dance his buns off and who could help but look at Chad Ochocinco in a different light after watching him wiggle all those muscles, the ones in his abs specifically. This year’s version has two former professional athletes and one of those is former quarterback Kurt Warner.
It seems to be common sense that the guys with the nifty foot work on the football field or basketball court should be better able to master some of the steps. This normally is the case too, except in cases where the athlete is so heavy footed that he can’t really get on his toes. Moreover, the professional women athletes have faired much better. While Kurt Warner is not likely to look as good as Kristie Yamaguchi on the dance floor, he should definitely have some skills.
Other big athletes extending their celebrity life on DWTS was Jerry Rice and Evan Lysacek. This season though, the footwork may not be near as easy for the football player to master. The endurance factor really shouldn’t come into play at all for how long can someone who has never been really big in his own sport actually fare on a reality show? The true bottom line is that Kurt Warner may be a former NFL quarterback but he really does have two left feet for the most part.
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Jamie McCourt: Dodger’s Owner
Jamie McCourt: Dodger’s Owner
The owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers are in the middle of a post-marital argument. High on the list of priority in this separation is the same as with your average divorce, ownership of property. In this case, that property just happens to be a very large baseball organization. Jamie McCourt appears to want to change her agreement with Frank McCourt regarding the ownership of the Dodgers.
The agreement between the two had been in effect since 2004 but Frank refused to put home number eight in her name. The couple’s biological children were to have ownership of the Dodgers per that agreement. However, owning seven homes wasn’t enough until now. The main question that remains unanswered regards who actually owns the team, Frank and Jamie McCourt or just Frank.
Frank wants a judge to enforce a post-marital agreement giving him sole ownership of the team and her sole ownership of the couple’s homes. She indicates that she unknowingly signed away her right to the Dodgers. If the woman owns seven homes and/or a portion of a Major League Baseball team, surely she could afford an attorney to keep her informed with the details. Jamie McCourt was named chief executive of the Dodgers in 2009 so she obviously has some type of interest in the team one way or another.
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U.S. Open Tennis Champions
U.S. Open Tennis Champions
The big tournament kicked off today and runs through September 12th. During this time, tennis fans will be watching the matches on various networks as well as online. Naturally, the courts will be full of fans getting a bird’s eye view of the entire competition. The U.S. Open Tennis tournament will play matches on various courts for two long weeks.
The defending champions are Juan Martin Del Potro and Kim Clijsters, however, Del Potro has pulled out of the tournament with a wrist injury. Serena Williams and Justine Henin have both pulled out of the tournament due to injuries as well. However, a bright light on the courts comes in Melanie Oudin as she hits the hard courts today sporting a purple dress and black and yellow fluorescent shoes. The Williams’ sisters usually put on the fashion clinic at the U.S. Open but they left that to Melanie Oudin today.
By the time the number of players has narrowed to 2 for the women and 2 for the men, fans are likely to get a good bit of high drama on the court. This is the biggest sporting events with Billie Jean King National Tennis Center holding approximately 33,000 fans for each session of the tournament. That’s two full weeks and a lot of fans and players making their way through New York in the next 2 weeks. The U.S. Open Tennis tournament this year has brought social media to the mix, check out Serena Williams Twitter account for updates about her sisters match.
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Barclays Golf Tournament Leaderboard
Barclays Golf Tournament Leaderboard
The golfers at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey saw the long lost Tiger Woods in the first round on Thursday. That day of play was tainted with the disqualification of Jim Furyk as he missed his tee-time at the Pro-Am. However, day one on the Barclays Golf Tournament Leaderboard ended with Tiger Woods’ name at least near the top.
This tournament is the first for 121 players over the course of 4 weeks with a $10 million FedEx Cup bonus. The golfer’s must qualify from week to week. Next weeks round has room for only 100 golfers. While Woods’ is trying to get his game back, Mickelson is chasing the number one spot and Corey Pavin is looking for the rest of his Ryder Cup team. With all those big names being tossed around, Dustin Johnson is looking to the Barclays Golf Tournament Leaderboard to see if he can make up for the horror last weekend.
The horror will always be around to taunt Johnson and he remains steadfast that he really didn’t know that he had broken the rules. He wasn’t looking too shabby either after he turned in a 64 on Saturday at Ridgewood Country Club. At the present time he is sitting in the 11th spot in FedEx points and could use a big win this weekend. For that matter, many golfers would like to look up at the end of today and see their own name on the Barclays Golf Tournament Leaderboard.
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Toney vs Couture Fight Video
Toney vs Couture Fight Video
MMA fans are raising their hands in victory but boxing fans are not prepared to go away that easily. Toney hit the ring last night with nine months of ground training. The short fight last night should be an eye opener for those fighters who think they can just jump from one type of fighting to the other. Watch the Toney vs Couture Fight Video and then decide for yourself if Toney ever had a chance.
In the meantime, fans of the MMA who hope to see their favorite boxer in the cage soon should remember that the boxer is going to need significant training. Making the move from one way of fighting to another is not as simple as it seems. Boxers will need to watch the MMA fighters and find a trainer to teach how to defend against the various submission holds. Watching Toney vs Couture Fight Video makes it clear that without a doubt,the athletes within the sports are not interchangeable.
Although Toney entered the cage looking confident and ready, the crowd didn’t appear to care for him at all. In the meantime, Couture made his way to the cage sporting a new tattoo. That’s the difference in true MMA fans and fans of fighting in general, the MMA fans noticed the tattoo almost immediately. Watching Toney vs Couture Fight Video, the true diehard fans aren’t hard to spot, nor is the clear winning.
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UFC 118 Fight Video: BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar
UFC 118 Fight Video: BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar
Every UFC fight fan in attendance last night were on their feet when Penn and Edgar met for the rematch. Now, the morning after, fans are scrambling for the video of the biggest fight from last night. Depending on your choice of fighter, it was really obviously that Edgar was stepping in right where he left off in the previous fight. The BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar UFC 118 Fight Video is definitely high on the list of priorities for fans this morning.
While Edgar managed to continue fighting right where he left off with a mix of speed and takedowns, his constant movement was what kept him stay one step ahead. Edgar actually handled himself by using his skills to beat Penn to the punch time and time again. Edgar forced Penn to play a standup match and that was obviously not something Penn was ready to handle. The BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar UFC 118 Fight Video doesn’t do justice for the amount of training both fighters put into making it this far to battle a second time.
Naturally fighters on Edgar’s side are boasting that Edgar’s ability to beat Penn five rounds in a row leaves nothing to the imagination. Penn may not have been on the top of his game last night but he did show his skills as a jiu jitsu fighter. However, it appears to most that Edgar simply had a better game plan and he stuck to it trough the full length of the fight. The final straw that’s visible in the BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar UFC 118 Fight Video is that Edgar displayed much more confidence than ever before and that may have been the part of his game that put him over into the win column.
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Randy Couture vs James Toney UFC 118 Fight Video
Toney had a mouth full of confidence that he just couldn’t managed to capitalize on. Toney’s fighting was strictly from a different set of tactics than that of Couture. Couture isn’t in the UFC because he is clueless, he is a big fighter because he knows when to spout from the mouth and he knows when to just fight it out in the cage. The Randy Couture vs James Toney UFC 118 Fight video shows that unfortunately, Toney never stood a chance.
Couture definitely made it quit clear that the MMA is a great sport for those who love to fight it out or fans who like to watch the fights from the cage. However, just because someone has excelled as a professional boxer or fighter in any other sport doesn’t automatically make the UFC fights a walk in the park. For that matter, Couture was in the cage with his game face on while Toney had yet to quit rambling from the pre-fight press conference. The Randy Couture vs James Toney video makes it plain that Toney never had a chance.
When the two went to battle in the UFC 118 fight card’s co-main event, expectations were high. Had Toney not been so boastful and just plain rude, fans may not have been cheering as hard for his opponent. But, the one thing that’s for certain is if you can back your fight up with words, it’s best to just sit back and listen. The Randy Couture vs James Toney UFC 118 Fight video was one of many instructional lessons on how to fight in the UFC and be successful.
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UFC 118 Weigh In Results: Toney vs Couture Odds
UFC 118 Weigh In Results: Toney vs Couture Odds
Tonight’s big fight events include enough personality to put the TMZ folks on high alert. Once fighters have trained for months on end for these big events, making weight is the final move toward fight time. When Mike Fierce hit the scales at 171, he was focused and intense that left, Amilcar Alves in his shorts a towel to get to 171. The tension continued to build to see how the UFC 118 Weigh In results for Toney and Couture Odds would play out.
Other big fighters showing off on Friday night were Nick Osipczak who hit the scales at 171 while Greg Soto look solid as a rock when he hit the scales 171. Other fighters prepping for Saturday night were Dan Miller who came in at 185 and John Salter at 185 as well. Miller seemed to be the crowd favorite between these two. The UFC 118 weigh in results Toney vs Couture were the focus for many of the fans.
All of the events leading up to the actual fight are done to help generate interest in all the fights. Some fights, like Edgar vs Penn don’t need any extra incentive to get the fighters pumped up. The pre-fight stare down is often used as a big intimidation factor for some fighters. The UFC 118 weigh in results for Toney vs Couture gave fans just as much as the pre-fight press conference.
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