For the first time in the UFC’s relatively brief history, two undefeated fighters clashed with a title up for grabs, at UFC 98 in Las Vegas,...
The crowd of about 750 patrons at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego were barely back in their seats before the main event between lightweights...
Jockey Calvin Borel, who jumped off his Kentucky Derby-winning horse, Mine That Bird, for the mount on Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra, isn’t the only sports figure...
Sugar Rashad Evans doesn’t know karate but he knows crazy and he’s hoping his professional street fighting style can offset karate man Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida...
There is some irony, as well a bit of symmetry, to the fact that the Irish Arts Center is located in the Hell’s Kitchen section of...
A fighter’s won-loss record isn't the be-all end-all, nor is it a real indication of how good or great he is. The truth teller and lie-detector...
If losing a fight that expelled you out of contender status was not bad enough, then being branded a cheater–allegedly at this point–has to be the...
Is it soup yet for Vicente “Chente” Escobedo? The heralded former Olympian enters the ring again with renewed confidence spilling all over his square jaw and...
To hear members of their curious and frequently underappreciated profession tell it, cutmen are like those “meatball surgeons” on M*A*S*H. Instead of hanging around an Army...
“It was difficult at first,” remembers 21 year-old Mercito Gesta when he first arrived in San Diego from Cebu City, Philippines. “I didn’t want to leave...
