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Video: Carbon River Whitewater
Matt Kurle posted this video on Professor Paddle not long ago of himself, Adrian Wigston, Dave Moroles and Joe Howard (aka Super Joe) running the Carbon River – it’s really nice.� And, for those so inclined, yes, there is some carnage. Matt has a lot of good videos on his YouTube channel, which my friend [...]
Perspectives from a wingsuit
Lately I’ve engaged in a lot of conversations about wingsuiting. It’s something that, when people find out you’re a skydiver, gets asked. “Have you ever tried one of those squirrel suits?’ That and, “do you BASE jump too?” Though it’s not a discipline where I’ve focused too much of my energy, I am thankful that [...]
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FOX Getting Creative With Pregame Show
Filed under: Super Bowl, Sports Business and Media
As a rule, Super Bowl coverage on the networks is basically the same once the ball is kicked off, because the game that is played on FOX is essentially the same as any other one that is played on NBC, CBS and ESPN. Where the NFL's carriers strive for distinction on Super Sunday is with their respective pregame shows.
It's admittedly a daunting prospect since a lot of the potential audience for the show is not the hardcore football fan, but rather, as FOX Sports Media Group Chairman David Hill puts it, a group "sitting around with dip and guac and the odd beverage and cups of coffee chatting and seeing old friends."
In other words, it's not your standard Sunday afternoon football setup. And it's dragged out not over the usual one hour or even ESPN's two, but during a four-hour marathon -- the length of which is dictated not by the merits of worthwhile material, but by the economics of wringing out every conceivable Super Bowl-adjacent advertising space
This year, the responsibility for molding the pregame show into something watchable falls to Scott Ackerson, the coordinating producer of FOX's weekly pregame show.
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Cravings
Freefall cravings are hitting hard these days. I haven’t been able to get any time in the sky since the end of the season and it’s eating away at me. Over the holidays I lived vicariously through my friends who traveled to Florida and other exotic places (yes, when you live in Chicago, Florida is [...]
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MMA Marketplace: The ridiculously-priced Jonny Bones hoodie
Urijah Faber's Form Athletics has made a big splash in MMA clothing in this past year with cool designs and an impressive stable of fighters, including Anthony Pettis and Jon "Bones" Jones. For Jones' fight at UFC 126, they designed this hoodie:
Pretty sweet, right? Understated, interesting stitching and best of all? It doesn't look like a standard-issue MMA design. Unfortunately, it's $87.99, a price out of reach for many MMA fans who are already shelling out $45 to just watch the fights this weekend.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Great October sessions
Since I am back from the PWA Slalom final on Sylt I tried to get as much time as possible on the water. The good performance on Sylt, I could finish the season with the best result of the 2010 season with a 35th, gave me a lot of motivation. Most of the sessions on [...]
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Griffin says he won't quit on himself this time
Forrest Griffin has been away from the Octagon for 14 months. It's given him a lot of time to think. What did he come up with? He sounded pretty critical of his mental game during this interview with MMADieHards.
Griffin talked about a fighter's mindset entering a fight.
"There's two things you need to know. One, that you won't quit on yourself and two, that I've done the work. I'm doing the work. I know that I won't quit on myself," said Griffin.
Griffin believes that he's bailed out mentally during some of his losses.
"I've quit on myself before in fights. I'm not going to quit. I know how hard it is to live with it when you quit," Griffin said. "I won't quit. I've done the work. I'm not gonna break."
The biggest thing for Griffin is avoid getting overwhelmed by the moment just before and during the fight.
"It's just a fight. It's small. Of all the problems in the world, you getting in a fight is small," said Griffin.
Sounds like Griffin found some help with his mental game. Will it work against Rich Franklin? Griffin is the much bigger fighter at light heavyweight, but Franklin is a tough guy who'll push the former UFC light heavyweight champ the entire way.
Griffin's mental questions might be the reason Franklin actually opened as a sizeable favorite at minus-180.
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Diaz just wants big fights, not interested in 'maturing'
Nick Diaz put a licking on brawler Evangelista Santos, but the prefight wasn't engulfed by the champ's trademark trash talk. Diaz is genuine. Just because he rips most opponents doesn't mean that it's some sort of ploy to fire himself up or sell the fight. So when he was asked if not ripping "Cyborg" was a byproduct of maturing, Diaz answered with his typical brutal honesty.
"No, not at all," Diaz said (1:22 mark). "[In the past] I had to [expletive] with people. We had something between us."
Diaz said he respected Cyborg as well as past opponents like Robbie Lawler. That wasn't the case with guys like KJ Noons, Scott Smith and Frank Shamrock.
"That was that and now it's over with. Sometimes you get into some conflict and that's happened to me more than once, so now everyone feels as if I 've gone and matured or grown up or somethin, but that's just the way fighting is," Diaz said. "If you're going to make it personal, then it's really going to be a personal thing. It's already personal. The guy who wins is going to go on and make a lot more money."
Make no mistake about it, the "old" Diaz will return if Showtime/Strikeforce decides to make a fight against Paul Daley. Daley likes to fan the flames and already has his own bad guy tag after his exile from the UFC for sucker punching Josh Koscheck following their fight at UFC 113.
Diaz sounds confident that he'll be fine against the British slugger.
"I see myself putting punches on him," Diaz said. "Maybe him trying to take me down too and getting caught in a choke. He could run from me and I could run him down. I'll run him down and take him down and beat him on the ground. I could see that fight going a lot of different ways."
Diaz knows Daley's reputation as a one-dimensional fighter.
"I'm not really impressed with Paul Daley as a mixed martial artist," Diaz said. "He's got great standup and he's got good knockout power. I'm sure he knows what's going to happen if he steps in there and fights me."
He re-stated that he'll fight Jason Miller, but he needs to get paid a little extra if he's going to meet the 185 pounder at middleweight.
"This is hard stuff. I train hard everyday. I work more than eight hours days every day," Diaz said. "And they're harder than your eight-hour days holding a camera. It's different. You can't do this, what I do. I think that money talks."
There you have it. Diaz drops a little trash on all us media tough guys. He's earned the right to say whatever he wants. He keeps backing it up in the cage and putting on entertaining fights. Strikeforce hit a home run when it re-signed Diaz.
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Happy Holidays from COTW
As 2010 draws to a close and we settle in for the festive season with family and friends, all of us at Club Of The Waves would like to wish you all the best, a Happy New Year and good vibes for 2011. Aloha :)
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Dana White Discusses UFC 126, Strikeforce GP and Japanese MMA - Dana White
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Karyn Bryant catches up with Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto at the UFC 126 press conference. KID talks about reinventing himself and what he plans to show the American fans. We also see the Japanese star who recorded the fastest KO in K-1 HERO's history (4 seconds) training at Wand Fight Team.pro wrestling spoilers baseball expression can of corn soccer news usa
Gina Carano returns to training MMA at Xtreme Couture
Well, would you look at who is back training at Xtreme Couture again? According to their blog, Gina Carano.
The fighter whose last bout was an August 2009 loss to Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos sparred at Randy Couture's gym. Since that bout, she's spent time filming the movie "Haywire." The folks at Xtreme Couture didn't share any information on a return to fighting date for Carano, but it's good to see her sparring again.
As one of the first women (along with Santos) to ever headline a nationally televised MMA card, she is a proven draw and an exciting fighter. Strikeforce must be dancing in the streets over images of wearing boxing gloves.
Welcome back, Gina.
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Experienced Prangley wary of another jiu-jitsu ace from the Gracie clan
Trevor Prangley is not a young man, so at this point in his fight career he's looking for challenges. It doesn't matter if it comes at light heavyweight or his more natural weight class, middleweight. That's why he didn't hesitate in taking a fight against former heavyweight Roger Gracie at 205. Prangley, 38, will meet Gracie on Saturday at Strikeforce in San Jose (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET/PT).
The South African downplayed a huge edge in MMA. He has 30 pro MMA fights to Gracie's three. Prangley told Strikeforce.com:
"I think it will play a little bit of a part. But the guy has been on the world stage in jiu-jitsu so many times that I don’t think it will be as big of an advantage as people might think. He’s competed at a high level in jiu-jitsu and submission wrestling all over the world, and it’s the same concept, really. But Roger’s never really been hit, and I’m going to put it on him."
Prangley isn't the most technical boxer, but he's a hard puncher. His striking wore down Keith Jardine at Shark Fights 13.
Prangley, a former Division I wrestler, knows he probably needs to keep the fight standing. His submission defense is solid, but Gracie, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, is off the charts. Prangley:
"A guy like him is so good, that I can train basic stuff, but if he gets me in a bad position, its going to be a matter of fighting hard and never stopping my movement. There are no secrets that I’m going to pick up in the last few weeks before that fight that’s going to help me avoid getting submitted I just intend to not give him the opportunity to get a submission. That’s what I’m focusing on. Not the submission defense itself, but stopping him from getting into position to get an opportunity to submit me."
Prangley is banking on the fact that he's catching Gracie early in his career before he turns into a complete fighter. He also knows time is short and without a win here, future fights with the big promotions are going to be harder to come by.
"I’m going to win this fight, and I have to win it because it’s a 'do or die' situation for me. Roger’s really early in his career, so a loss for him won’t be that devastating, but for me it’s devastating. And so I’m not going to allow it to happen. So the fans can expect a win from me."
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Talks About His Dad, Daytona and New Hendrick Digs
Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona Int'l Speedway, NASCAR Testing, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. spent a portion of his lunch break Thursday visiting with reporters at Daytona International Speedway, where his No. 88 AMP Energy Chevrolet was a respectable 11th fastest in the first morning session of a three-day test for the Feb. 20 Daytona 500.
This year's 53rd running of the Daytona 500 marks 10 years since his father, NASCAR's seven-time champ Dale Earnhardt, was killed on the last lap of NASCAR's biggest race. And while fans and the racing media are paying special attention to the sad milestone, Earnhardt said he thinks about his dad every day anyway.
"You think about your parents all the time,'' Earnhardt said, alternately bowing his head and then looking off in the distance, as he endured the inevitable questions. "I think about him and my mother all the time, especially getting back to racing.''
Earnhardt said his father would approve of the new $20 million pavement job gracing Daytona's 2.5-mile high banks. This week's test is the first time the majority of teams have tried the new surface. But Earnhardt didn't appear as concerned about the challenges of a new race surface as much as his desire to get out of a competition rut.
Earnhardt hasn't won a race in two and a half years and his 21st place finish in the 2010 standings was the second-worst of his career. The worst was a 25th-place ranking in 2009. Earnhardt will break in his third crew chief in as many years with NASCAR powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports. Steve Letarte -- formerly Jeff Gordon's crew chief -- will now lead Earnhardt's No. 88 team, which will share a shop with teammate and five-time reigning Sprint Cup Series champ Jimmie Johnson.
"I feel good about the position I'm in now and I feel pretty confident about it and I'm looking forward to going into the season and working hard for it,'' Earnhardt said. "We'll just see how it goes.
"When you're running good you can put up with about anything. It's not fun being on the radar when you're running like crap. But last year we sort of fell off the radar altogether.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Diaz just wants big fights, not interested in 'maturing'
Nick Diaz put a licking on brawler Evangelista Santos, but the prefight wasn't engulfed by the champ's trademark trash talk. Diaz is genuine. Just because he rips most opponents doesn't mean that it's some sort of ploy to fire himself up or sell the fight. So when he was asked if not ripping "Cyborg" was a byproduct of maturing, Diaz answered with his typical brutal honesty.
"No, not at all," Diaz said (1:22 mark). "[In the past] I had to [expletive] with people. We had something between us."
Diaz said he respected Cyborg as well as past opponents like Robbie Lawler. That wasn't the case with guys like KJ Noons, Scott Smith and Frank Shamrock.
"That was that and now it's over with. Sometimes you get into some conflict and that's happened to me more than once, so now everyone feels as if I 've gone and matured or grown up or somethin, but that's just the way fighting is," Diaz said. "If you're going to make it personal, then it's really going to be a personal thing. It's already personal. The guy who wins is going to go on and make a lot more money."
Make no mistake about it, the "old" Diaz will return if Showtime/Strikeforce decides to make a fight against Paul Daley. Daley likes to fan the flames and already has his own bad guy tag after his exile from the UFC for sucker punching Josh Koscheck following their fight at UFC 113.
Diaz sounds confident that he'll be fine against the British slugger.
"I see myself putting punches on him," Diaz said. "Maybe him trying to take me down too and getting caught in a choke. He could run from me and I could run him down. I'll run him down and take him down and beat him on the ground. I could see that fight going a lot of different ways."
Diaz knows Daley's reputation as a one-dimensional fighter.
"I'm not really impressed with Paul Daley as a mixed martial artist," Diaz said. "He's got great standup and he's got good knockout power. I'm sure he knows what's going to happen if he steps in there and fights me."
He re-stated that he'll fight Jason Miller, but he needs to get paid a little extra if he's going to meet the 185 pounder at middleweight.
"This is hard stuff. I train hard everyday. I work more than eight hours days every day," Diaz said. "And they're harder than your eight-hour days holding a camera. It's different. You can't do this, what I do. I think that money talks."
There you have it. Diaz drops a little trash on all us media tough guys. He's earned the right to say whatever he wants. He keeps backing it up in the cage and putting on entertaining fights. Strikeforce hit a home run when it re-signed Diaz.
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Rashad Evans turns to The Force to train for his bout with 'Shogun'
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua has plenty of weapons to use against Rashad Evans, so "Suga" had to get creative when training for their March title bout. He had to turn to Jedi powers.
With his own Yoda, Greg Jackson, looking on, the padawan hones his mind-control skills. Jedi Knight will pay off, as the ability to sense danger, control minds and drain life force could come in handy against Shogun. Now, if only light sabers were allowed in the Octagon...
Get off the Computer, get on the Trail
The constant stream of information we get through mobile and hand-held devices is changing the way we think. This�New York Times article explains how the use of digital technology is altering our brains, and how retreating into nature can reverse the effects: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129384107
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We've moved to a new address!
We're sorry (but excited) to announce that our "Surfing, Surf Art & Culture" blog has moved to Club Of The Waves! We've migrated our entire blog archive over there, so you can still find all our old posts and plenty of new ones too! Blogger has been very good to us since 2008, but it's time for us to move on…
The 'new' blog over on COTW has two options to view it in the traditional or "Classic" blog view, or the slightly different "Grid" blog view. See which you prefer…
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Aloha.
The 'new' blog over on COTW has two options to view it in the traditional or "Classic" blog view, or the slightly different "Grid" blog view. See which you prefer…
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Aloha.
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FanHouse TV: Jay Glazer Chats With LeCharles Bentley
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NFL information man Jay Glazer stopped by the FanHouse TV set to discuss what he's hearing and share some good natured fisticuffs with LeCharles Bentley. Click below to watch:
Filed under: NFL Video, Super Bowl, Sports Business and Media
One of the biggest questions this week in Dallas has been whether Steelers super rookie Maurkice Pouncey will play in the Super Bowl.NFL information man Jay Glazer stopped by the FanHouse TV set to discuss what he's hearing and share some good natured fisticuffs with LeCharles Bentley. Click below to watch:
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Herschel could put aside MMA for a return to the NFL
Don't tell Herschel Walker he's being ridiculous. The former NFL running back probably won't be swayed. He put together a borderline Hall of Fame career in the NFL without lifting a weight. Then he turned to an Olympic quest at age 29 and made a U.S. two-man bobsled team in the 1992 Olympics. His latest endeavor is a career in mixed martial arts. Now in typical Walker fashion, he said he's not done. His next dream is to return to the NFL when he's 50.
"I tell people I may even try out for football again and show people I can do that. I'd be the George Foreman of football and come back and do that one more time," Walker, 48, said on a conference call.
As he preps for his second career pro MMA fight, this weekend in San Jose against Scott Carson, Walker still believes he could clash helmets with athletes who may be 25 years younger than him.
"There is a 100 percent guarantee that today I could help a football team out," said Walker.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal pointed out that Walker claims he can still run with the best athletes in the world:
Walker said he was clocked at a mind-boggling 4.38 in the 40-yard dash after his MMA debut last year and that his time right now would certainly be sub-4.5.
The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner said it's just a matter of fitting a football comeback into his schedule.
"If I can fit it in my schedule, yes I would do it," he said. "I 100 percent guarantee today I could help a football team out."
Pretty strange, right? It's par for the course with Walker, who has a ripped body in his late 40s in spite of a diet that would make most doctors cringe.
"Most every nutritionist in the world has told me 'You can't do that. You can't do that.' And my thing is 'Guys, I've been doing this for over 20-something years," Walker said. "It's not something that I just started doing because I've was turning into an MMA fighter. I was doing it when I was playing football. And it works for me. I'm not going to say it's going to work for everyone else."
Walker said his NFL teams of choice would be the Minnesota Vikings or Atlanta Falcons. Since Walker's not dispensing advice to others, maybe we should all stop telling the legend to cross another sports hurdle in the future.
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Urban Meyer Joins ESPN as College Football Analyst
Filed under: Florida, Media Watch, Sports Business and Media
Once Urban Meyer stepped down for good as Florida's head football coach in November, the clock began counting down to when some broadcast entity would bring the man who won two national titles in six years into the fold as an analyst. It just seemed too obvious that the youthful, telegenic Meyer would make a pit stop in a booth or studio before heading back to the sidelines.And sure enough, the most likely suitor, ESPN, announced Monday that it has signed Meyer to join its ranks, with his first appearance coming during Wednesday's marathon ESPNU show for National Signing Day.
Meyer developed a taste for television work after serving as a guest analyst for the Worldwide Leader for the national title game in January. That experience helped Meyer get past a desire he might have had to sit relaxing on his couch for a year or more.
"There's a lot of time, and I don't sit very well and I want to stay around college football," said Meyer on a conference call Monday. "There was time (to ponder sitting out) , but not much time. I was really hoping something like this would materialize after the national championship game."
More Coverage: Objectivity a Question Mark for Meyer, ESPN
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Mitch Mustain Has Felony Drug Charges Dropped, Could Still Face Misdemeanor
Filed under: Police Blotter
The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that the Los Angeles County district attorney's office has declined to press charges against former USC quarterback Mitch Mustain.
Mustain was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of selling prescription narcotics, a felony. He was accused of selling Adderall to an undercover law enforcement officer. Adderall is an amphetamine.
But upon further toxicological examination of the substance, the medication Mustain, 22, was alleged to have sold was found to be "lisdexamfetamine dimesylate," which is legally not classified as a controlled substance.
Mustain could still have been prosecuted for attempting to pass off the substance as a controlled substance, which would still have been a felony regardless. But because Mustain has no prior criminal record, the county DA's office opted to send the case to the Los Angeles city attorney, who could still decide to press misdemeanor charges against Mustain, who was originally caught in an unspecified law enforcement sting operation.
"Given that Mustain has no record and that this is his first contact with law enforcement, it is appropriate that it be referred to the city attorney's office for misdemeanor consideration," officials wrote.
Miami Heat Still Building Chemistry After Rash of Injuries
Filed under: Heat, NBA Injuries
MIAMI -- With so many injuries this season -- including everything from minor setbacks to their superstar trio to serious injuries that have sidelined Mike Miller and Udonis Haslem for months -- the Miami Heat must once again adjust to a new rotation featuring different roles and varying minutes to core players. Of more concern is that the midway point of the season has already passed and the clock is ticking for a team desperate to establish true chemistry and comfort with each other. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is happy with the results of late, but there is an undercurrent of apprehension. "We need more time, so the court time is the most important thing right now to build more continuity," he pointed out after the Heat's latest victory at the expense of the Cleveland Cavaliers. "We have 33 games left and we have to fast-track this process."
No sooner was Miller healthy enough to rejoin the rotation and begin the work of carving out a role next to the Big Three when all three of Miami's stars suffered their own health problems. In Miller's first start of the season -- filling in for Dwyane Wade, who sat with migraine issues -- Miller racked up 32 points in a victory over the Toronto Raptors, fueling an impressive comeback performance.
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Fifteen Months After Last Fight, Forrest Griffin Excited, Scared for Return
LAS VEGAS -- Fifteen months after his last time in the octagon, Forrest Griffin is primed and ready to return in a featured UFC 126 bout with fellow veteran Rich Franklin.And he's also a little bit nervous.
"I'm so scared it's f------ terrifying," he said on Thursday. "I haven't done it in a year. It's only harder. It doesn't get easier."
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Herschel Walker Wins Strikeforce MMA Bout by First-Round TKO
by Michael David Smith
Former football star Herschel Walker improved to 2-0 as a professional mixed martial arts fighter, beating Scott Carson on Saturday night's Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg fight card.
Walker won a one-sided beatdown against an opponent who didn't have much to offer. The question now is whether Walker is interested enough in MMA to stick with it and take a chance against an opponent who might actually hit back, which Carson didn't do.
"I was OK," Walker said when asked to assess his own performance. "I've got to be on offense. Being a young MMA fighter I've got to control what I'm doing in the cage."
Former football star Herschel Walker improved to 2-0 as a professional mixed martial arts fighter, beating Scott Carson on Saturday night's Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg fight card.Walker won a one-sided beatdown against an opponent who didn't have much to offer. The question now is whether Walker is interested enough in MMA to stick with it and take a chance against an opponent who might actually hit back, which Carson didn't do.
"I was OK," Walker said when asked to assess his own performance. "I've got to be on offense. Being a young MMA fighter I've got to control what I'm doing in the cage."
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Bill Haas, Phil Mickelson Lead; Collection of Talent Strokes Away at Torrey Pines
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SAN DIEGO -- Phil Mickelson and Bill Haas are 12 under par and share the lead going into Sunday's final round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson, Anthony Kim and rookie Jhonattan Vegas are within three strokes as the sun-splashed week heads to the finish line. What could possibly be wrong with a tournament like that?
Funny you should ask.
Sitting adjacent to Torrey Pines golf complex is the Scripps Clinic. When a visitor to the medical center arrived this week for a scheduled doctor's appointment, she was confounded by signage in the parking lot that announced "NO ACCESS FOR FARMERS."
Clinic officials are now aware of a coming petition demanding that in the future they accept the area's farm workers for treatment.
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Cody Hodgson Called Up By Canucks
Filed under: Canucks, Western, Minor League Hockey
VANCOUVER -- Cody Hodgson's big chance with the Vancouver Canucks has finally arrived.The Canucks called up Hodgson on Monday from Manitoba of the AHL as they try to get more scoring from anyone not named Sedin, Ryan Kesler or Alex Burrows. With 26 points in 28 games, he could be the jolt they need.
The promotion caps a long comeback from a mysterious back injury for Hodgson, who has been hailed as Vancouver's star of the future since he was drafted 10th overall in 2008, but he's struggled with injuries. When he completed his 2008-09 junior season with Brampton of the OHL and helped Manitoba reach the Calder Cup finals, it looked like he was on a fast track to the NHL.
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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/31/cody-hodgson-called-up-by-canucks/
Great October sessions
Since I am back from the PWA Slalom final on Sylt I tried to get as much time as possible on the water. The good performance on Sylt, I could finish the season with the best result of the 2010 season with a 35th, gave me a lot of motivation. Most of the sessions on [...]
Source: http://www.chrispressler.com/?p=1555
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Scrambling Mt. Temple
This past week in the Canadian Rockies, enough snow has fallen at high elevations and the daytime temperatures have remained cool enough that scrambling season has clearly ended. Sure, any summit is accessible any time of year, if you’re a black-belt mountaineer. But a patina of snow and/or ice makes a long, steep, rough scramble [...]
Source: http://www.hikingcamping.com/blog/2010/09/scrambling-mt-temple/
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Abe Wagner KOs Tim Sylvia in 32 Seconds at Titan FC
by Michael David Smith
Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia is done as a relevant mixed martial artist.
In a result reminiscent of his embarrassing knockout loss to the boxer Ray Mercer, Sylvia showed up overweight and out of shape on Friday night for his bout with Abe Wagner on the Titan FC 16 card in Kansas City, and the result was Wagner battering him around the cage for 32 seconds before Sylvia fell face-first to the canvas, and the referee waved off the fight, awarding Wagner a quick TKO.
It was an indecisive stoppage by ref Jason Herzog, but not a bad stoppage: Sylvia didn't seem to know where he was when he crumpled to the canvas, and he wasn't intelligently defending himself.
Sylvia, who weighed in at 311 pounds on Friday, falls to 28-7. He was once among the sport's truly elite fighters, but that was a long time ago. Sylvia no longer takes his conditioning seriously, and although he did enter Friday night on a four-fight winning streak, he's just never been the same fighter since losing three straight fights to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Fedor Emelianenko and Mercer in 2008 and 2009.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia is done as a relevant mixed martial artist.
In a result reminiscent of his embarrassing knockout loss to the boxer Ray Mercer, Sylvia showed up overweight and out of shape on Friday night for his bout with Abe Wagner on the Titan FC 16 card in Kansas City, and the result was Wagner battering him around the cage for 32 seconds before Sylvia fell face-first to the canvas, and the referee waved off the fight, awarding Wagner a quick TKO.
It was an indecisive stoppage by ref Jason Herzog, but not a bad stoppage: Sylvia didn't seem to know where he was when he crumpled to the canvas, and he wasn't intelligently defending himself.
Sylvia, who weighed in at 311 pounds on Friday, falls to 28-7. He was once among the sport's truly elite fighters, but that was a long time ago. Sylvia no longer takes his conditioning seriously, and although he did enter Friday night on a four-fight winning streak, he's just never been the same fighter since losing three straight fights to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Fedor Emelianenko and Mercer in 2008 and 2009.
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/01/29/abe-wagner-kos-tim-sylvia-at-titan-fc/
Searching for the Prana-Banana
?Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.? ~Author Unknown The effects of yoga as a relaxation technique are often cited.� This is not without good reason.� For us at least, it was a way … Continue reading
Source: http://www.prana.com/blog/2011/01/27/searching-for-the-prana-banana/
Novak Djokovic Isn't Your Typical Tennis Champion ... Thank Goodness
Filed under: Australian Open, ATP
This is about how to be a tennis champion and pick up babes, Novak Djokovic style. It involves nipple tassels. Be prepared: It also involves a little granny-on-Novak action.
A certain dignity is required of tennis champions. It must be. We've seen it forever.
Djokovic doesn't have it, doesn't behave like any tennis champ we've seen before. I'll just say this ...
Thank God.
We've had cranky champs (John McEnroe), and flashy ones (Andre Agassi). Usually, just well-behaved ones who are a little stiff.
When Djokovic won the Australian Open Sunday, I started replaying so many of his antics. A personal favorite: a video he did in 2009 to promote his new Head racket.
At Wimbledon, they think you should wear a coat and tie no matter where you are or what you're doing. Djokovic wears nipple tassels.
Source: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2011/02/02/novak-djokovic-isnt-your-typical-tennis-champion-thank-good/
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Some MMA fans don't get it, Herschel Walker is great for the sport
What Herschel Walker is doing is simply incredible. The 48-year-old has two pro MMA fights under his belt and plans on marching forward. On Saturday, He manhandled Scott Carson. While most fans realize Walker is bringing more eyes to the sport, some hardcore fans and MMA bloggers rip him, calling his competition a joke.
Luke Thomas from Bloody Elbow disagrees:
Strikeforce is handling Walker's MMA career exactly as they should be. The idea that only fighters of certain caliber belong in elite organizations is now a rule of thumb, not a sacred edict. If exceptions to the rule make sense - particularly for a number two promotion looking for a unique leg up - then make them.
[...] Walker is taking a path no different than any other MMA fighter with commensurate experience. The pushback on Walker is as much pushback against Walker's participation in the sport as it is a lack of familiarity with low-level professional MMA.
Fight promotions are part competition, part making money and part building the business. That fact seems to be lost on some observers of MMA.
I often wonder how many of those who decry Walker's participation have ever attended a regional MMA event. Those fights lack the superstar power of Walker, but look no different. They're nasty, brutish and often very short. Perhaps this is part of the reason why local or regional MMA promoters often struggle: not even MMA fans are paying attention to their shows.
During a weekend light on big-time sporting events, Walker caught the eye of the non-MMA fan and general sports media.
Several journalists and fans noted on Twitter last night that many if not all of the main card participants in last night's show were trending on Twitter. Who do you think is responsible for that, Jacare? The mic skills of Robbie Lawler? Roger Gracie's massive pre-fight hype? That credit belongs to Herschel Walker and likely Herschel Walker alone. No one else to my knowledge had a write-up in the Associated Press heading into the bout or the sporting talk radio hype or the curiosity of casual sporting fans. [...] Critics often say it's the "real fighters" who deserve the shine. I don't disagree, but much of the attention paid to last night's "real fighters" is a direct result of a fighter participating in only his second MMA bout.
Well said. The sport is still in the growth process. As long as Walker isn't promoted as a title contender, his MMA journey is well worth chronicling on Showtime.
What fighters go through for your entertainment
At the beginning of each UFC pay-per-view, the UFC plays an opening video that likens the UFC to gladiators, like this one from UFC 124:
But how much do today's fighters have to do with the gladiators of ancient Rome? Quite a bit, it turns out. Like Maximus, they put their bodies through hell so that you'll be entertained, but they don't give much thought to the future. In a column from MMA Fighting, Strikeforce fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller recognizes the risks, but says it doesn't change anything.
"Athletes know this stuff. We do," said Miller. "We're not dumb. It's like that new research that links head injuries and Lou Gehrig's disease. Well, duh, science. Thanks for telling us what athletes already know. We know what we're doing to ourselves. It's the elephant in the room. We're giving our bodies for the entertainment of the masses. I'm okay with that. I've had plenty of surgeries. I know there's a chance that I could be retarded. I know that."
MMA is far from the only sport where athletes take these risks. Football players take on massive amounts of punishment, as do boxers and hockey players. But it's worth reading the entire article to hear how fighters we know and love have paid the price.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Planning and Making Reservations (Blog #2)
I found that making reservations with O.A.R.S. and ORION EXPEDITIONS was a very easy process. Everyone was wonderful as well as knowledgeable and so willing to accommodate. I am not a very patient kind of person- being a Virgo- and I like instant gratification, which I did receive. The first company I called was Orion [...]
Source: http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com/post/planning-and-making-reservations-blog-2
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The Works: How Joy Division Explains The All-Star Starters
Filed under: NBA All-Star Game, The Works
Today in The Works: Joy Division and the All-Star Game, a match made where time stops moving.
Discography 101
Over at GQ.com, the illustrious Kevin Love has a blog entitled "Love Will Tear Us Apart". That's a reference to the mega-gloomy Manchester outfit whose genius lead singer Ian Curtis killed himself at the height of their powers. On the surface, nothing to do with basketball, right? Except Kevin Love himself really likes that title, which got us thinking: What if we picked a Joy Division song that represented each player in this year's All-Star starting line-ups? Might we not learn something new about these players, this music, and ourselves? And most importantly, would we have so much fun that we would never, ever die, especially not by our own hand?
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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/02/02/the-works-how-joy-division-explains-the-all-star-starters/
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Bellator Adds Nazareno Malegarie, Featherweight With MMA's Best Record
by Michael David SmithThe fighter with the best record in mixed martial arts is heading to Bellator and ready to enter the promotion's Season 4 featherweight tournament.
Nazareno Malegarie, who has built up a 19-0 record while fighting for Brazilian promotions, is now ready to fight in the United States, Bellator announced Monday.
"I'm just very excited to finally have the chance to show fans in the United States what I'm capable of," Malegarie said in a statement. "Signing with Bellator was very important for me, and I'm ready to prove myself."
Nazareno Malegarie, who has built up a 19-0 record while fighting for Brazilian promotions, is now ready to fight in the United States, Bellator announced Monday.
"I'm just very excited to finally have the chance to show fans in the United States what I'm capable of," Malegarie said in a statement. "Signing with Bellator was very important for me, and I'm ready to prove myself."
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/01/31/bellator-adds-nazareno-malegarie-featherweight-with-mmas-best/
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The Works: How Joy Division Explains The All-Star Starters
Filed under: NBA All-Star Game, The Works
Today in The Works: Joy Division and the All-Star Game, a match made where time stops moving.
Discography 101
Over at GQ.com, the illustrious Kevin Love has a blog entitled "Love Will Tear Us Apart". That's a reference to the mega-gloomy Manchester outfit whose genius lead singer Ian Curtis killed himself at the height of their powers. On the surface, nothing to do with basketball, right? Except Kevin Love himself really likes that title, which got us thinking: What if we picked a Joy Division song that represented each player in this year's All-Star starting line-ups? Might we not learn something new about these players, this music, and ourselves? And most importantly, would we have so much fun that we would never, ever die, especially not by our own hand?
Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/02/02/the-works-how-joy-division-explains-the-all-star-starters/
Strikeforce burning question: Who the heck is Scott Carson?
Everyone's favorite invincible football-player-turned-Olympian-turned-fighter, Herschel Walker, will take on Scott Carson at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg on Saturday. As famous as Herschel Walker is, Carson is unknown.
Walker will turn 49 in March, but will fight in just his second bout. Carson isn't much more experienced, despite starting his career in 1999. He won his first four fights over a three-year period, ending with a submission over Bryson Haubrink at the very first WEC event.
Carson then took a nine-year hiatus from MMA, returning in June of 2010 to fight Lorenz Larkin at Pandemonium at the Palladium. Carson was knocked out in the first round.
He's looking at the bout with Walker as an opportunity to show what he capable of.
"I feel fortunate to get this fight and I hope to make the best of it. I’m definitely prepared and ready for a fight," Carson said at Thursday's pre-fight press conference. "Fighting such a legendary name has certainly added a lot of hype to the fight, but I have worked very hard in training camp. I’m looking to see this fight go into the later rounds where it will be a war of attrition.’"
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Nick Diaz Submits Evangelista Cyborg Santos in a Strikeforce Brawl
by Michael David Smith
Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz got a tougher challenge than expected from Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos Saturday night in San Jose, but after brawling for nearly 10 minutes, Diaz submitted Cyborg with a textbook arm bar with just seconds remaining in the second round.
Diaz improved his record to 24-7, and he's now on a nine-fight winning streak. Diaz isn't the best welterweight in the world (that honor belongs to Georges St. Pierre), but he's unquestionably the best welterweight outside the UFC.
"I respect the way he fights," Diaz said of Cyborg. "He don't play around. He came out here and fought me."
Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz got a tougher challenge than expected from Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos Saturday night in San Jose, but after brawling for nearly 10 minutes, Diaz submitted Cyborg with a textbook arm bar with just seconds remaining in the second round.Diaz improved his record to 24-7, and he's now on a nine-fight winning streak. Diaz isn't the best welterweight in the world (that honor belongs to Georges St. Pierre), but he's unquestionably the best welterweight outside the UFC.
"I respect the way he fights," Diaz said of Cyborg. "He don't play around. He came out here and fought me."
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Alex Ovechkin Flips P.K. Subban (Video)
Filed under: Canadiens, Capitals, NHL Videos
In a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, the Montreal Canadiens went into Washington on Tuesday night and came away with a 3-2 shootout win thanks in large part to the efforts of Brian Gionta. The veteran winger scored both Montreal goals in regulation and also managed to score the deciding -- and only -- goal in the shootout, beating Semyon Varlamov in the opening round.While Gionta was the offensive star of the game providing all of his team's offense, the highlight of the game came early in the third period when Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin sent Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban somersaulting through the air with this open ice hit.
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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/02/alex-ovechkin-flips-p-k-subban-video/
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Diaz submits 'Cyborg' after vicious standup battle
Striking, grappling and submissions, Nick Diaz can do it all. The Strikeforce welterweight champ is also as tough as they come.
In absolute war, Diaz ate the best that brawler Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos had to offer on the feet. Then he went into his bag of tricks, turning to his jiu-jitsu.
Late in the second round, a tired Cyborg took the fight to the ground and was submitted via armbar moments later by the versatile Diaz. The 27-year-old veteran retained his belt with the finish at 4:51 of the second in the main event of Strikeforce: 'Diaz vs. Cyborg' in San Jose, Ca.
Diaz (24-7, 5-0 Strikeforce, 6-4 UFC) wasn't surprised that the Brazilian striking dynamo chose to take it to the mat.
"I figured I'd put pressure [on him], he's gonna have to do something," Diaz told Showtime's Mauro Ranallo. "You know, if he didn't want to take anymore, he was going to have to take me down."
Cyborg (18-14) got off to a great start. He fired away with leg kicks and sent Diaz a message, that he had a war on his hands. Cyborg landed 16 nasty kicks out of 26 attempts in the opening round and Diaz just stood in front of him.
Cyborg won the first three and half minutes. He landed some huge rights that Diaz took and kept walking forward. The Californian was able to wrestle control of the round when he landed a huge left that pushed Cyborg back on the cage with 1:36 left.
Diaz, who also competes as a triathlete, has legendary cardio. Cyborg wore himself out with all those early strikes. The final 90 seconds saw Diaz land just about everything he threw. He drilled Cyborg with 36-of-64 punches in the first.
The all-out brawl had the crowd buzzing at the HP Pavilion. Diaz said he owed it to Cyborg to stand and bang with him.
"No, it's just really out of respect for the way he fights," Diaz said. "He came out here to fight me. He doesn't to try to play a game to win. He tries to come out here and get the knockout win, put on a show for you guys."
Cyborg came hard in the first two minutes of the second, but Diaz's relentless volume of punches broke down the Brazilian. With less than a minute left in the round, Cyborg tried to change the pace of the fight and scored a takedown via trip. Once it hit the mat, he found himself in a dangerous place, Diaz's guard.
In his early 20's, Diaz built his MMA reputation as a submission artist. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt showed he's still sick on the ground. Cyborg left himself open and was tapping less than 20 seconds later.
Both fighters threw with reckless abandon and absorbed a lot of strikes. Diaz made good on 75-of-142 (53 percent). Cyborg actually landed more shots, 85-of-173, with 34 of those shots being kicks. The Brazilian has a chance to be a real player in the welterweight division. This was just his second fight down at 170. He was a little small at middleweight. He'll be handful for welterweights in the future.
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