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Martin Brodeur the National Hockey League's all-time leader in wins, shutouts, playoff shutouts, wins in a single season, consecutive 30-win...
As a result of the blog and our posts about body acceptance lots of friends have been sharing...
Trek’s 7.4 FX Disc is one of their big sellers, and part of the welcome trend for hydraulic brakes to appear on more hybrids. It makes much more sense than superfluous suspension forks.The Hayes brakes don’t have the absolute stopping power of some, but they easily have enough for urban riding and masses of control. Shimano provide most of the...
Is it better to perform deadlifts with a standard narrow stance, or sumo-style, where your feet are very wide apart? Arthur F., West Babylon, NY The deadlift is one of the best exercises for building overall strength. You can do it either with a hip-to-shoulder-width stance or sumo-style, with your feet out much wider. It’s also great for building muscle size...
The UFC will return to its home base of Las Vegas on Saturday, May 25 for a Memorial Day Weekend fight card. This year’s model, UFC 160, is a pretty stacked affair, with the feature bout being a heavyweight title fight. If the idea of Cain Velasquez defending his crown against Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva doesn’t appeal to you as a fan, how about the former champion Junior dos Santos facing off against Mark Hunt in a potential slobberknocker?If that’s not your cup of tea, there will be a lightweight title fight eliminator on the main card as Gray Maynard faces...
The UFC is known for rolling out all of the stops for their annual Fourth of July weekend card in Las Vegas. And this year is no exception.The promotion is partnering with the city of Las Vegas to host their second annual Fight Week celebration from July 3-6. A series of scheduled events have been planned throughout the city, which will include the Fan Expo that takes place on July 5 and 6 and lead up to UFC 162 at the MGM Grand, where Anderson Silva defends his middleweight title against Chris Weidman on the card's main event.Fight Week 2013...
It seemed no one in the MMA world (especially Nate Diaz) was too happy about Bryan Caraway being awarded a $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus for his fight at UFC 159 only after Pat Healy tested positive for marijuana. The UFC gave the money to Caraway, which conformed to their rule that no fighter can receive a discretionary post-fight bonus if they test positive for any banned substance after the fight is over. Healy's test returned a positive result for marijuana and the New Jersey Athletic Control Board suspended him 90 days. His win over Jim Miller was changed...
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Vitor Belfort is stuck in the crosshairs of controversy surrounding his use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), but it doesn't mean he won't get the next shot at the UFC middleweight title. Last weekend, Belfort knocked out former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold with a spectacular spinning heel kick, which marked his second head kick finish in a row. The previous knockout was over top-five middleweight Michael Bisping, and it put Belfort back at the top of the division where he remains undefeated at 185 pounds outside of a lone loss to champion Anderson Silva. The discussion surrounding Belfort's next...
Much was made in the media about the days-long stranding of the Carnival Cruise ship Triumph this winter, after a fire disabled the ship's power systems, leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. Passengers complained of having to defecate into plastic bags and other things one doesn't expect to do on vacation. Then, while it was being repaired at...

