Happy Monday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame we’re looking at a disappointing week in CBA talks in the NHL, a bad week when it comes to the new arena in Edmonton, the latest speculation about Roberto Luongo and an embarrassing result for Canada’s men’s soccer team.
In the GABBYs: Orlando Cruz, McJordan sauce, Toronto FC, the Boston Red Sox, the Asian Football Confederation and nuclear disaster jokes. The Punchline this week is the NBA & MLB!
Don’t you hate it when you have a problem that’s causing you some serious grief and someone tries to make you feel better by letting you know that things could be worse?
So do I, but if you’re a hockey fan looking for some “lockout sympathy” from a football fan, that person may be correct this ONE time.
You see, while the NHL has locked out its players, the NFL has done something that might even be a bit more damaging to the game: they’ve locked out the referees. If you haven’t watched any football yet this season, you’re probably wondering what the big deal is…but if you have, you know exactly what I’m talking about: the replacement refs are brutal & things are getting very interesting!
If you missed Monday Night Football this week, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Green Bay Packers on a last-second Hail Mary into the end zone that appeared to be intercepted, confusing the two refs on the scene, who both called the play differently. What followed was a total mess, but it was also the most fun I’ve EVER had on Twitter!
Between the funny tweets from fans and the NSFW tweets from guys like TJ Lang, Jermichael Finley and Josh Sitton of the Packers, I actually started to enjoy the replacement refs…then I started to realize that maybe they’ve been around this whole time and we just didn’t notice them.
(AFTER THE JUMP: Earth shattering pictures of replacement refs in action!) (more…)
Happy Tuesday!
This week on the show we look at what has stalled talks between the NHL and the NHLPA, the Taylor Hall & Jordan Eberle contracts, a recap of the Labour Day Classic between the Eskimos & the Stampeders, an interesting story from the Paralympics and the Stephen Strasburg situation in the MLB.
In the GABBYs: EA Sports, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Joey Chestnut, Penn State, the Little League World Series and Charl Schwartzel. The Punchline this week is the Toronto Maple Leafs!
Happy Monday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame, we look at the drama leading up to the first overall pick 2012 NHL Entry Draft and a couple of big trades that happened on draft day. As well: a look ahead to game one of the CFL season, the latest on the NFL’s bounty program, some Euro 2012 controversy and a look at some boxing news.
In the GABBYs: The Miami Heat, Evgeni Malkin, R.A. Dickey, David Nalbandian, Nicklas Bendtner & Joel Peralta. The Punchline this week is LeBron James!
Happy Monday!
This week on the show, we recap the NHL playoffs, make a couple of NHL Award show predictions and discuss who should go first overall at the upcoming draft. As well, the latest on the Pacquiao/Bradley boxing controversy and Lance Armstrong is facing doping charges.
In the GABBYs: Matt Cain, Alex Rodriguez, Nik Wallenda, KTLA, Croatian soccer fans & Aubrey Huff. The Punchline this week is Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Happy Tuesday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame we’re discussing some potential trades from around the NHL, Alex Ovechkin’s work ethic and news that former Oiler Mike Comrie is calling it a career. As well, we look at what the Edmonton Eskimos did in the opening days of CFL free agency, what LeBron James said about returning to Cleveland and the circus that surrounded the recent fight between Vitali Klitschko and Dereck Chisora.
In the GABBYs: Teemu Selanne, the Detroit Red Wings, Brad Marchand, the Rochester Knighthawks, Roburt Sallie and Brazilian soccer club XV de Jau. The Punchline this week is the “Piggyback Bandit,” Sherwin Shayegan.
Happy Monday!
This week on 15MOF, we’re talking coaching injuries in the NHL and long goal droughts (Scott Goalmez!), the NBA’s Tim Tebow and we discuss whether or not we will ever see the “super fight” between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao!
In the GABBYs: Paul Pierce & Kobe Bryant, Tomas Holmstrom & Nick Lidstrom, the Penticton Vees, Gisele Bundchen, Kevin Love and Tiquan Underwood. The Punchline this week is soccer player Adriano!
Happy Monday!
This week on the show we break down the Mike Cammalleri trade, we discuss the Jordan Eberle All-Star “snub” and we try to figure out what is wrong with the Edmonton Oilers. Also: Will we ever see a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao?
In the GABBYs: Leo Messi, Tim Tebow, Thierry Henry, Rick DiPietro, Josh Blanchard and the Jacksonville Jaguars. This week’s Punchline is Dustin Penner!
Happy Monday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame: the Edmonton Eskimos are off to the CFL’s West Final after a dominating performance against the Calgary Stampeders, but can they beat the Lions? On the ice – we look into the 1-3-1 controversy and the Milan Lucic hit on Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller. As well, the UFC makes its debut on FOX and in boxing, Manny Pacquiao wins a close (and controversial) one over Juan Manuel Marquez.
In the GABBYs: Albert Haynesworth, Garrett McNamara, Wilson Ramos, Andrei Nazarov, Penn State, and Shawn Bradley. This week’s Punchline is John Daly!
Joe Frazier (Yahoo! Images)
One of the best boxers of all time has passed away tonight at the age of 67.
Joe Frazier died tonight in his home in Philadelphia from cancer.
In one of the greatest boxing quotes of all-time came from the great Howard Cosell, who after seeing Frazier be knocked out by George Foreman in Jamaica, coined the famous phrase: “Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!”
Frazier, who won the Gold medal in boxing in the heavyweight division at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, went on to a have a brilliant professional record of 32-4-1. He boxed in an era when the sport was at its peak, at a time when Foreman and Muhammad Ali were in their prime.
His three fights against Muhammad Ali are considered three of the best fights in the history of the sport. Frazier beat Ali in 15 rounds, the first time at New York’s Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971 in what is coined “The Fight of the Century”. Ali beat Frazier in the rematch in New York three years later. Finally Ali won the rubber match in the Philippines in 1975.
Frazier also beat Canadian great George Chuvalo in New York in 1967. Frazier went 29-0 before losing to Foreman for the first time in 1973.
Happy Monday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame: the Edmonton Eskimos get set to face the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL’s West Division semi-final, we break down the first month of the season for the Edmonton Oilers (and a couple of other storylines from around the NHL) and we look into the NBA labour situation.
In the GABBYs: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ryujiro Ueda, Manny Pacquiao & Floyd Mayweather Jr., Iranian soccer, Andy Murray and the IABA. This week’s Punchline is Nickelback!
The 2011 Pan American Games wrapped up on Sunday from Guadalajara, Mexico.
Team Canada finished with 30 Gold medals and won two more Gold medals since my last update on Saturday.
In women’s boxing, Mandy Bujold of Waterloo, Ontario won the Gold medal in the women’s flyweight. She defeated Silvia Torres of Mexico 13-6 in the quarterfinals, Pamela Benavidez of Argentina 12-8 in the semi-finals and Ingrit Valencia of Colombia 11-5 in the Gold medal match. Bujold follows Mary Spencer of Wiarton, Ontario as Canadian Gold medallists in women’s boxing at the Pan American Games.
In men’s rugby, Canada defeated Argentina 26-24 in the Gold medal match. Canada received two tries each from John Moonlight of Victoria, British Columbia and Conor Trainor of Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada had defeated Brazil 45-0, Chile 35-7 and the United States 29-21 in the round robin, before beating Mexico 45-0 in the quarterfinals and the United States 21-19 in the semi-finals.
The success for Canada in rugby and women’s boxing has greater significance because women’s boxing is being added to the 2012 Olympic Games in London and rugby is being added to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Team Canada closed out the 2011 Pan American Games with 119 total medals, behind the United States, Cuba, Brazil and Mexico.
Happy Monday!
Another week has come and gone in the wide world of sports, and as always, the guys from 15 Minutes of Fame are here to get you up to date on just what went down!
This week on the show, we address what the week holds for Oilers rookie Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and we look at the biggest surprises from the first few weeks of the NHL season. In the CFL, we discuss the late-season surge of the Eskimos and the benching of Calgary QB Henry Burris, and in baseball, are the Red Sox really as bad as everyone says? Oh, and the Lingerie Football League wants to start a youth program…seriously!
In the GABBYS: Dewey Bozella, Joe Thornton, Hall Gill & Nick Lidstrom, Canada’s Pan-Am swim team, the Montreal Canadiens, Floyd Landis and Yoav Ziv. This week’s Punchline is the NCAA ref streaker!
David Haye (Wikimedia Commons)
The number of the quality of elite boxers in the world’s heavyweight division got even thinner this past week.
On Thursday, Great Britain’s David Haye announced his retirement at the age of 31.
Haye went 25-2 in his career and won the WBA Heavyweight Title on November 7, 2009 in a majority decision over Russian Nikolai Valuev at Nuremberg, Germany. Over the next year, Haye defended his titles against American John Ruiz and England’s Audley Harrison.
Haye then lost the WBA Heavyweight Title to Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko on July 2 in Hamburg.
Ok, so just how thin is the boxing world right now? After the Klitschko brothers (Vitali, who is 40 and has the WBC Title), there doesn’t seem to be anyone on the horizon.
Vitali has his doctorate in physical science and doesn’t have a schedule fight anytime soon, while Wladimir, who also has the IBF and WBO titles, is facing 39 year-old French boxer Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck, who only has two heavyweight bouts under his belt after moving up from the cruiserweight division in 2009.
There are two major reasons why MMA has passed boxing with ease when it comes to world interest. The first is the lack of quality competitors at the elite level, and second is the absence of North American boxers that are competing against the world’s best in the heavyweight division.
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