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With Leather Live Discussion: UFC 154
11.16.12 Written by Ashley Burns
I don’t know about you fight fans, but I have seriously missed Georges St-Pierre, and I can’t think of many better ways for him to make his return at tomorrow night’s UFC 154 PPV event than by facing the man who took his place at UFC 143 and ultimately his Welterweight Championship. Hell, for the sake of brewing some excitement, let’s go ahead and say that Carlos “The Natural Born Killer” Condit also took St-Pierre’s wife, children and dog. How you gonna let another man just come in your house and take all your stuff, Georges?
Back in reality, though, I think it would be the understatement of the year to say that St-Pierre is fired up for this fight, and I predict with confidence that the pride of Quebec is going to get his gold back and remind everyone why he’s the baddest fighter this side of Mount Royal. That’s not to say that Condit doesn’t stand a chance, though. He’s a badass in his own right, but short of dipping his hands in glue and rolling them around in gummy bears broken glass, I don’t think he stands a chance.
UFC 154 also marks the equally important return of Arianny Celeste and Brittney Palmer, as they were stripped of their ring girl duties for UFC on Fuel 6 in Macau as a punishment for not pillow fighting enough. I really hope they learned their lessons, but if not, I’d be fine with another appearance by Jessica C. and Kang Ye-bin.
What’s that? The fights? Geez, you’re picky. Check out the full card after the jump, as well as Lobster Mobster’s handy dandy UFC 154 primer.
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Comment TAGS: CARLOS CONDIT, GEORGES ST-PIERRE, LIVE DISCUSSION, MMA, UFC, UFC 154
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It’s Friday, So Here’s The Ultimate Airball Compilation
11.16.12 Written by Brandon Stroud
Thursday’s edition of S.I.’s Hot Clicks contained a lot of gems (‘sup, Ashley Sky?), but none more enjoyable and reassuring than this compilation video of NBA players airballing shots. The first day of my Houston Rockets fandom was met with Jeremy Lin throwing up a Brandon Stroud-esque airball from three-point range, so it’s nice to see everyone doing it, and not just star players from a team I’ve chosen to shackle myself to for the rest of my life.
Highlights include LeBron James’ epic lob to nothing, Dennis Rodman trying (and failing) to pull off assy trick shots and Blake Griffin being the best Blake Griffin he can be. “Two free throws, a foot short, both of them.” It’s schadenfreude masquerading as a highlight reel, and I think you’ll enjoy it.
Video is below.
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Comment TAGS: AIRBALL, BASKETBALL, BLAKE GRIFFIN, DENNIS RODMAN, LEBRON JAMES, NBA
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Sorry, San Antonio Spurs, I Like Your HEB Commercial But I’m Still Going To Randalls
11.16.12 Written by Brandon StroudIt’s not as low-rent as the Oklahoma City Thunder shilling Jeeps, but here are the San Antonio Spurs in a commercial for steaks from Texas supermarket chain H-E-B because, hey, I have that grocery store!
Fun fact: They say H-E-B stands for “here everything’s better,” but it actually stands for “Howard Edward Butt”. BUY YOUR GROCERIES AT BUTT. (via Bush League Chronicle)
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Writer’s Room: Audiences More Entertaining Than the Movie |Film Drunk|
15 Super Famous Actors Who You May Not Have Known Played Football |With Leather|
Ranking All Of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s 28 Nicknames |UPROXX|
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Big Boi And Andre 3000 Speak On Outkast’s Future … Separately |Smoking Section|
Tiki Barber Is Hilariously Desperate For Money |Kissing Suzy Kolber|
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Comment TAGS: COMMERCIALS, GREGG POPOVICH, MANU GINOBILI, MASCOTS, MORNING LINKS, SAN ANTONIO SPURS, TEXAS, TIM DUNCAN, TONY PARKER
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With Leather’s Watch This: Finally, Two Awesome NFL Teams Collide On Thursday Night
11.15.12 Written by Ashley Burns
Finally, all my complaining about these weak-ass Thursday night football games has come to an end with a real, honest-to-God fantastic game that is dripping with playoff implications. The almighty Dolphins head into Buffalo as the two teams tied for first place in the AFC East will look to separate what most analysts and experts are calling the closest race of two amazing teams in NFL history. Wait, what…
*trained messenger ostrich arrives from Ontario*
Oh Fonktar, you brought me a note! Ah, it seems the Dolphins and Bills are not tied for first place and they both indeed suck assballs. Well then, thank you yet again, NFL, for this exemplary matchup.
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3 Comments TAGS: BUFFALO BILLS, MIAMI DOLPHINS, NBA, NEW YORK KNICKS, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, WATCH THIS
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15 Super Famous Actors Who You May Not Have Known Played Football
11.15.12 Written by Ashley Burns
On Tuesday night, UPROXX’s beloved clown prince and star of Community, Joel McHale, stopped by Conan to discuss how NBC might eventually air the final season of Community, as well as his brief and underwhelming stint on Sons of Anarchy. And I’m so relieved right now, because that opening sentence has so many of my favorite things that I never get to talk about here because Maske, Kurp and Danger get to have all the fun over at Warming Glow.
Of course, plenty of other sites picked up on McHale’s always-charming interview and one little nugget of information seemed to have caught a lot of bloggers and interwebbers by surprise – McHale played tight end for the Washington Huskies and even has a ring from U-Dub’s 1992 Rose Bowl victory over Michigan. And when I read all of the surprised, “Why I never!” reactions, I was like, “Hey, I knew that.”
I only knew it, though, because I remembered reading something on ESPN.com recently that I actually enjoyed. Back in August, ESPN’s Charles Curtis kicked off the series “How Good Was He?” which was a phenomenal idea that seemed to have died several weeks later with “How Good was 2 Chainz at Basketball?”, but I hope there will be more. In fact, let’s consider this short feature a little kick in the pants for ESPN’s Playbook to get back to these enjoyable interviews.
It turns out that a lot of famous actors actually have roots in football, and I’m not just talking about crossover legends like Alex Karras and Bubba Smith (rest their souls) or humiliating one-and-done guys like Howie Long and Brian Bosworth. You may read this and say, “Eh, nothing new” but several of these famous actors who used to play football actually surprised me.
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23 Comments TAGS: ASHTON KUTCHER, ATHLETES TURNED ACTORS, BERNIE CASEY, CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY, DAVID BOREANAZ, DEAN CAIN, ED O'NEILL, FOREST WHITAKER, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, JAMIE FOXX, JOEL MCHALE, JOHN WAYNE, JON HAMM, MARK HARMON, MATTHEW FOX, NCAA FOOTBALL, NFL, NICK NOLTE, TOMMY LEE JONES, WILL FERRELL
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