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The Looping Starship Is Circling Houston
Excited to get a teaser up from another of our new upcoming blogs, The Looping Starship. This one will cover Houston Sports, Texans, Rockets, 'Stros, Comets, et al. Here are a couple of items he recently wrote about the Texans. - S.R. Texans/Colts I have to admit that I did briefly consider...
10-12, Miners Not Allowed To Win On The Road
A career high in points from Senior Gabe McCulley wasn't enough to get it done on the road against the Rice Owls, as the Miners now fall to 0-11 in true road games. The Miners had a chance to take the game into overtime, but was to be denied by a last second shot by Rice. Gut wrenching loss,...
Expansion: Big East to Vote on Exit Fee Increase Monday
The AP got a leak from the Big East (an official) that the conference will vote on Monday to increase the exit fee from $5 million to $10 million thus "clearing the way to invite six new members, including Boise State for football only." As you might recall Navy, one of the schools to be invited,...
C-USA Weekly
What's going on everyone? As I previously mentioned, the guys at C-USA Weekly have asked me to come on every now and then as a guest host. This past Sunday we recorded a test show to see how the new format would work out. It actually turned out real well, and I've decided to post the test show here...
Josh Grispi Injured, Nam Phan Steps In to Face Matt Grice at UFC 136
Things aren't getting any better for once-heralded featherweight, Josh Grispi. After two embarrassing losses in a row to Dustin Poirier and George Roop, the Massachusetts native has now suffered an injury in training and will be pulling out of his UFC 136 fight against Matt Grice. One man's loss is...
Steve Cantwell vs. Mike Massenzio Slated for UFC 136 in Houston
The UFC added another bout to October's UFC 136 card this morning, this time in the middleweight division, where Steve Cantwell (7-4) will make his first cut to 185 lbs to take on Mike Massenzio (12-5): Mike Massenzio and Steve Cantwell will look to get back to their winning ways this October at...
Demian Maia vs. Jorge Santiago Planned for UFC 136 in Houston
Two Brazilian middleweights will face off in Houston this October, when Demian Maia meets Jorge Santiago at UFC 136. Maia announced the fight on his Twitter account this afternoon. Maia and Santiago are both coming off of losses, although Santiago's (a knockout against Brian Stann) was certainly a...
Mike Russow vs. Dave "Pee Wee" Herman Set for UFC 136 in Houston
This morning, the UFC announced a heavyweight matchup for October's UFC 136 card in Houston, where Dave "Pee Wee" Herman will face Mike Russow: 21-2 Dave 'Pee Wee' Herman and 14-1 Mike Russow have verbally agreed to a heavyweight showdown at UFC 136 in Houston this fall, confirmed UFC president...
Will the Texas commission sanction Chael Sonnen's TRT at UFC 136?
Fighters Only Magazine recently broke the news that UFC is very close to signing Chael Sonnen vs. Lyoto Machida for UFC 136 on October 8th in Houston, Texas. Well it had to be in Texas, as Texas is likely the only athletic commission that will sanction Sonnen while he is still unlicensed by the...
Friday Link-Up
The dominant news topic of the last forty-eight hours has been the 2018/2022 World Cup bid presentations and the eventual selection of Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) to host those tournaments. The Bent Musket isn’t really a forum for me to express my opinions on that decision, but I’ll...
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