UFC/MMA is scary. Joe Rogan describes mixed martial arts as high-level problem solving with dire consequences. There have been deaths in the UFC:
Boxing: In 1982, South Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo wrote “Live or die” on a lampshade a few days before going into the ring with Ray Mancini. He died of head injuries. Mancini blamed himself and Kim’s mother committed suicide, as did the referee of the bout, Richard Green.
Cricket is a slow game – except for the recent T20 form, test matches are 5 days while one days are 6 hours – that is a long time to watch a game. Playing – well – a friendly game in the park can be 5 overs or 15 overs and special forms of cricket like ‘gully’ cricket require much less equipment – just a wooden bat and a ball.
That’s an interesting phrasing for the question.
Typically, when folks are discussing “most popular sports”, it is usually based around attendance or viewership — which we can easily use to quantify the size of the interested audience.
Today, the market offers a huge range of home grills that differ in principle, size, materials used in the manufacture and other parameters. They can be electric, gas and coal.
NEW YORK — Here’s what’s truly scary: Now, these guys get to do what they really wanted to do all along.
Pittsburgh Steelers’ safety Sean Davis has a dislocated finger according to the team. This is not a ‘major’ injury but it does indeed highlight potentially serious issue at free safety for the Black and Gold.
LATROBE, Pa. — Every time JuJu Smith-Schuster catches a ball at training camp, even if there isn’t a defender involved, it brings cheers from the assembled crowd.
It was another bad weekend for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Next year at this time, most of Steeler Nation will be preparing for the Hall of Fame induction of Troy Polamalu. There is little doubt that the former great will enter the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. If he doesn’t, there should be an investigation. What I find troubling is that Polamalu has yet to be selected for another great honor for which he is eligible.
The NHL offseason should be red hot or about to wrap. Instead, nearly two weeks after the free agent frenzy, teams have big name restricted free agents adrift in a sea of confusion and frustration. Like many other teams, the Pittsburgh Penguins have several RFAs but not enough money to go around.
