While most everyone in the mixed-martial-arts industry believes the UFC's deal with FOX is a positive for the sport as a whole, there is at least one segment of MMA sponsors unhappy with the new arrangement. UFC officials recently made an internal announcement that "absolutely no firearms, ammo, hunting or knife companies will be permitted as sponsors in any Zuffa-promoted events." Chris Irwin ...
Although doctors denied his request, Mark Munoz wanted to carry around the bone fragments removed from his elbow like chips in a casino. There were 24 in all. That's where MMAjunkie.com Radio found him and got an update on his return following an injury and subsequent surgery that scratched him from the recent UFC on FOX 2 card. Munoz's doctor says he'll be able to return to the cage in late ...
It is Super Bowl Sunday, the day football fans all over America will invite friends over, put out their favorite snacks, settle into their sofas early in the day, and … watch an English Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea?
Mixed martial arts may not yet have achieved full mainstream acceptance as some in the sport maintain, but the UFC's second broadcast on Fox on Saturday will likely take it a few steps closer.
RIO DE JANEIRO - The UFC's third network-televised event likely will take place on May 5. On Friday UFC president Dana White told MMAjunkie.com that's the date officials have targeted for UFC on FOX 3. f4wonline.com first reported the date. However, a host city, venue and potential fights haven't been determined for the card, which is the second of four that FOX has planned for 2012.
NORTH ANDOVER - High school junior Danielle Coughlin says she is pretty girly, but her tough side shines through when it comes to her favorite sport.
This past weekend's UFC on FOX 2 event, which featured three main-card bouts, averaged 4.7 million viewers and a 2.6 household rating. MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the figures with industry sources. Overall, the Jan. 28 event - which ran two hours and 19 minutes - scored a 3.21 rating among men 18-49 and a 3.21 among men 18-34. It's tied for the second-highest-rated UFC event in U.S. television ...
It is important as a writer to try your best to keep your opinions unbiased, and to remain as objective as possible. Despite this, it is difficult to not have your personal history influence the way you view the world.
As the dust settles from the UFC's second appearance on the Fox network, the event's results were a far cry from the promotion's first show late last year. While that event saw just 64 seconds of action, as Junior Dos Santos captured the heavyweight belt with a knockout of Cain Velasquez, the second event failed to deliver any finishes in the three main card bouts. For diehard fans of the sport ...
Washington may have created some animosity among some of its Pac-12 brethren with the way it put its new coaching staff together.
The biggest of stars is off to a slow start this season.
Ken Rosenthal on Tigers' shocking Fielder deal. Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.
Many of the key changes in MLB were the work of Selig. Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.
Soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream Sunday when Manchester United's game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network.
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The biggest of stars is off to a slow start this season.
CM Punk’s walk out with Chael Sonnen for the co-main event at UFC on Fox 2 was not confirmed by either sportsman—it was never official. Speaking to MMAWeekly.com the former NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division-l standout categorically refuted the claims. “I gotta tell you, I read those headlines," said Sonnen. "I never confirmed them. CM Punk never confirmed them. I'll speak ...
The Fame Makers — Neil Campbell and Mike Hanford of funnyordie.com — attempt to show the Kings' Anze Kopitar (on the phone) some tricks on how to be famous, including dating a Kardashian.
LAS VEGAS - Dana White said he "wasn't in the mood" to attend the UFC on FOX 2 post-event press conference - after 10 years of not missing a fight and maybe missing only a handful of pressers. "I usually try to skip press conferences where I know I'm going to," White said before someone offered, "get hammered?" In so many words, yes. Three main-card fights went to a decision during the Jan. 28 ...
The UFC's dispute with the internet hit a new climax on Thursday, as UFC President Dana White challenged hackers to again pilfer the UFC's official website. Earlier this week, hackers annexed UFC.com and redirected all traffic to UGNazi.com -- which happened to sport a bizarre drawing of Adolf Hitler on its front page -- due Executive Vice President Lawrence Epstein's support of the wildly ...
With all the focus on the battle between Landon Donovan’s Everton and Clint Dempsey’s Fulham in this afternoon’s FA Cup showdown at Goodison Park, many have lost sight of the presence of Everton's American goalkeeper Tim Howard (3 pm ET, Fox Soccer).
