In Ill., Higher Corporate Taxes Threaten Big BusinessWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:04PMAs business giants threaten to leave the state taking tens of thousands of jobs with them Illinois lawmakers are reconsidering corporate income tax rates. read more
Pennsylvania Commission Lifts Marquardt SuspensionWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:46PMNate Marquardt is now free to return to the cage, as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission on Wednesday voted to lift the middleweight’s suspension.
WWE Is Real: Money in the Bank, Orton, WWE TitleWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:44PMThis is the first edition of my new, hopefully weekly article. The concept is simple: I have created four characters (face, face/heel, heel/face, heel) that will answer questions about WWE. The catch is that the article will treat WWE, and professional wrestling as a whole, as if it were 100 percent real. That means no talk about pushes, backstage politics, heels, faces or anything else that ...
Jon Jones, Rashad Evans, and the Top African American Fighters in MMA TodayFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:02PMMMA is a sport like golf, tennis and hockey where historically African Americans have been the minority at the pro level of these sports. Although MMA is relatively young compared to these sports, it has come a long way from the time that a black boxer competed wearing one glove at UFC 1. Today there are many good African American fighters. Some are on the brink of a title shot, while others are ...
Soundgarden Kick Off First Tour in 14 YearsTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:13AMCommitted Soundgarden fans heading into the band's first official tour date in 14 years at the Molson Ampitheatre in Toronto on Saturday night had reason to wonder if Chris Cornell and Co. could recapture the heavy, tightly focused, subtly melodic sound that had made them stars of Seattle's grunge era some 20 years ago. (The group's Lollapalooza appearance last summer had received somewhat mixed ...
Charles Bennett: "When I Got 22 Losses, I Realized That I Needed to Train."Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:41AMAccording to Charles Daniel Bennett II, who recently re-devoted himself to professional mixed martial arts in pursuit of the American dream, the future appears to be bright. The second of 11 children—all to different fathers—Bennett, whose parents were both crack cocaine users, was born into a broken home in Ocala, Fla. in the winter of 1979. After dropping out of high school, where he starred ...
UFC 132: Results, Reaction and What's Next Following UFC 132Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 7:12AMUFC 132 is in the history books and it was quite an event. Three of the five main card fights ended in the first round, and the other two fights were very exciting. Of course, the main event between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber was the biggest story coming into the event for a number of reasons and they gave us a really strong effort. There was a lot more riding on that fight than just a ...
UFC: Wanderlei Silva Fires Back at Chael Sonnen; Vows to “Kill Him Fast”Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 1:04PMChael Sonnen, who is finally done serving his suspension from the California State Athletic Commission, has torn into fellow middleweight Wanderlei Silva recently . “The Axe Murderer,” who is set to fight Chris Leben in what promises to be a slugfest at UFC 132 , has responded back to Uncle Chael. In an interview with MMA Fighting, Silva told Ariel Helwani : "Sonnen... I kill him. I kill him ...
Katie Price's 'perfect boy Harvey': Denunciation of Frankie Boyle's vile slurThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 10:19AMTonight Katie Price appears in the television documentary Katie: Standing Up For Harvey, to introduce her campaign on behalf of the disabled.