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The Death of 'Establish the Run'

Posted: Nov 26th 2009 7:30 AM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: FanHouse Exclusive, NFL Analysis

The six teams that will play on Thanksgiving are a combined 10-1 this season when their quarterbacks pass for at least 300 yards. Historically, that's unusual: In the past, 300-yard passing games have not corresponded to winning. That, however, is no longer the case.

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K-1 by the Numbers

Posted: Nov 26th 2009 6:00 AM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: K1

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The K-1 World Grand Prix Final 2009 is the biggest event in kickboxing, and it will be broadcast live in the United States on HDNet in the early hours of Saturday morning, December 5. The Grand Prix final is a great event, but it's an event most American sports fans don't know about. So if you're one of those fans, take a moment to get some details from K-1 announcer Michael Schiavello.

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UFC 110 Video: Wanderlei Silva Talks Michael Bisping Fight

Posted: Nov 25th 2009 5:25 PM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MMA Videos, UFC

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Wanderlei Silva has confirmed that he will fight Michael Bisping (not Yoshihiro Akiyama, as previously reported) at UFC 110. And he uploaded a video to his YouTube chanel explaining why this fight is so important to him.

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Man Parachutes Off Tallest Building in Pakistan in Windy Conditions

Posted: Nov 25th 2009 2:00 PM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Sports of an Extreme Nature

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Valery Rozov is a Russian extreme sport athlete who has won X-Games medals and done more than 8,000 jumps off various high objects. But when he jumped off the tallest building in Pakistan, he underestimated the wind.

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Mike Shanahan Talks to the Bills

Posted: Nov 25th 2009 12:54 PM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bills, NFL Coaching, NFL Rumors

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The 'Mike Shanahan to Buffalo' talk is heating up.

Adam Schefter of ESPN is reporting that former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan met for seven hours in Denver with Bills chief operating officer Russ Brandon on Monday night and Tuesday morning.

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Alistair Overeem: Real Threat in K-1

Posted: Nov 25th 2009 6:30 AM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: K1

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The K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 is the year's biggest kickboxing event, and as we get ready for the December 5 show, we have K-1 announcer Michael Schiavello offering his commentary on each of the fighters. His thoughts on Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, an MMA fighter taking kickboxing by storm, are below.

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Forrest Griffin Still Regrets His Loss to Anderson Silva

Posted: Nov 24th 2009 5:30 PM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MMA Videos, UFC

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Forrest Griffin was in a celebratory mood after beating Tito Ortiz at UFC 106. But he acknowledged that he still looks back and feels badly about the way he fought the last time he stepped into the Octagon, a first-round technical knockout loss at the hands of Anderson Silva.

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High School Buddy of Tim Donaghy: 'He Was a Degenerate Gambler'

Posted: Nov 24th 2009 1:00 PM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: NBA

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On the episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel that debuts Tuesday night on HBO, Gumbel sits down with Jimmy Battista, a high school buddy of disgraced NBA ref Tim Donaghy and professional gambler who helped Donaghy hatch his plan for betting on NBA games.

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Ruslan Karaev vs. Arch-Nemesis Badr Hari at K-1 World GP 2009 Final

Posted: Nov 24th 2009 12:00 PM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: K1

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Megumi Fuji Moves to 19-0

Posted: Nov 24th 2009 9:15 AM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MMA Videos

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When we posted our first women's pound-for-pound MMA rankings over the weekend, we had Megumi Fuji at No. 3 on the list. On Monday at the Shooto event in Tokyo, Fuji won again, beating Tomomi Sunaba with a first-round arm bar.

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