- Hockey players have long been known as some of the biggest
badasses in all of sports. We’re about to find out if that reputation is
deserved or if the NHL needs to take a back seat to MMA before the dudes in the
banana hammocks grappling inside the octagon slap an arm bar on them. Former minor
league hockey enforcer Steve Bosse will be the test case when he makes his UFC
debut in the co-main event of UFC 186 in Montreal, facing Fabio Maldonado. Bosse
(10-1) will replace former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson on
the April 25 card at the Bell Centre because Dana White and Co. had no choice
but to sideline Jackson after a New Jersey judge issued an injunction prompted
by a legal challenge from rival promoter Bellator, which argued Jackson was breaking
his contract in re-signing with the UFC. Bosse was an enforcer in Quebec's
Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey and has carved out a solid reputation for
himself in the MMA world, thus his invitation to step up to UFC. He was actually
supposed to make his UFC debut last April but pulled out because of a shoulder
injury, so this is a match nearly a year in the making. Dana White and a
lucrative payday don’t always come a man’s way twice, so Bosse had best make
sure to avoid any possible injuries this time around so he can have a fair shot
against a man who is ranked 13th among 205-pound contenders by the UFC. Losing
a tooth after being checked into the boards in the second period doesn’t
exactly measure up to a spinning heel kick that shatters your face, though, so
this should be interesting………
- I love technology….not as much as you, you see, but I
still love technology, always and forever. Silver screen icon Kip Dynamite sang
those memorable words in the 2004 cult classic comedy “Napoleon Dynamite” as part
of his movie-ending wedding song and those words fit so perfectly today when it
comes to the Rhode Island engineering technology and manufacturing company
that is aiming to build the world's largest surfboard. It’s a badass move and Bristol-based
mouldCAM is endeavoring to make this dream a reality happen for the Visit
Huntington Beach campaign in California, which hopes to break the world record
for the most people to catch a wave on a surfboard. Normally the Guinness Book
of World Records-envying ass hats who collect the world’s largest ball of yarn
or line up in a park with 5,000 other tools to play the opening chords of
“Smoke on the Water” in unison so they can set a worthless world record are a
blight on humanity, but none of those efforts involved a surfboard measuring 42
feet long by 11 feet wide and capable of holding 62 people. Once this beastly
board is built, it will be sent to California to be painted and finished before
heading to Huntington Beach. According to project manager and perfectly-named
human being Bob Steel, an aerospace engineer is working with the project to
make sure the weight distribution is correct on the day of the ride in
mid-June. To officially break the record, 62 people must stand on the board for
10 seconds. And a good time will be had by all……..
- Johnny Cash and John Legend? The list of men named John
who decided that a correctional facility was a great place for a concert is
about to grow as of Thursday when R&B icon John Legend, in an attempt to end mass
incarceration, will perform at a correctional facility in Austin, Texas. As
part of his new initiative called Free America, the singer-songwriter and also
take part in a press conference with state legislators to discuss Texas’
criminal justice system and later this month he will co-host a criminal justice
event. "We have a serious problem with incarceration in this country. It's
destroying families, it's destroying communities and we're the most
incarcerated country in the world, and when you look deeper and look at the
reasons we got to this place, we as a society made some choices politically and
legislatively, culturally to deal with poverty, deal with mental illness in a
certain way and that way usually involves using incarceration,” Legend said. The
idea of fighting the growing number of Americans ending up behind bars is a
cause Legend has taken up with increased vigor in recent months. When he
accepted the award for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards with rapper
Common, Legend used part of his speech to raise the profile of the issue. "We
know that right now the struggle for freedom and justice is real. We live in
the most incarcerated country in the world. There are more black men under
correctional control today than were under slavery in 1850,” Legend said at the
time. Oh, so it’s not about keeping all people out of prison, but rather about
keeping one specific race out of prison. Sing on, Johnny……….
- Dammit all. If we can no longer count on the world of
international chess as a bastion of integrity and character in a corrupt and
rotting world, then where the hell are we supposed to turn? Don’t answer that
question because the truth is too depressing to ponder. Thank Georgian chess champion and disgraced grandmaster Gaioz
Nigalidze for that because this scumbag is facing a massive scandal that
threatens to ruin his career and his life after his frequent trips to the
bathroom at an international tournament in Dubai aroused the suspicions of his
opponent, who notified event organizers and set in motion a series of events
that won't soon be forgotten. Nigalidze disqualified from the Dubai Open after
his opponent in a Saturday match, Armenian Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian, picked
up on a pattern in the frequent trips his foe was making to the restroom.
Rather than chalk it up to a weak bladder, suspected something was going on. “Nigalidze
would promptly reply to my moves and then literally run to the toilet,”
Petrosian said following the match. After the latest in a series of bathroom
breaks, t he Armenian champion filed a complaint with organizers who then
entered the restroom after Nigalidze had returned from one of his visits. A
quick investigation revealed that Nigalidze had hidden a smartphone behind the
toilet in a cubicle and attempted to cloak it in toilet paper. The phone was
connected to a mobile chess application that Nigalidze allegedly used to
strategize his next move against Petrosian. Very slick, knob. Nigalidze now faces
a 15-year-ban from the game and he gets to become the Rosie Ruiz of
international chess………
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