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The first two games of the UFL are now in the history books, this is now the latest new football league to take the field and compete. I watched one game on Versus and one game on my computer, and more than the final scores or the performances, but I am left with a few impressions of what this league this is going to be.   The game I watched on Versus was only the second sporting event I have watched on that network, and I have to say I was pretty impressed with the broadcast. However, the uniforms of the Las ...

I had this all planned out. I knew what I was going to do if it were one outcome, and if it were the other. People who do this for a living call it contingency. As a graduate student closing in on a couple of degrees that I hope will make my employment situation secure like those safes from Dunbar Armored, I knew the the ins and outs of a strong, failproof contingency plan. And my contingency plan went into effect the moment I stepped out of my house at approximately 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009.I was not ...

Previously we counted down the 10 best Jehri Curls in sports, now we move on to another endangered hairstyle, the Mullet. The style combines a short, typically clean-cut look in the front offset by free-flowing locks in the back. The phenomenon known as the Mullet was brought to the public's attention via the . The look has been sported by Billy Ray Cyrus (father of Mylie Cyrus and the "Achy Breaky") and, more recently, Kanye West ("I'm proud of the Mullet and I'm gonna this article finish, but Gucci Mane had one of the best hairdos of all-time). The Mullet also, by ...

Fans make sporting events interesting. They cheer, taunt, and threaten. Fans are one of a kind when it comes to sports. They will [most of the time] support their team no matter what happens. Then there are the fans that annoy you until no end. The fans who support the losing teams and try to intimidate you because their team can't. Or the fans who brag just because their team won a world series five years ago. Here is my take on the top 10 most annoying fans in sports. Begin Slideshow

Pain and pleasure are two of the most basic sensations known to man; but as with so many other things, humans have managed to make them massively more complicated than at first they would appear. Pleasure itself takes many forms, most of which are exceedingly simple (contrary to the ethos of the consumer-based society we live in). There is that fondness and affection for young children, usually accompanied by the pure, unadulterated joy of hearing a child's laughter. The satisfaction of a job well-done, particularly when pain was endured to get it to that state of perfection; the sheer relief of a successful endeavour; that enveloping moment of bliss when ...

As Peter Griffin would say, "what grinds my gears" today is an industry of supplements and steroids (not the same, but similar) that has run wild with ridiculous promises. This article is by no means a true essay, because I won't use standard reference notation. Instead, I will simply say that I have gathered my information from a variety of news articles, John Basedow (who promotes PEDs), and Vince DelMonte (who does not promote PEDs).   A Sports Culture of Deception One example has been the ever annoying and incessant ads on MySpace, "I Got Ripped in 4 Weeks." These ads, like cigarette ads, ...

Hey Guys, Let me start by saying that I love Bleacher Report. I love sharing my opinions. I love getting commenter feedback. I love interacting with fellow fans. But I now do have a problem with this place. The flurry of changes! This is my 101st Article, and first to say anything negative about The Bleacher Report. When I joined seven months ago, this place was awesome. Yeah, it was bare-bones and looked a little dull, but that was OK. After all, we could all see where everyone stood (writer rankings, ahem-although these have just recently come back) and what everyone was up to (recent activities). As time went on (about two ...

I love writing for Bleacher Report, but trying to use this website is getting ri-god-damn-diculous. I cannot tell you how many frustrating issues I've been having over the past week, especially today, and it's really bothering me that these problems are still going unresolved, because I'm sure that I'm not the only one having them. The biggest issue lies in the site's miserable "draft" feature. "What draft feature?" some of you will undoubtedly ask. "This site doesn't have a way to save drafts! Chris, you're hallucinating?" Truth is, folks, for people like me who leave themselves logged into the website because we have ...

How do the Fort Worth Cats of the independent American Association compete with numerous other teams in the area?  How do they compete in a year where a recession has decimated many? Faced with a tough challenge, they are fortunate enough to have found a little nitch in Forth Worth. Success depends on attendance and if faced with a Dallas Mavericks-Phoenix Suns NBA game, that will hurt, but it will also hurt the Texas Rangers attendance and those attending a Dallas Stars game.  You cannot help it; people love a big-time atmosphere! Not everyone is able attend those games, which is a benefit ...

How do the Fort Worth Cats of the independent American Association compete with numerous other teams in the area?  How do they compete in a year where a recession has decimated many? Faced with a tough challenge, they are fortunate enough to have found a little nitch in Forth Worth. Success depends on attendance and if faced with a Dallas Mavericks-Phoenix Suns NBA game, that will hurt, but it will also hurt the Texas Rangers attendance and those attending a Dallas Stars game.  You cannot help it; people love a big-time atmosphere! Not everyone is able attend those games, which is a benefit ...