Friday, 11 April 2014

Roy Nelson KO's Minotauro Nogueira UFC Fight Night 39


The main event of UFC Fight Night 39 is finally upon us, and we have a great Heavyweight clash in store. Former UFC interim Heavyweight champion, Minotauro Nogueira, returns to the Octagon after a nine month sabbatical to take on the heavy handed Roy Nelson. Minotauro Nogueira has not fought since June of last year, where he was submitted by Fabricio Werdum in Brazil. Nogueira has exchanged wins and losses in his last eight fights. While he is certainly on the downside of his career, Nogueira is still extremely dangerous and a bonafide MMA legend.Big Nog tried walking Nelson down in the beginning of the 1st round, but it was Nelson who struck first blood, landing that clubbing right hand early on Nogueira. On this occasion, he did not rush in to look for the quick finish. Nogueira soon recovered and they resumed a fight that was contested entirely on the feet.The two grapplers decided stand and trade punches for all of the nearly three minutes that their bout lasted and Nelson's power proved to be superior as he scored a walk-off KO win over the Brazilian.The round began with the taller Nogueira pumping his lead jab out at Nelson as the corpulent warrior covered up, crouched and bobbed. After about one minute, Nelson landed his first overhand right, dropping "Big Nog," to the canvas. The submission ace seemed to regain his bearings immediately as he looked up at Nelson from an open guard. When they returned to their feet, it was more of the same - Nogueira confidently pumping his jab, catching mostly air, and Nelson bobbing and weaving out of danger. Nelson got inside and took advantage of Nogueira's low hands once more with an overhand to the chin, knocking the former Pride and UFC champ down again. Nogueira got back to his feet but it was clear that he was done as he wobbled back and forth before taking one more blast to the chin, putting him down, cold and out for good - his arms and legs stretched out, stiffly.For Big Nog, it was probably should be the final fight of his career. Nog turns 38 in June and has dropped two straight, 3 of 4, 4 of 6 and 5 of 8 with 3 of those losses coming by knockout.

Thursday, 10 April 2014

SHOCK: Woman Throws Shoe at Hillary Clinton during Las Vegas Speech


A woman threw a shoe at Hillary Clinton on Thursday as the former secretary of state was delivering a speech at a Las Vegas hotel, but Clinton dodged it and continued with her remarks, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said.Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie said the shoe-thrower was not a ticketed guest for Clinton's speech at the Mandalay Bay hotel and had been spotted by Secret Service agents and hotel security guards before the incident.The incident happened moments after Clinton took the stage Thursday at an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries meeting at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. Clinton ducked but did not appear to be hit by the object, and then joked about the incident.The young woman was not identified, although security personnel at Mandalay Bay told reporters the police had been called and she would likely be arrested. Considered likely to run as the Democratic candidate for president in 2016, Clinton is touring the country and delivering a series of speeches while at work on a book about her time in the State Department, a term that stretched across the first four years of the Obama administration. She appeared at the Las Vegas conference alongside Steve Wozniak, an Apple co-founder.

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Stevie Nicks Performs ‘Edge Of Seventeen’ On Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon 4/9/14


Even the surviving members of Nirvana can’t outshine Stevie Nicks. The Fleetwood Mac singer served as the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and she did not disappoint. With Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic looking on, Nicks teamed with Fallon to spoof her video with Tom Petty for “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”. Later on, she offered a more traditional music performance, offering a dazzling rendition of “Edge of Seventeen” accompanied by The Roots. The song was originally done by Tom Petty and Nicks in 1981. Some of you may remember the days when this song and video were in constant rotation. Some of you are no doubt going "WHO THE HELL IS TOM PETTY OMG WHY IS THAT VIDEO SO FUZZY WTF." I will not judge you for this.Stevie still singing the classics, good for her. Stevie Nicks will tour with her original band Fleetwood Mac starting September 20, 2014 in Minneapolis.

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

SF's Batkid Throws Out the 1st Pitch at a Giants Game (Video)


Young Miles Scott (AKA Batkid) put another feather in his mask: he got to throw out the first pitch at the Giants' home opener.The young Scott, thanks to the city of San Francisco and the Make-A-Wish Foundation had his obsession turned into a reality as he alongside Batman helped fight crime all over the city that faithful Fall day.Miles also had a chance to cheer on the San Francisco 49ers from the sideline last season. Now that it's baseball season, the boy was there to assist his favorite team in opening its home schedule. The 2014 MLB season is more than a week old, but the Giants had yet to host a game at AT&T Park this season until Tuesday. There is no better way for the first homestand to commence than to bring the hero of the offseason to the park.

Friday, 4 April 2014

Pirates fan catches foul ball in tub of popcorn (Video)


During the third inning of the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on Friday, April 4, one fan made a catch he probably won't forget. Whether it be catching a ball one-handed while protecting a baby, catching the ball in your beer and then chugging it or simply making a diving grab, fans show off some top-notch reflexes when they see the ball coming. The fan didn’t have a hat or a glove handy, so he did the next best thing and used his popcorn to catch the foul ball. The bucket exploded and popcorn went everywhere, but it looks like he made a successful catch.

Derek Jeter gives ball to young fan


When Derek Jeter made the final out of an inning in Houston during Thursday night's game against the Astros, he had a critical decision to make: who gets the ball?Jeter's no slouch. He's been doing this for years.A young girl in a Jeter jersey caught his eye and he made the effort to get the ball to her.But between the man in the front row pleading for the ball and the woman in an Astros jersey trying to rip it out of his clutches, this was not an easy task.Jeter pointed her out as he was walking over, but one fan chose to ignore the Yankee Captain and tried to take the ball for herself. Jeter, making sure the young girl would get the ball, had to pull his hand back from the desperate Astros fan three different times before he was able to deliver the souvenir for the kid.Jeter had one hit, one RBI and one save - for the young fan in the stands. Maybe we'd be like this guy to the left of our Astros fan, who steals a high five from Jeter when the Captain's hand is on the way down. Or, maybe we'd sit quietly in the back with a tallboy Bud Light in a pink beer koozie.Okay, you're right, we probably wouldn't, but someone had to bring attention to that beer koozie.

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Central Arkansas and Arkansas-Little Rock Massive Fight (Video)


A massive brawl erupted Wednesday night in the 10th inning of a baseball game between Central Arkansas and Arkansas-Little Rock.The melee, which was captured in several videos posted online, was touched off after an argument on the infield, just feet in front of the plate, between Arkansas-Little Rock coach Scott Norwood and Central Arkansas coach Allen Gum, which resulted in Norwood face-first in the dirt with players quickly converging. Video of the incident taken from several angles in the stands shows the two coaches yelling at each other from across the diamond and eventually reaching one another at the front of the infield before coming nose to nose as umpires attempt to separate them. Another coach or player from Central Arkansas can then be seen approaching and shoving Norwood to the ground. As Norwood spins and lands face-first in the dirt, the brawl begins, and players start shoving each other en masse.No injuries were reported and the game was delayed for a full 20 minutes.Central Arkansas would go on to win in 11 innings.No one involved, however, will win when a governing body gets its hands on this footage.Penalties will surely be harsh.