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Music City Is a Sports Town
Nashville, Tennessee, A.K.A. Music City. This southern metropolis has been the dream of every starry-eyed wannabe singer/songwriter that wants to make it big for decades. Well, not anymore! OK, so a ton of people who want a break in the music industry still move to Nashville all the time, but that's not the point of this, now is it? Nashville has shown that this city deeply cares about her sports teams (yes, a city is referred to in the feminine tense, much like ships and lake monsters; shoutout to How I Met Your Mother on that).
By Nate Quellhorst8 years ago in Unbalanced
Sunday Morning Matchmaker
Last night, the UFC returned to Atlantic City, New Jersey for the first time since 2014 for UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Lee. Despite a couple of fights falling apart at the last minute, the card was everything I had hoped it would be. There is a lot to talk about, but I would really like to focus on the Main and Co-Main events and what the outcomes of those bouts mean for the competitors involved as well as their respective divisions.
By Richard Flynn8 years ago in Unbalanced
Wrestling, Why Wrestling?
Wrestling, the sport everyone looks at as dangerous, risky, time-consuming, and injury-inducing. I wrestle at J.M. Hanks High School. I am the varsity 132. This was my first year wrestling varsity and let me tell you it had its ups and downs.
By SennaTypes I8 years ago in Unbalanced
Best NHL Draft Steals
We all know the dynamos that went early in the first round in NHL entry drafts throughout history. Bonafide superstars that changed the game forever with names that include Mario Lemieux, Mike Modano, Steve Yzerman, Paul Coffey, Jaromir Jagr, Ray Bourque, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, etc. These players were pegged to be game-changing talents and lived up to the bill and then some.
By Jesse Kinney8 years ago in Unbalanced
GPS Wrestling in Armonk Is Ready to Roll Out Its Preseason Program
Wrestling takes tremendous commitment, and coaches love kids who are always ready to throw down. On the other hand, overdoing the commitment can induce a burn that leaves mat progress on the outs. “Sometimes you have to keep the kids out of the room,” says Grant Paswall of GPS Wrestling. But summer over, Paswall has his preseason program ready to simmer and bring its wrestlers to a boil for the 2017-18 school year.
By Rich Monetti8 years ago in Unbalanced
'WWE: Raw After Wrestlemania' Results, Surprises, and More!
Welcome, Wrestling fans!! I am yours truly, Michael, and I want to thank everyone for checking out the Wrestlemania 34 review and tomorrow, I will be doing the “Smackdown Live” review as well. It’s going to be a weekly situation, so I would suggest that you guys check out my profile for the latest wrestling news and support your boy.
By Michael Reynoso8 years ago in Unbalanced
Bray Oh Bray. The Bray Wyatt Issue
Bray Wyatt, without any hesitation, should be this generation’s Undertaker. When the man himself finally arrived on Monday Night Raw in the summer of 2013, expectations were extremely high; following an exciting run in NXT, that didn’t expose the character, the onus was on WWE to get the placement and presentation of Bray spot on. For the first few months into Bray’s WWE run, things were going smoothly, an entertaining, albeit messy first feud with veteran Kane, put the man over in a strong way. Bray would find himself in a captivating feud with top babyface Daniel Bryan, which would allow Bray to work an angle with the most overt face in the company, meaning everything Bray did was eaten up, by even the most casual of fans. The feud with Bryan culminated in a match at the infamous Royal Rumble in Pittsburgh, which saw Bray pin Bryan clean in his best match to date. On the surface this sounds like the perfect foundations for a debuting NXT talent; what happened next however, was unfortunately the beginning of his decline.
By Bradl Preston8 years ago in Unbalanced
Why Conor McGregor Needs to Vacate His UFC Title
Conor McGregor has been holding the UFC Lightweight Division in limbo for over a year now. His last fight was in November 2016 where he miraculously defeated Eddie Alvarez to become the first person to hold two belts at one time. Since then, McGregor has gone off chasing the big money fights, and competed in his first professional boxing match in 2017 where he was defeated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. In his absence, the UFC Lightweight division has become one of the best and most stacked divisions talent wise, that we have seen in a long time.
By Isaac Rawcliffe8 years ago in Unbalanced
What a Youth Amateur Boxing Coach Doesn't Want to Hear
1. “My kid can’t attend each practice (or show up on time) because they have other activities going on.” Seriously? Boxing, like any other sport, requires regular practice. I can’t put anyone in a boxing match if they’re not regularly training for one. The first rule in amateur boxing is safety. The training routine I have planned is based on the days the gym is open, not on when kids have time between art classes, football, swimming, and whatever else they are doing.
By Hillari Hunter8 years ago in Unbalanced
