Probably should have googled it from the start. Looks like it's been 2 years now, I guess I've only tuned in for championship/interim championship/contender bouts in the last 2 years, so I just assumed those were the only ones getting the 5 round treatment. Learn something new every day.

I've been wondering the same thing...I have no idea.

Couldn't agree more. In his last 8 fights he's 5-3 with 2 losses against arguably the single greatest fighter ever, and in one of those losses he was whoopin' on said great fighter for 4+ rounds and the third loss was against the undisputed number 2 P4P fighter in the world. So I'm not really sure where the "Sonnen…

Wait, are all main events 25 minutes now? I thought 25 minute fights were only for title belts? Or is this some sorta bullshit "interim" championship or top contender or some other such shenanigans?

Who or what's a Speed?

Fellow Big East alum here (grad school, but still, my undergrad's basketball team is a crappy mid-major). I'd LOVE to see Gus Johnson call some of the bigger games for the network and hopefully the Big East Tourney games also.

Eh, I woulda gone with Joe Buck. +0.23

The argument stops at the pitcher because pitching requires a lot more time and energy to learn than fielding.

Why do we want our pitchers to be "baseball players". I want my pitcher to be a fucking pitcher (certainly not a belly itcher), and that means a single-minded devotion to honing his pitching craft to the exclusion of hitting. So why are we forcing pitchers to have to hit to. Let them focus on what they do, and…

Well the HOF voters are all a bunch of shitheads anyway. Let's all sell papers and publish books and make money on the backs of tracking all the "history" and record-breaking of the steroid era, and then act like a bunch of sanctimonious twats when it comes time to elect those guys into the hall of fame, even though…

Seriously, how can any one watch this and still think NL ball is better than AL ball? Why, because the manager needs to make a double switch once a week?!?! Give me a break.

Oh man, I wanted to make a Netflix joke. But wouldn't the equivalent really be one of those fly by night eastern European streaming sports sites?

Somehow this feels like the Mets equivalent of the butt fumble...I know this wasn't really due to any fault of Hawkins, but still...

Let's not get carried away. Croatia should be an even tougher match. And I don't expect all the way, but this team might have a surprise semi-final appearance in them barring any injuries and if everyone stays in form.

Jake the Snake

And my point is you vastly underestimate the strength of Bosnia. Yes, they are in a weak group, but that doesn't negate the way they are steamrolling through the qualifying. You really can't have played any better than they have in that group and it shows.

They're also steamrolling their way through 2014 Qualifying in UEFA. Their lone blemish is a draw away against Greece and they sport the highest goal differential in all UEFA qualifying. So yes, they're pretty fucking good. Yes the FIFA rankings blow, but Bosnia is still a legit fucking team poised to make waves in…

Thank you.

Yeah, can't forget about that. Just sheer brilliance all around.

Definitely. I think it's a great opportunity for him and a good stepping stone. He'll have a few years where he can be the top dog here before stepping up in class again (assuming they stay in the Premiership. I would hope that his contract has some type of opt out clause in the event they're relegated).