Archive for the 'Extreme Sports' Category

UFC on SpikeTV

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

It looks like SpikeTV is going full blast with the broadcasting of full contact fighting on cable television.

On right now is the first of six scheduled Ultimate Fighting Events produced by the UFC.

SpikeTV also plans to air 26 of the previous UFC Tournaments and the 2nd season of the “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show is […]

The X-Games are Upon Us

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

It’s that time of year people. Where the world of extreme sports takes another step towards the mainstream, and some of the big dogs come out and go really big in the X-Games.

Today the events leak off of ESPN for a while and there is 3 hours on ABC. The surfing finals are coming up […]

Big Boston Shark

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

I’m not really one to encourage Shark Fishing Tournaments, which don’t seem to be much more than a bunch of guys cruising around in boats trying to show off the fact that they have not one, but two nuts, and can bait a hook.

But, today I’ll make an exception, and I’ll do it for […]

FLA Big Surf!

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Florida has been absorbing the brunt of a big swell that has been coming in from a system off the Carolina coast. Along the Space Coast (Cocoa Beach and the area a bit north and south) the winds have been making it a bit messy to ride, but over this last weekend everything lined up […]

Extreme Martial Arts

Friday, April 1st, 2005

If you have even the slighest interest in martial arts (or 3D animation) then definately make sure to catch this show airing on Discovery channel this month. They did an amazing job of mapping fighters from a number of styles and with a variety of weapons, and then converted that into skeletal models that show […]

ROUND 10

Sunday, March 6th, 2005

Wow… What a difference.

I was just flipping through the guide here and landed on the Showtime HD Channel, for some heated boxing. Usually the programming on the HD channels is different from their Standard Def counterparts… but I decided to hop over to the normal Showtime channel anyways.

It turns out the same boxing match was […]