Etienne Marcel Pourtout

  •     Music to listen to:  Born Under Punches (live) by The Talking Heads   No better way to get back into the rhythm of The Sports Inquirer than a Mixed Martial Arts Power Rankings.   Heavyweights   1) Junior Dos Santos 2) Cain Velasquez 3)  Alistair Overeem 4)  Fabricio Werdum 5)  Daniel Cormier  

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  • Music to listen to:  Kashmir by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Quick NBA first-round playoff predictions: Chicago over Philadelphia in six:  This series may come down to the first team that scores 90 points wins each individual game.  The Sixers were looking like a trendy pick to notch a first-round upset a month ago but

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  • Music to listen to:  Hammer Dance by Slaughterhouse   Time to give my NBA Awards since the regular season ends tonight: Defensive Player of the Year: 1)  Tyson Chandler, New York 2)  Kevin Garnett, Boston 3)  Dwight Howard, Orlando Honorable mention:  Serge Ibaka (Oklahoma City), LeBron James (Miami), Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia), Luol Deng (Chicago) Thoughts: 

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  • Music to listen to:  Chanbara by At The Drive-In Time for a Mixed Martial Arts Rankings here at the Inquirer: Heavyweight: 1)  Junior Dos Santos 2)  Cain Velasquez 3)  Alistair Overeem 4)  Fabricio Werdum 5)  Frank Mir Just outside of top-five:  Shane Carwin, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Thoughts:  We were all looking forward to a semifinals

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    Music to listen to:  Fahrenheit by At The Drive-In   One of my favorite bands ever, At The Drive-In reunited at Coachella last weekend and it was great to see them.  While I may be critical and over-analytical about the live performance, the fact is that those five guys finally put grudges aside and put

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  • Music to listen to:  Girl I Love You by Massive Attack Before I preview UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit, here are some quick thoughts on UFC on Fox 2 -Phil Davis should have no shame in losing to Rashad Evans.  While I did have the fight marked as 50-45 in favor of Evans on my

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