The Sports Inquirer

Passing the Guard: MMA Power Rankings

Music to listen to: Death and Rebirth by Mexicans with Guns Time for an updated MMA Division Rankings post Heavyweight: 1) Cain Velasquez (9-0) 2) Junior dos Santos (13-1) 3) Alistair Overeem (35-11, 1 NC) 4) Brock Lesnar (5-2) 5) Fabricio Werdum (14-5-1) Also in consideration: Shane Carwin, Frank Mir, Antonio Silva Thoughts: These rankings…
Passing the Guard: UFC 132 Preview

Music to listen to: The Great Curve (live) by The Talking Heads UFC 132 will mark some significant landmarks and crossroads for Zuffa and for the fighters. You have a bantamweight title fight headlining a PPV, the first time I can remember seeing this happen for the UFC. The challenger has double the popularity than…
Beanball: Midseason MLB Awards Predictions Review

Music to listen to: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez live from Los Angeles (I) Since we’re around the halfway mark of the Major League Baseball season, I’m overdue for a review of my preseason predictions. I’ll do the standings portion of the review at the All-Star Break but for now, I will do analysis of my picks for…
Offside Trap: My Thoughts on USA/Mexico Gold Cup Final

Music to listen to: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk (live) Its a few days late but here are my final thoughts on the USA’s performance in the Gold Cup Final against Mexico: Bornstein had a bad game…but it wasn’t all of his fault: The prevailing thought of the Gold Cup Final was…
Passing the Guard: UFC Live 4 Review

Music to listen to: What Does Your Soul Look Like (pt. 4) by DJ Shadow It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done my last post, especially in relation to mixed martial arts. I’m going to do a quick synopsis of UFC Live 4 and later a power ranking in another post. -The Nate Marquardt…
Backdoor Cut: NBA Finals Review

Music to listen to: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez live from Highline Ballroom in New York There are many ways for me to go with my review of the NBA Finals. I can look at the view of the Mavs, the Heat, Pat Riley, journalists, Dirk Nowtizki, fans, and everything in between. Let’s go with that route. Dallas…