Hills post-episode thoughts

First just let me say that I’m not the type that waits on pins and needles every Monday for the new Hills episode to air (I usually forget and end-up catching the last couple weeks episodes on the re-runs during mid-week) and I’m certainly not like those two idiots who host the aftershow and apparently [...]

UFC Middleweight division rankings

With UFC 88: Breakthrough behind us along with a number of high-profile middleweight bouts, now is a good time to update the_general’s Middleweight division rankings. This division has perhaps gone through the most change over the last couple of years to become one of the strongest in the UFC, up from its position as the [...]

Prison Break review: episode 3

In episode 3 Michael Scofield and the gang continue their look for the five other Scylla cards by going through the information on card holder 1’s pda which was downloaded by the watchmacallit device. Meanwhile, the watch guy from the bureau who created the operation goes thru questioning from his superiors and ultimately the director [...]

UFC Light Heavyweight division rankings

With another big night for the UFC’s light heavyweight division behind us, it’s a good time to take a look at the division once again and adjust the rankings. Note: my rankings are a balance between skill of a fighter (which includes ground and stand-up game combined with heart and game-planning) and recent activity. So [...]

UFC 88: Breakthrough — quick results, analysis

Rashad Evans defeats Chuck Liddell via KO Round 2
Rich Franklin defeats Matt Hamill via TKO Round 3
Dan Henderson defeats Rousimar Palhares via Unanimous Decision
Nate Marquardt defeats Martin Kampmann via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Dong Hyun Kim defeats Matt Brown via Split Decision
Kurt Pellegrino defeats Thiago Tavares via unanimous decision
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Prison Break season 4 kicks off with a bang

Just got thru watching the season premiere episodes of Prison Break season 4 over at fox on demand and must say that I am very impressed with the direction the writers are taking this season. Gone are the stale ideas of breaking out of prison (not that it was bad, it’s just two seasons of [...]

the_general’s NFL Picks

AFC
West: San Diego (13-3)
North: Cleveland (10-6)
South: Jacksonville (13-3)
East: New England (13-3)
Wild Cards: Indianapolis (12-4), Buffalo (10-6)
NFC
West: Seattle (12-4)
North: Minnesota (11-5)
South: Carolina (10-6)
East: Dallas (12-4)
Wild Cards: Washington (10-6), Detroit (9-7)
AFC Champ: San Diego (beats Jacksonville)
NFC Champ: Seattle (beats Dallas)
Super Bowl Champion: Seattle  [31-24 over San Diego]
So there you have them. Feel free to discuss and I [...]

UFC 88: Overshadowed

It’s unfortunate but I strongly believe that this weekend’s UFC PPV is getting absolutely no publicity at all, and therefore overshadowed not only by the Randy Couture situation but also the return of the NFL. So let’s try to create some more excitement for this card shall we? I think a little breakdown of the [...]

UFC Conference Call notes

Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar have signed to fight at UFC 91 on November 15th in Las Vegas at MGM Grand. Couture has re-signed with the UFC to a new three fight deal and again, will make his comeback on the 15th against Lesnar. Some other key points…

Couture/Lesnar will be for the title in a [...]

Couture returns, but does it really matter?

Obviously there’s been a lot of hype surrounding a potential Randy Couture/Fedor Emilianenko match-up because of Couture’s last two dominating wins and his statement that he only wants to fight Fedor now. “Captain America” blew off his previous 4-fight contract (completing just two of the four) in order to pressure the UFC into giving him [...]