Breaking Down the Big Battle
Boy, is my face red. After writing a blog this morning about the greatness that is Sacramento Mixed Martial Arts fighter Urijah Faber, he was knocked out in the first round of his WEC Featherweight championship fight in Florida tonight.
Watching a Winner
A co-worker of mine approached me on Tuesday with a smile. “What are you in love with this guy?” he asked, showing me page 23 of the Nov. 7 edition of The Sacramento Union, in which I’ve placed a fairly large photo of Sacramento fighter Urijah Faber to tease a column I’ll be writing for the following week’s issue.
Make Sacramento Sizzle
I don’t pretend to know much about politics. We have plenty of experts working for us to cover that base. But as an outside observer I’ve noticed one thing about Sacramento’s race for mayor (which concludes on Tuesday’s Election Day): Kevin Johnson is the man.
Cinderella Slapped By Destiny
Give the Philadelphia Phillies their props. They outlasted the New York Mets in the last week of the MLB season just to squeak into the playoffs, then pull of a miraculous run that no one paid attention to. Why? Because everyone was talking about the Rays’ run. 
God Save the Queen?
I turned on the Oakland Raiders’ game right now and they were playing the national anthem. While I prepared to puff out my chest with pride, an attractive woman started singing the wrong song!
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