D.C. Sports Bog Archive: Fighting Sports
Tommy the Green Ranger's local MMA debut
Jason David Frank likes to refer to himself as "Fearless Frank," a name he coined years ago with his brother. Ring announcers for his amateur MMA fights often play up a different moniker: "Tommy the Green Ranger." See, Frank spent much of his life starring in the Mighty Morphin...
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May 20, 2010; 4:16 PM ET |
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Hudson Taylor is a wrestling magician
Before I met Hudson Taylor for the first time, I briefly chatted with the legendary Wade Schalles about one of his pupils. Schalles -- once dubbed "Plastic Man" and "the most exciting" wrestler in the world by Sports Illustrated -- still holds the record for most pins in a...
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February 17, 2010; 10:23 PM ET |
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Robin Ficker resurfaces at Maryland wrestling
Robin Ficker heckling MJ. (AP file photo.) I was sitting in the stands during Maryland's wrestling match with American on Friday night. It was time for the Terps' brilliant All-American, Hudson Taylor, to take the mat. As Taylor readied himself, a guy in the front row of the stands,...
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February 16, 2010; 11:41 AM ET |
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Rashad Evans and UFC in D.C.
(All photos by Toni L. Sandys - TWP) UFC came to Patriot Center Monday night. The event drew a sell-out crowd of 8,500. B.J. Koubaroulis covered the event for The Post; I also went, since one of the PR guys promised he might wear a Dikembe Mutombo shirt. Eight...
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January 12, 2010; 4:28 PM ET |
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That Guy Who Snapped His Arm Near Nats Park
[Warning: Sort of gross.] It's a good thing the Nats are on this little run of success. Because otherwise I might have been tempted to suggest that what happened at Battle of the Biceps II last weekend fit in well with this most unnatural of seasons. The event, in its...
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July 28, 2009; 7:19 PM ET |
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Redskins, Vick Jerseys and WWE
Campbell, McIntosh, Sellers, in the pit. Let's take a break from the Vick soap opera to report on some real sports: pro wrestling....
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July 28, 2009; 12:16 PM ET |
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