John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal explains why Monday Night Football has been so successful on ESPN: Howard Katz, the NFL’s senior vice president of broadcasting and media operations, is the executive tasked with creating the broadcasters’ schedules. He said the best “Monday Night Football” games on ESPN are the ones that allow the […]
Rumour: Don Quijote to Buy FEG’s MMA Division
Zeus Tipado of MiddleEasy.com discusses the plans for a Japanese discount store to purchase FEG’s MMA division, which includes Dynamite!! and Dream. Now it’s being reported that the president of Don Quijote, Yasuda, set up a meeting between FEG to enable this Sengoku vs. Dream co-promotion as an attempt to strengthen Japanese MMA. Initially, Sadaharu […]
Station Casinos Bankruptcy Saga Continues
Steven Church of Bloomberg reports on the latest developments regarding the Station Casinos bankruptcy process, which has been unfolding over the last several months. Station Casinos Inc. doesn’t need an examiner to investigate how the company is handling its bankruptcy, the judge overseeing the case said, rejecting part of the takeover strategy pursued by Boyd Gaming […]
Dream vs. Sengoku on NYE
It was officially announced earlier today that Dream and Sengoku will come together on December 31st to promote a mega show in Japan underneath the Dynamite!! banner. Sherdog’s Tony Loiseleur with the latest: World Victory Road’s Sengoku Raiden Championships will contribute fighters to Fighting and Entertainment Group’s Dynamite event on New Years Eve at the […]
WEC and Strikeforce Set to Face-off December 19th
Yesterday, both the WEC and Strikeforce made additions to their December 19th fight cards that will compete head-to-head on Saturday night television. The WEC announced the addition of five preliminary bouts to the card, which effectively finalized the event set to air live at 10PM EST/PST. MMAJunkie provides an overview: MAIN CARD Donald Cerrone vs. […]