Seems bad

A woman at the job has fresh rune tattoos..

Putting a fight promoter on the stand is a bit silly. These people's entire lives are built on getting you to believe lies. At some point they themselves begin to believe the stories they tell... It's futile.

If you don't know, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social is one of today's best boxing writers. Here he does a great job of recapping the Stevenson vs. Lopez fight, while seamlessly weaving in a lesson he learned from Dan McQuade. Good stuff via @defector.com

In six months Max Kellerman is going to tell us that boxing didn't exist until Dana White got involved. Zuffa has already gotten its money's worth from this useful idiot.

This guy?

Been five years since the UFC had Michael Chandler in a Black History Month video... I wrote about it back then.

This is one of the worst photoshop jobs I have ever seen... From World Boxing News

Missed the anniversary...

Defector is great for many reasons. This is one of them, "We miss Dan dearly, and will be honoring his memory more thoroughly in the days and weeks to come. For now, though, we are going to slow down the site for a bit to be with our families, our friends, and each other."

Dana White: When did my favorite band get political??

TKO has one goal when it comes to WWE and UFC, getting the most money they can before they sell the whole thing off for parts...

I'm sure the "LOL Gawker is done" folks will apologize for their wrongheadedness...

Well, there goes the theory that no one ever said, “Fuck the fire department”

Oh, Orcutt Shelley Miller are playing at Metro Gallery in Baltimore on March 24... That's a show you should go to. And then Dirty Three at Recher in Towson on March 31, go see that too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3b5...

This is a good one from Dan McQuade - The Tale Of The Early-Round KO Of Muhammad Ali’s Champburger -

Dana White earlier this week: "No, we’re eating the whole thing..." Anyway, SBJ is White's preferred transcription service these days...

Good blog…

Real, “I’ve got security this time” energy from this clown. Either that or he bought a Robocop suit…

I guess the kids are calling this "doomgaze" these days. Whatever you want to call it. t's good stuff. Blackwater Holylight - "Involuntary Haze" on @suicidesqueeze.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLtg...

James Sallis died earlier this week at 81. Wrote Drive (yes, the one that the movie is based on) and Bluebottle, two novels that are worth your time...

The Ring is straight trash... "Potential impressions" is a new metric.

Here's a thread of some Dan McQuade blogs that we really loved 🦅 The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...

Informative story about "public insurance adjusters." Folks who will help you with insurance claims who do not work for the insurance company. Something I didn't know about until reading this from @thebaffler.com

One of the best to ever do it. RIP

shout out to Dan McQuade, who took me up on an offer to see Hannibal Buress at the Troc, pulled out his phone to record the Bill Cosby joke, and through the butterfly effect of the internet sent Bill Cosby to prison and kickstarted the #MeToo movement. He was one of the kindest guys I’ve ever met.

We're going to be featuring a lot of Dan's work the rest of this week, but this is one I especially enjoyed and which no one else could have written. He had a lot of those. defector.com/one-last-tri...

This sucks. Dan’s personality and enthusiasm showed in his writing and podcast appearances. Condolences to his family and friends.

People have forgotten this...

The post that got him the job?

Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”

Helwani giving this guy a platform of today's version of his show... A fucking hack...

UFC had another fight fall off a card because of "betting irregularities," but the media that covers the sport couldn't be bothered to report on it. That media is largely tied to betting sites, not to mention afraid of running afoul of the UFC itself...

This is some good psych, drone, heaviness...

Greg Bovino died on the way back to his home planet.

When the promo for this podcast appeared in my feed, I thought, "Cool, Michael Connelly." Then I listened to the preview and thought, "Man, this sounds like a bunch of horseshit." Anyway, glad I didn't listen after reading this.

I haven't seen one person in the MMA media point out how shitty this man, who Dana White personally signed, has been. Them sweet front row tickets and that buffet keep 'em in line.

People giving Paddy Pimblett credit for being tough... C'mon now... Ya'll know that's code for "dude got his ass kicked, but I like him, so I'll make some weak excuse for his underperforming." Man is average at best, but he's got what the UFC likes, white skin and trash talk...

It's stunning that people are still falling for Newsom's grift, but they are...

If I have a complaint about @somejerrystahl.bsky.social's Substack, it's that he doesn't publish that often. Anyway, you should subscribe.

UFC increases fight night bonuses and the MMA media reports on it like it's some earth-shattering news. Meanwhile, the fighter pay still starts at $10K/$12K, and that gets zero virtual ink. The bonuses are an effective distraction, that the media and fans fall for every damn time. Marks and suckers

Watching MMA and boxing shills and wannabe whills fall all over themselves about Zuffa Boxing last night in a glorified warehouse was funny and sad. Folks just desperate to stay, or get, into the good graces of Dana White. Shameless.

New Pelican EP out today...

Good one, and a reminder the @patrickwyman.bsky.social should be on the podcast more often.

Everyone needs a good pen (or many good pens)

Rest in peace to a real one, Uncle Floyd.

A growing measles outbreak in South Carolina has infected more than 600 people since October, with hundreds more being potentially exposed. www.wired.com/story/the-us...