Archive for October, 2007
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Jay Larkin has been the President and COO of the International Fight League for only a month but he certainly is no rookie when it comes to the fight game. Larkin spent over 20 years at Showtime starting off as a junior publicist and ending as an executive producer. While ...
Posted in IFL, Interview, Jay Larkin, MMA | 2 Comments »
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
At the start of every week we'll let you know what we're working on and which interviews you can expect to hear on jarrypark.com. Below is a list of interviewees we have already confirmed. Something tells me this is going to be a great week.
IFL fighter, member of the Toronto ...
Posted in This Week | 4 Comments »
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Next Saturday (11/3) is without a doubt the biggest night in the short two-year history of the International Fight League. The league will be holding its first-ever Grand Prix event with the semifinals emanating from the Sears Centre outside of Chicago, IL and the finals on 12/29 from the Mohegan ...
Posted in IFL, MMA | No Comments »
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Somewhere Vince McMahon must be smiling. First, Randy Couture announces he'll be holding a press conference to discuss his resignation from the UFC. A couple of days later, coincidentally or not, the UFC decides to hold a press conference to announce their new TV deal with Spike beginning 30 minutes ...
Posted in Brock Lesnar, Chuck Liddell, Dana White, Press Conference, Randy Couture, UFC, Wanderlei Silva | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Meanwhile, here are some of the highlights from Couture's presser that was shown live HDNet and proelite.com were:
"I've had issues with Zuffa and the company since they bought it in 2001...It's the little things that make athletes feel appreciated that weren't done...weren't being done from my perspective that were ...
Posted in MMA, Press Conference, Randy Couture, UFC | No Comments »
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
I wasn't able to record Floyd Mayweather's latest conference call for his upcoming bout against Ricky Hatton (12/8, HBO PPV) but below are some of the highlights:
On whether he (Mayweather) was happy to get booted off Dancing With The Stars early so he could focus on his training:
"Well, I would ...
Posted in Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Ricky Hatton | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Apologies for the lame title but that really is the best way to describe my conversation with Dave Larzelere aka Larz aka Large from No Mas. If you are a boxing enthusiast and haven't checked his site out you're truly missing out. For my money, he's the best boxing writer ...
Posted in Boxing, Interview, No Mas | 11 Comments »
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
What a year its been for Olympic Gold medalist Kurt Angle. First, he leaves World Wrestling Entertainment after a legendary seven-year run. WWE claimed they fired him for repeated drug suspensions; Angle claimed he pulled a fast one on Vince and tricked him into releasing him. Rumors then begin to ...
Posted in IFL, Interview, Kurt Angle, MMA, TNA, UFC, Wrestling | 8 Comments »
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
That date will forever signify the end of my innocent obsession with sports. Once the Montreal Expos, my Expos (and yes they actually did had fans), played their final out things started to change. Simply put, I began to loathe sports. The one thing I could count on had finally ...
Posted in Introduction | 14 Comments »
