We haven’t talked much about college hoops this year on After Action because, frankly, we just don’t get to see any games. I’d love to follow Air Force, Navy and Army closer, but it’s hard to write about teams you never actually watch. One of these days I’ll shell out the extra money for CBS College Sports, which actually broadcast this weekend’s Army-Navy game. But in the meantime, we follow the hoops squads from afar and do what we can. Nevertheless, this was a pretty special weekend for service academy basketball, and Navy’s and Air Force’s victories deserve some attention. Also happening…
Browsing: Fight for the Troops 2
The UFC and its outspoken president, Dana White, hit Fort Hood this week for tonight’s Fight for the Troops 2 on Spike TV. The UFC’s cameras followed White around the post as the foulest-mouthed executive in America met soldiers and shot the breeze with UFC personalities Joe Rogan, Matt Serra, Brian Stann, Frankie Edgar and others. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkg3QJyTm64[/youtube]
MMA reporter Ben Folkes has written an outstanding article about the psyche of UFC fighter Pat Barry heading into his bout Saturday at Fight For the Troops 2 at Fort Hood, Texas. Barry, who’ll be facing off against fellow heavyweight Joey Beltran, is refreshingly honest in the story, admitting that he’s less-than-enthusiastic about stepping into the Octagon after breaking his right hand and right foot against Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at UFC 115. Rather than offering up phony bluster or canned lines about what he expects to happen Saturday, Barry talks about the unglamorous brutality of the sport and the…
