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Vai Sikahema, Your Next Boxing Superstar
Vai Sikahema, Your Next Boxing Superstar
Vai Sikahema works at Philadelphia's NBC 10 as its sports director, has a good job and a good life after his NFL playing days, but his life will not be complete until he gets into the ring and gets his head knocked off by a boxer. Vai is chronicling his attempt to get back into shape and get into the ring for an actual boxing match on January 19th against 37 year old David Cruise. Cruise ...
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Blogs: Ex-NFLer Vai Sikahema Rushing To Ring
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... • DEUCE OF DAVENPORT puts up its dukes, as former NFL return man Vai Sikahema is stepping into the ring. ...

SAINT ANDREW'S NET: SEXY FLAMES!
With Leather — ... Deuce of Davenport thinks Vai Sikahema is going to get knocked out.  Perhaps if his opponent ...

Blog Patrol: Steroids, Steroids, Steroids
FanIQ Blog — ... A former NFL player is heading into the boxing ring. Something tells this isn't going to go very well. [Deuce of Davenport] ...

THE AFTER PARTY
Epic Carnival | Where Sports and Pop Culture Collide — Vai Sikahema is gonna fight someone. (Deuce of Davenport) Bad Fireworks at Jacobs Field. (Home Run Derby) An interview with 76ers GM Ed Stefanski. (Depressed Fan) Chargers star needs to work on his game. (TMZ) The NFL playoffs got turned upside down. (Rumors and Rants) Things football viewers may have missed. (Throwing Into Traffic) Congress asks that Miguel Tejada be investigated. (Steroid Nation) Billy Volek needs help. (First and 10 Inches) The ...

Old Broadcasters Fighting [Punch Punch]
Deadspin — ... He's cousins with Eagles return specialist Reno Mahe. He's the uncle of that guy who played Napoleon Dynamite. He's a Mormon. And he's a television "reporter" in Philadelphia who's about to get his head knocked in. ...

TECMO BOWL'S GREATEST KICK RETURNER SET TO BATTLE FUTURE'S TANYA HARDING
Epic Carnival | Where Sports and Pop Culture Collide — ... However, Sikahema trumps Canseco in the "real" experience category, having defeated a Philly Radio DJ in a celebrity boxing match earlier this year and assaulted a goal post after a return TD many years ago: Things to expect from this fight: No steroid testing Zero knockdowns Big Olympic-style headgear Sloppiness A rematch Canseco's only knockout of the day is on a drunk guy who calls him the next Tanya ...

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