Wilbon Expands on MMA/Kimbo Slice Comments

• The Zoner

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  Wow...with that garbage explanation he should be a politician.

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Columbus Day Holiday Links
Published 10/13/2008 by kzfone@gmail.com (kzfone) at Fang's Bites
... David Scott of the Boston Sports Media Watch breaks his sabbatical for one quick update as he has Michael Wilbon's comments about Elite XC's Kimbo Slice being a fraud. My best to you, David and I hope you come back soon. You'll be missed here at Fang's Bites. ...

Media News & Notes
Published 10/13/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... “In a Vikes-Saints pregame segment, Ron Jaworski got pumped about the Saints’ improved “red zone” offense in 2008. To illustrate this, Jaworski did a show-and-tell of the Saints scoring against the Falcons .. the Saints, this season and in the preseason, had not yet played the Falcons. The footage used to illustrate the Saints’ 2008 offense wasn’t from 2008.” (Mushnick) Wilbon defends his “the fight was fixed” logic. (Scott’s Shots) Knicks lose Kenny Smith’s announcing skills ...

Afternoon Blogdome: The Other Tampa Bay Lightning [Afternoon Blogdome]
Published 10/13/2008 by Dashiell Bennett at Deadspin
... • Fixed fights? That's unpossible!: Michael Wilbon is not backing down from angry MMA fans. Just because they have a thirst for mindless bloodsport, that's no reason to appease them. [Scott's Shots] ...

Wilbon Sticking By His Comments On The Kimbo Slice Fight Being Fixed
Published 10/13/2008 by Awful Announcing- (noreply@blogger.com) at Awful Announcing
Michael Wilbon cause quite a stir in the MMA community last week when he decided to say that the CBS Elite XC fight between Kimbo Slice and Steve Petruzelli was fixed and even compared the Sport of MMA to professional wrestling. Well David Scott, of Scott's Shots, followed up with Wilbon via email and actually got a response back from the PTI co-host. After Wilbon had explained his feeling on the Sport and about the fight itself, in the first email, there was a second exchange between the two. Here's what went down... SHOTS ...

Michael Wilbon exchanges e-mail with blogger about MMA
Published 10/14/2008 by thezoneblitz777@aol.com (lineofscrimmage) at The Zone Blitz
... ESPN's Michael Wilbon exchanged e-mails with David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch blog concerning Wilbon's comments on the Kimbo Slice fight. Wilbon said he thought the fight might have been ...

Elevator? No Thanks, I'll Take the Stairs - Daily "Linkin' Logs" (10/14/08)
Published 10/14/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (JustinY) at The Bad News Bloggers
... Jensen talks about Matt Stairs moment in the lime lights of L.A. Tony Romo will be out for 1 month with a broken pinkie. Its either Brad Johnson or Brooks Bollinger. Yeah, its pretty funny. Giants pummeled by the Browns...wow SSReporters is pissed and thinks you broadcasters could learn a thing or two...or three...or four AwfulAnnouncing's got the battle a-brew-ing between Mike Wilbon of PTI and David Scott of Scott's Shots. Was Kimbo's fight fixed. Is MMA even real? Over the next 6 hours, we'll ...