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A look back on the Beijing Games
Dan RafaelNow that the Beijing Olympics are over, my two DVRs and two DVD recorders are finally resting after two weeks of massive overtime spent recording and ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2008
Boxing isn't taking a backseat this summer
Dan Rafael...on NBC other than televising some of the gold medal matches on the final weekend. However, my TV will be tuned for the next three weeks to CNBC, which will carry about three hours of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2008
Bayless best ref? You bet
Dan RafaelYour random thoughts are back … • Nevada, the boxing capital of the world, has an excellent group of referees, but I think it's time ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 31, 2008
How can we be excited about Pavlik-Hopkins?
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts… • One of the quotes Top Rank's Bob Arum gave me after he came to terms with Golden Boy's Richard Schaefe...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2008
Arum the optimist
Dan Rafael...as Diaz. Valero, who is from Venezuela and based in Japan, has appeared once on U.S. television (in a small pay-per-view in December). He does not speak English, so he won't...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 09, 2008
Time for Joe Cortez to find another nickname
Dan Rafael...as he was over Cortez's heinous disqualification ruling. You could feel Steward's rage through the TV. It's pretty much the way I felt at ringside. It was an utter miscarriage of justice...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2008
Who should Haye fight at heavyweight?
Dan RafaelAs we all know by now, cruiserweight champion David Haye of England is heading up to the heavyweight division in the fall, a move that could inject so...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 17, 2008
Do the right thing
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts … • As lightweight champion Joel Casamayor's deadline nears to sign a contract to face Nate Campbell in a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 05, 2008
EliteXC: More sizzle than steak
Dan Rafael...s entire Elite XC card on CBS, the first mixed martial arts event ever broadcast on network television. Those who read me regularly and chat with me each week know I'm not an MMA...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 03, 2008
Knowing when to say when
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts … • Although his style of fighting has never been the most crowd pleasing, I admit it: I've always been a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2008
Which pay-per-view to view?
Dan Rafael...features Cristian Mijares against Alexander Munoz in a junior bantamweight unification fight. The rest of the scheduled TV lineup includes a flyweight title eliminator between Omar Salado and Julio Cesar Miranda and a middleweight fight...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 16, 2008
Golden Boy undercards lack shine
Dan Rafael• Having Oscar De La Hoya back in the ring instead of in a business suit (and on HBO instead of pay-per-view) last week for his fight again...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2008
Not just a light heavy fight
Dan RafaelLAS VEGAS -- Your weekly random thoughts … • In the past, I've gotten on Showtime's case for its virtual worship of the alphabet sanc...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 16, 2008
Time to wake up, Tarver
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts … Is anyone else tired of the delusional Antonio Tarver talking as though he is still a force in boxing? At one time...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 09, 2008
What a Show!
Dan Rafael...WWE (and also the UFC) when it comes to improving the presentation of boxing events both on television and in the arena. There's a reason almost 75,000 people turned out for a scripted...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2008
TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "tv" make the list?