2010 April | Mr. James Ryan
Browsing all posts from April, 2010.
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Anderson Silva May Suffer From “Middle Child Syndrome”

The middle child often has a sense of not belonging. They fight to receive attention from parents (Zuffa) and others (the fans) because they feel many times they are being ignored or dubbed off as being the same as another sibling (GSP, Brock Lesnar, etc.). Being in the middle, a child can feel very insecure. [...]

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Coach DJ Jones from Jackson–Winklejohn’s MMA: One Tough Family

To this day, Coach DJ Jones still contends that she was born on the “wrong side of the tracks” in Weleetka, Oklahoma. It was this childhood adversity however, that no doubt helped to transform DJ into the incredibly strong and amazing woman that she is today. “What doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger.” DJ [...]

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Brock Lesnar Speaks About All Things Important (To Him Anyway)

Brock Lesnar just so happens to be one of those types of athletes that no matter what he says or what he does, the fans (for one reason or another) just can’t seem to get enough of him (just ask Frank Mir). Not that it’s all positive, of course. For as many fans that seem [...]

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BJ Penn Will Defeat Frankie Edgar and GSP at UFC 112 (…or not)

NOTE: This article has over 200 comments on Bleacher Report. Check it out at: http://bit.ly/aNmVNn I think that it is pretty safe to say that at least three (maybe four) out of the top five fighters that are continuously on the discussion round table, as being the absolute best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, all [...]

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Niagara Spears Football 2010 Try-Outs: Week Four

Written by James Ryan “People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.”—Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Author of “The Power of Positive Thinking” For as long as I can remember, I have been a big believer in the theory [...]

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The Coach vs. The Villain: Has the Tito-Bashing Finally Gone Too Far?

“In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for, and by going too far, you make more enemies than you defeat. Do not allow success to go to your head. There is no substitute for strategy and careful planning. Set a goal, and when you reach [...]

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UFC and M-1 Global to Announce Lesnar vs Fedor in Fall Exhibition Fight

Ray Noorda, the former Chairman for Novell, Inc. once said: “Cause change and lead, accept change and survive, resist change and die.” These profound words were never truer than in today’s realm of Mixed-martial Arts. According to underground sources, the Fertitta brothers were finally able to do something that Dana White could not—verbally agree to [...]