Cagefighting is a cakewalk compared to UFC fighter David Branch’s previous job – as an iron worker walking on beams 30-stories high atop the New York skyline. Branch, who grew up in the same Brownsville, NY, neighborhood that produced “Iron” Mike Tyson, once witnessed an iron worker colleague – working on a beam 24-stories high…
A few years ago I asked Urijah Faber how he envisions his career trajectory. Does he see himself as one of those larger-than-life athletes who can transcend a sport, much like an Oscar De La Hoya or a Michael Jordan, who have the uncanny power to make even non-fans know their name? Faber indicated this…
By CHRIS JONES and FRANK ANTHONY CURRERI LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL What’s worse than spending an entire afternoon stranded at the airport? Try spending an afternoon stuck at the airport with no air conditioning on one of the hottest days in recorded history. Tens of thousands of Southern Nevada locals and visitors experienced just such a…
