Belfort ineligible to fight until paying fine

Seeded on Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:40 AM EDT (NBC Sports)

Affliction recently added former UFC heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort to their July 19 event, but the Brazilian is ineligible to fight in the U.S. until he pays an oustanding fine.

sports, mixed-martial-arts, msnbci

Noons' Hawaiian homecoming means title fight

Seeded on Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:42 PM EDT (NBC Sports)

MMA Notebook: K.J. Noons is a pro boxer and mixed martial artist, but on Saturday, he'll need all his skills to defend his EliteXC lightweight belt against Yves Edwards.

sports, mixed-martial-arts, msnbci

As Clinton's bid ends, sexism debate will not

Seeded on Fri Jun 6, 2008 8:39 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Hillary Clinton's candidacy may soon be a thing of the past but debate will rage over whether the first woman to make it so far in the U.S. presidential contest was a victim of sexism by the media or in the eyes of the public.

washington, politics, msnbc, decision-08, hillary-clinton-news

Some MMA coverage deserving of beatdown

Seeded on Wed Jun 4, 2008 2:47 PM EDT (NBC Sports)

Chiappetta: As the sport grows, the level of reporting needs to move past the visceral and to complex realities.

sports, msnbc, mixed-martial-arts

Sexism and the Race for the White House

Sun Jun 1, 2008 12:24 AM EDT

Like some sort of mysterious, occulted creature, there were signs and reports of a strange beast in the race for the White House. From far flung corners of the country came snippets of evidence. Eye-witness accounts.

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