This Week in No Mas

2/18
The Final Lap
The day of the 2007 Daytona 500 was also the anniversary of two seminal events in the race's history - the fight between Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers at the 1979 Daytona, and the tragic crash that killed Dale Earnhardt in 2001.

Letdown
Large wasn't happy with what he saw on Saturday's Boxing After Dark card - you know when the thing that impressed him most was Paulie Malignaggi's humility, it was not a night to remember. Norberto Bravo took one look at the horrifying specter of Andre Berto's jab and thought better of making an evening of it. Berto thrice knocked Bravo off his feet in the first round as if he were tumbling an old dog from his hind legs.

2/19
K.O.W. - Uncle Rog
With Floyd Mayweather's birthday coming up (it's tomorrow actually, hope you got your shopping done), we turn to Floyd's uncle and trainer Roger Mayweather for our No Mas Knockout of the Week, taking you back to the night that the Black Mamba got tamed by a young Julio Cesar Chavez. Mayweather looks lethal at first, dominating the action with his rattlesnake jab. Of course, as we would all learn over time, you had to hit Chavez about a thousand times with a telephone pole to hurt the guy.

2/20
Two Moments on Ice
Two Olympic anniversaries of note - Boitano facing down Orser in the Battle of the Brians at the Calgary Games, and Tara Lipinski once again ruining Michelle Kwan's life by stealing the gold at Nagano.

It's all George Forman's fault
Tommy "Gunn" Morrison is on the comeback trail after deciding he doesn't have AIDS anymore. He won by knockout last night in West Virginia over a truck driver who thought he'd signed up for an arm-wrestling tournament. Morrison says he's going to be better than George Foreman in his comeback. We have our doubts.

2/21
Deal or Shit Deal
With the NBA trade deadline coming around this week, we recall some famous and infamous deadline moves of the past to play a little Deal or Shit Deal. Neek for Danny Manning anyone?

2/22
Sharpshootin' with The Franchise
Oh the Franchise's heart was heavy this week, due to the passing of Mike Alfonso, a.k.a Mike Awesome. The 'Chise also throws some mad love to Mr. Perfect and previews Wrestlemania 23 and this weekend's Pride PPV.

2/23
Cuba Libre
The forty-ninth anniversary of the kidnapping of Formula One legend Juan Manuel Fangio by the 26th of July Movement in Cuba. On the evening of the 23rd, Fangio left his room at the Hotel Lincoln in Havana and went downstairs, where he was seized in the lobby by Cuban rebels. The kidnapping was immediately front-page news around the world, bringing Castro's cause more publicity than it had yet achieved in two years of guerrilla warfare.