No Mas TV Guide - 3/6
MUST SEE NO MAS TV
Barcelona v. Liverpool
ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Second leg of a potential shocker, shown live on the deuce. Click here for Madsear's preview.
Porto v. Chelsea
ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
A replay of the Porto/Chelsea match. Again, click here for Madsear's take.
Livingstone Bramble v. Ray Mancini, 1985
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
All's I got to say to this is oh shit. This is not a fight that Classic breaks out every night. Also, keep in mind that this is the rematch, not their first fight, when Boom Boom's eye was sliced up like prosciutto. But the second fight is still a classic, as Mancini went to war to get back the lightweight crown, even going all Rocky with Mills Lane and telling him "You stop this fight I'll kill ya!" After this bout, Boom Boom went into his first retirement, while Bramble was so beat up in victory that he didn't fight again for a year. When he came back, he wasn't the same, and in 1986 he lost his lightweight title in an upset to Edwin Rosario.
BEST OF THE REST
Andy Roddick SportsCentury
ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
A solid look at the rise of ARod that, if I recall correctly, gets you past the Mandy Moore era and well into the slump years of '04 and '05.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
FX, 8 p.m.
The best movie ever made about the corrupt sport of dodgeball.
Rafael Marquez v. Israel Vasquez
ShoToo, 10 p.m.
A rerun of this brawl from Saturday in which Rafael Marquez takes Israel Vasquez's bantamweight belt and breaks the shit out of his nose in the process. This one is ugly. In a good way.
ECW Wrestling
Sci-Fi, 10 p.m.
Vince McMahon has vowed to make Bobby Lashley's life a living hell but Stone Cold will be in the house so chances are those plans will backfire. Plus, Rob Van Dam vs. Elijah Burke.
Miguel Cotto v. Oktay Urkal
HBO2, 11:30 p.m.
HBO reruns the Miranda/Green and Cotto/Urkal fights - for my recap, click here.
Iran Barkley v. Gerrie Coetzee, 1997
ESPN Classic, 12 a.m.
Hard to believe Coetzee, a.k.a The Bionic Hand (nickname pantheon alert), was still at it in '97. I mean, holms knocked out Leon Freaking Spinks, fought Mike Weaver for a belt. This was his last fight, God willing - he was 42 at the time. As for Barkley, well, it ain't exactly his prime either, but I always like to watch the Blade in action. I still can't quite get over the last time I saw him at the opening of this year's Golden Gloves and he was introduced as "the man who beat Tommy Hearns twice." Rest of his life, he gets that. Nice way to make an entrance.
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
CBS, 12:35 a.m.
Ferguson's only listed guest is Jeremy Roenick. I guess they have a lot to catch up on. It'll be like a Charlie Rose showdown between two great geniuses.
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Telemundo, 2:30 a.m.
This is a fictionalized movie about Bruce Lee's life that I saw and can't remember very well but I'm pretty sure it's horrible. Nevertheless, it's on at 2:30 in the morning and it'll be in Spanish, so if you happen to be up and all high, well, Merry Christmas.
Barcelona v. Liverpool
ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Second leg of a potential shocker, shown live on the deuce. Click here for Madsear's preview.
Porto v. Chelsea
ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
A replay of the Porto/Chelsea match. Again, click here for Madsear's take.
Livingstone Bramble v. Ray Mancini, 1985
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
All's I got to say to this is oh shit. This is not a fight that Classic breaks out every night. Also, keep in mind that this is the rematch, not their first fight, when Boom Boom's eye was sliced up like prosciutto. But the second fight is still a classic, as Mancini went to war to get back the lightweight crown, even going all Rocky with Mills Lane and telling him "You stop this fight I'll kill ya!" After this bout, Boom Boom went into his first retirement, while Bramble was so beat up in victory that he didn't fight again for a year. When he came back, he wasn't the same, and in 1986 he lost his lightweight title in an upset to Edwin Rosario.
BEST OF THE RESTAndy Roddick SportsCentury
ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
A solid look at the rise of ARod that, if I recall correctly, gets you past the Mandy Moore era and well into the slump years of '04 and '05.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
FX, 8 p.m.
The best movie ever made about the corrupt sport of dodgeball.
Rafael Marquez v. Israel Vasquez
ShoToo, 10 p.m.
A rerun of this brawl from Saturday in which Rafael Marquez takes Israel Vasquez's bantamweight belt and breaks the shit out of his nose in the process. This one is ugly. In a good way.
ECW Wrestling
Sci-Fi, 10 p.m.
Vince McMahon has vowed to make Bobby Lashley's life a living hell but Stone Cold will be in the house so chances are those plans will backfire. Plus, Rob Van Dam vs. Elijah Burke.
Miguel Cotto v. Oktay Urkal
HBO2, 11:30 p.m.
HBO reruns the Miranda/Green and Cotto/Urkal fights - for my recap, click here.
Iran Barkley v. Gerrie Coetzee, 1997
ESPN Classic, 12 a.m.
Hard to believe Coetzee, a.k.a The Bionic Hand (nickname pantheon alert), was still at it in '97. I mean, holms knocked out Leon Freaking Spinks, fought Mike Weaver for a belt. This was his last fight, God willing - he was 42 at the time. As for Barkley, well, it ain't exactly his prime either, but I always like to watch the Blade in action. I still can't quite get over the last time I saw him at the opening of this year's Golden Gloves and he was introduced as "the man who beat Tommy Hearns twice." Rest of his life, he gets that. Nice way to make an entrance.
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
CBS, 12:35 a.m.
Ferguson's only listed guest is Jeremy Roenick. I guess they have a lot to catch up on. It'll be like a Charlie Rose showdown between two great geniuses.
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Telemundo, 2:30 a.m.
This is a fictionalized movie about Bruce Lee's life that I saw and can't remember very well but I'm pretty sure it's horrible. Nevertheless, it's on at 2:30 in the morning and it'll be in Spanish, so if you happen to be up and all high, well, Merry Christmas.
1 Comments:
dragon is a good movie, if only for the scene where bruce lee fights a bunch of his coworkers, cooks with butcher knives.
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