Stay up to date with UFC 142 in Brazil
On Saturday night, Mma-hungry Brazil gets another serving of fists and feet. Rio de Janeiro is hosting UFC 142, and our MMA expert E. Spencer Kyte has all you need to know at his Keyboard Kimura blog ( theprovince.com/
mmablog). The big bout? The featherweight title between champion Jose Aldo (“one of the top pound-for-pound talents in the sport”) and unbeaten challenger Chad Mendes (“excellent wrestling and a non-stop motor”). Plus, ESK also serves up his take on the top five fights you’ll see inside the Octagon in January. Over to lacrosse, at provincesports.
com, where Steve Ewen has a story on brothers Geoff and Bob Snider, who are both pivots for the NLL teams in Calgary and Washington, respectively — and WLA alums to boot. And Marc Weber has a feature on Chris Estridge, the Whitecaps’ second pick in Thursday’s MLS Super Draft. Also at our home page, Jonathan Mcdonald’s Weekend Warmup shows up again this afternoon, with five top suggestions for the sports fan this weekend. Meanwhile, at provincesports.com/
blogs, there’s lots happening. Rudy Pospisil takes a look at National Geographic’s top 10 adventurers for 2012. The Legion of Blog’s Steve Shalagan shares expected highlights of the NHL’S all-star weekend and Wyatt Arndt and J. Bowman take a look back at Thursday’s Canucks-blues tilt.