It was high noon at CES, the annual consumer electronics buzzfest, and Steven C. Barber was looking for a pretty woman with man hands. If you have walked the convention center floor during CES, you know this is like finding a needle in Don King’s bouffant. Perhaps the man hands will make her easier to spot.
With Ultimate Fighting Championship poised for rapid international expansion in 2014, the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts fight organization faces one major challenge — exporting its signature high-energy fight show production to venues around the world.
There were hotels to check out of and flights to catch. But virtually every NBA team had someone stick around the Reno Events Center on Thursday afternoon.
It was the summer before last, before Manchester United played a friendly soccer match at Sam Boyd Stadium, when I was chatting with Dick Calvert about The Beautiful Game.
He thought at this point of his career he would be busier, but Michael Hunter understands the business of boxing.
I always thought of Keith Kizer as John Wayne playing Genghis Khan or George Clooney as Batman.
