Sign up or login to track your favorite teams on Bleacher Report

Tom Grant Archives, Page 1 of 1

  1. The Ultimate Fighter 8 Reflections Going into the Semis (LHW Edition)

    Moving forward with my look at the first two rounds of The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 we are moving into Light-Heavies, which is solid group but not as stacked as the lightweights with true UFC talent...

    Written by Tom Grant about 6 days ago 4 comments

  2. The Ultimate Fighter 8 Reflections Going into the Semis (LW Edition)

    This season of the Ultimate Fighter is headlined by two coaches who are both premier Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters. Frank Mir is a blackbelt and is a former UFC heavyweight champion, and Minotauro ...

    Written by Tom Grant about 6 days ago 2 comments

  3. Rick Franklin's Transition to Light Heavyweight In Full Swing

    The 34-year-old former middleweight champ of the UFC, Rich Franklin has completely abandoned the 185-pound class and moved up to the world of the 205-pounders...

    Written by Tom Grant about 21 days ago 21 comments

  4. In The Long Run Urijah Faber Will Be Better Because Of His Loss To Brown

    Something happened last weekend that hasn't happened in over three years, Urijah Faber was in a fight that was stopped by the referee and it wasn't his hand being raised, rather his face being tended to by his corner...

    Written by Tom Grant about 23 days ago 17 comments

  5. Stephan Bonnar: The Forgotten Light Heavyweight Contender

    The American Psycho is returning to the octagon in 2009, making it almost a full two years out due to injury and Stephan Bonnar hopes to pick up where he left off, with back-to-back wins in 2007...

    Written by Tom Grant about 23 days ago 6 comments

  6. Week 10 College Football Power Rankings

    1. Texas (8-1) Wins over No. 1 Sooners, No. 11 Mizzouri, and No. 6 OSU and their one loss comes to the No. 7 Texas Tech Red Raiders. They have one of the finest defenses in the nation, and an outstanding offense and great special teams 2...

    Written by Tom Grant about about 1 month ago 6 comments

  7. USC's Struggles Aganist Unranked Teams Says More About...

    ...Pete Carroll's coaching style than ability. Since 2002, USC's post-bowl ranking hasn't been below fourth, which is outstanding. He recruits like a madman, he churns out NFL-level players (especially on defense) and wins big games...

    Written by Tom Grant about 2 months ago 0 comments

  8. What Is Wrong with OSU?

    Tom Grant takes an in depth look at the Ohio State Buckeyes' stumbles on the big stages.

    Written by Tom Grant about 2 months ago 4 comments

  9. In Shocking Run to US Silver, Keeth Smart Is King of The Comeback

    Tiger Woods, John Elway, and Mariano Rivera could sit down and learn something from Keeth Smart ‘s preformace in the 2008 Olympics. The US came into the team event ranked 7th and expectations were low with out US steadfast Ivan Lee...

    Written by Tom Grant about 3 months ago 0 comments

  10. Upset Rich Men's Sabre Feautres Surprise Winner and French Dominance

    Men’s Sabre was full of surprises in 2008, in one of the more upset leaden Olympics in recent history. Chinese fencer Hanming Zhou rode the energy of a home crowd to oust 2004 Silver medal ...

    Written by Tom Grant about 3 months ago 0 comments

  11. MMA Must Avoid The Same Mistakes Boxing Made

    Mixed Martial Arts is the fastest growing sport in the world, and it is filling the fight sport void that boxing has left...

    Written by Tom Grant about 4 months ago 5 comments

  12. Cubs Fans Step Away From The Ledge!

    The Cubs have been bad since the All-Star break, how bad? Real bad, their offense has scored 33 runs since the break. Sounds ok but remove the 19 runs that were all score in two blow out wins and the Cubs have mustered 14 runs in 7 games...

    Written by Tom Grant about 4 months ago 4 comments

  13. 2008 NCAA Football Preseason Rankings

    I love baseball and my Cubbies are rolling but what I really want is 50 degrees, a windchill, the band striking that first note in Ohio Stadium and watching my team charge on to the field ready to do battle...

    Written by Tom Grant about 4 months ago 11 comments

  14. Fedor Is Truely The Emperor Of MMA Heavyweights

    Fedor Emelianenko's critics were out in full force coming into last week's match up with Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia...

    Written by Tom Grant about 4 months ago 6 comments

  15. US Women's Sabre Looking to Cement Dynasty at Beijing

    The US Women's Sabre boasts an Olympic Champion, a World Champion, and the current #1 ranked women in the world, and those honors are spread amoung the three starters for the US...

    Written by Tom Grant about 4 months ago 0 comments

  16. US Men's Sabre Ready For 2008 Olympics, Without Lee

    The US Men's Sabre team in 2004 came with in 1 touch of fencing in the gold medal bout, a first for Men's Sabre team from the US...

    Written by Tom Grant about 4 months ago 0 comments

  17. Cubs Offense Stumbles Into Second Half

    The Cubs offense has been in a word, anemic, since the All-Star Break. Outside of a 9 run outburst against the Astros they have scored 2 runs in 3 losses...

    Written by Tom Grant about 4 months ago 0 comments

  18. Mid-Season Thoughts

    What an amazing first half of baseball, full of surprises and thrills. Perhaps the one thing nobody is really talking about because it is the most expected things in baseball these days, the Angels are dominating the AL West with excellent pitching...

    Written by Tom Grant about 4 months ago 0 comments