Andy Samuelson
Story Archive
-
Mixed Martial Arts
From 1 to 100: UFC through the years
Thursday, July 9, 2009 Over the past 16 years, UFC has gone from a little-known league promoting "human cockfighting" to a mega-power in the sports world worth more than a billion dollars. Here's how it happened:
-
Holly Madison to serve as honorary Octagon girl
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Former Playboy model Holly Madison will be making yet another costume change in Las Vegas.
-
Sports
Dancing with the welterweights
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 A thong, diet pills and too many verbal jabs to tally, if this Saturday’s action inside the ring is half as memorable as the antics leading up to the mega-fight, boxing fans are in for a treat.
-
Talk is cheap, UFC champs ready to back up words in 'superfight'
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 Everyone knows the key to a good fight is the trash talk beforehand. And this Saturday’s megafight at the MGM Grand has had plenty of verbal barbs.
-
CES
A tale of two conventions
Monday, Jan. 12, 2009 Snoop Dogg’s classic hit “Gin and Juice” played on the iPod as four Asian businessmen crowded around the Sergio booth at the Consumer Electronics Show Friday afternoon to check out the company’s iSpin, a mini mixing device on the small scale of a DJ’s turntables. Less than a football field away inside the Sands Expo Convention Center, the same rap song was pulsating through much larger speakers and another group of salespeople were pedaling their wares.
-
A&E
Techies know how to party, for charity
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 Adult starlets were scattered all across Las Vegas on Friday night at various soirees and nightclubs for pre-AVN award fun, but the techies from the other convention in town seemed to have more substantial star power. While Diana Ross was belting out tunes at the annual Monster Cable’s Retailer Awards, a handful of other celebs mingled with invite-only Consumer Electronics Show attendees at the PC.com/Intel party at LAX at the Luxor.
-
New Years
NYE Blog: Craziness abounds on Las Vegas Strip
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 OK, so it is officially Dec. 31 in the world’s craziest party city (or NYE for all 10 of you drunks who happen to stumble upon this blog), and I’m already on deadline....
-
Entertainment
Celebrities play a(round) with Timberlake
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 As the gathered crowd of a few hundred waited for Justin Timberlake to tee off on the first hole, Ellen DeGeneres pestered him with a bullhorn.
-
What happens outside of the NBA Summer League, stays off the record (almost)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008