Comedian Judah Friedlander was spotted ringside at the Matthew Macklin-Sergio Martinez fight at the Theater at Madison Square Garden last night.
You couldn't miss the actor — who plays Frank Rossitano on TV's "30 Rock"— who stood out in the crowd with his bright yellow t-shirt with "WORLD CHAMPION" emblazoned across his chest. He was also wearing one of his trademark trucker hats and big glasses.
The St. Patrick's Day middleweight bout ended with Martinez (rated the third best pound-for-pound fighter in the world) dropping Macklin twice in the 11th round with powerful lefts that opened cuts on the British fighter's left eye and scalp. Macklin's trainer asked the referee to stop the fight before the 12th.
Friedlander, the author of the comedy book How to Beat Up Anybody: An Instructional and Inspirational Karate Book by the World Champion, also saw Edwin Rodriguez's unanimous decision over Donovan George in the undercard.
The scruffy comic looked funny just sitting there but brought a little celebrity to the event.
Now if promoters would just bring more big fights to the Garden.
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Minggu, 18 Maret 2012
Sabtu, 18 Februari 2012
St. John's beats UCLA to snap 4-game losing streak
D'Angelo Harrison scored 22 points and Phil Greene made a huge rebound with 6.5 seconds to play but it was Sir' Dominic Pointer's crowd-pleasing dunk that set the tone as St. John's defeated UCLA 66-63 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
Pointer's dunk with 13:16 left seem to invigorate the Red Storm and got the home crowd into the game.
"Climbing the imaginary ladder" as CBS announcer Ian Eagle called Pointer's jam.
St. John's (11-16) snapped a four game losing streak and the win might be called sweet revenge for last year's loss at UCLA. The California school was Red Storm head coach Steve Lavin's former team.
Lavin, who is still recovering from prostate cancer, watched the game from a suite high above the Garden floor.
In an interview with CBS, the smiling Lavin said he is taking the recovery "week-to-week and is still focusing on recruiting."
"I come in to watch films with the players," he said. "I will be back next year."
The head coach discussed his long absences from the team and said,"We try to have a meal with them every week and get them to spend time with my wife. She's more inspiring than I am in terms of their spirits."
Lavin coached UCLA for seven seasons and took them to the NCAA tournament six times. He took over at St. John's last year and led the team to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2002.
UCLA (15-12) had too many turnovers and couldn't keep up with St. John's athleticism.
Pointer finished the game with 13 points and seven rebounds while Moe Harkless had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Johnnies.
Linsanity seems to have rubbed off on the Red Storm. They Sir-tainly looked like a better team today.
Pointer's dunk with 13:16 left seem to invigorate the Red Storm and got the home crowd into the game.
"Climbing the imaginary ladder" as CBS announcer Ian Eagle called Pointer's jam.
St. John's (11-16) snapped a four game losing streak and the win might be called sweet revenge for last year's loss at UCLA. The California school was Red Storm head coach Steve Lavin's former team.
Lavin, who is still recovering from prostate cancer, watched the game from a suite high above the Garden floor.
In an interview with CBS, the smiling Lavin said he is taking the recovery "week-to-week and is still focusing on recruiting."
"I come in to watch films with the players," he said. "I will be back next year."
The head coach discussed his long absences from the team and said,"We try to have a meal with them every week and get them to spend time with my wife. She's more inspiring than I am in terms of their spirits."
Lavin coached UCLA for seven seasons and took them to the NCAA tournament six times. He took over at St. John's last year and led the team to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2002.
UCLA (15-12) had too many turnovers and couldn't keep up with St. John's athleticism.
Pointer finished the game with 13 points and seven rebounds while Moe Harkless had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Johnnies.
Linsanity seems to have rubbed off on the Red Storm. They Sir-tainly looked like a better team today.
Rabu, 15 Februari 2012
Pek-ingsanity replaces Linsanity in Madison Square Garden
A tiny petite Pekingese was the big winner at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show last night. The tiny breed with a smushed-in face surrounded by a mop of fur won Best in Show at Madison Square Garden.
Malachy took the top prize after he beat out 2,077 pure-bred canines from 185 different breeds.
"I'm still in shock. It's the thrill of a lifetime," said David Fitzpatrick, the dog's handler and one of his owners.
The little pooch beat out big dogs like a Dalmatian, Doberman Pinscher, Irish Setter, Kerry Blue Terrier, German Shepherd, and a wire-haired Dachshund to get the title.
The 4-year-old Toy Dog breed from China with a 2,000 year-old history had the crowd standing on their seats and cheering while he strutted his stuff on the arena floor.
Sounds like a familiar scene with another Asian who has been delighting rabid fans in the same venue.
While Malachy was the top dog at last night's event, New York Knicks Jeremy Lin— an underdog who is allowed to sit on the sofa— has been driving crowds wild with his own exploits on the Garden floor.
Except that the Chinese-American Lin has no such pedigree in his sport. The undrafted, Ivy League benchwarmer has come from nowhere to take the NBA by storm after being unleashed.
Last night, while Malachy was downing doggie-treats on the Knicks home floor, Lin took his show on the road and beat the Toronto Raptors by heeling Jose Calderon and draining a last second three- pointer.
While Lin seemed to escape from some dog pound to become the toast of New York and build on his legend, Malachy— who is no stranger to the spotlight and has 115 Best in Show titles— will be calling it quits.
The 11-pound grandfather will retire to Pennsylvania after last night's victory.
"He's dignified, a wonderful companion who's charming. He was giving me all sorts of vibrations that he was very relaxed. He was trying to save his energy for when he entered the ring," said Fitzpatrick about his prized dog.
Wow. Those words could have come from one of Lin's teammates last night as well.
Malachy took the top prize after he beat out 2,077 pure-bred canines from 185 different breeds.
"I'm still in shock. It's the thrill of a lifetime," said David Fitzpatrick, the dog's handler and one of his owners.
The little pooch beat out big dogs like a Dalmatian, Doberman Pinscher, Irish Setter, Kerry Blue Terrier, German Shepherd, and a wire-haired Dachshund to get the title.
The 4-year-old Toy Dog breed from China with a 2,000 year-old history had the crowd standing on their seats and cheering while he strutted his stuff on the arena floor.
Sounds like a familiar scene with another Asian who has been delighting rabid fans in the same venue.
While Malachy was the top dog at last night's event, New York Knicks Jeremy Lin— an underdog who is allowed to sit on the sofa— has been driving crowds wild with his own exploits on the Garden floor.
Except that the Chinese-American Lin has no such pedigree in his sport. The undrafted, Ivy League benchwarmer has come from nowhere to take the NBA by storm after being unleashed.
Last night, while Malachy was downing doggie-treats on the Knicks home floor, Lin took his show on the road and beat the Toronto Raptors by heeling Jose Calderon and draining a last second three- pointer.
While Lin seemed to escape from some dog pound to become the toast of New York and build on his legend, Malachy— who is no stranger to the spotlight and has 115 Best in Show titles— will be calling it quits.
The 11-pound grandfather will retire to Pennsylvania after last night's victory.
"He's dignified, a wonderful companion who's charming. He was giving me all sorts of vibrations that he was very relaxed. He was trying to save his energy for when he entered the ring," said Fitzpatrick about his prized dog.
Wow. Those words could have come from one of Lin's teammates last night as well.
Sabtu, 04 Februari 2012
Dion Waiters' Breakaway Dunk Brings Down Madison Square Garden House
Syracuse's Dion Waiters' tremendous open court breakaway dunk was the exclamation point on a 95-70 rout of St. John's at Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon.
Waiters followed up one crowd-pleasing Orange dunk after another by stuffing the ball through the rim with his right hand over his head while the St. John's defenders could only watch and admire.
The sophomore guard then glared at the roaring crowd of 19,979 before heading back on defense as his teammates rejoiced.
The Red Storm were manhandled all afternoon on their supposed home court. The Garden stands seemed to have been flooded by orange and anyone in red seemed shell shocked during the Syracuse onslaught.
After Waiters powerful slam gave 'Cuse a 70-46 lead, cheers of "Let's Go Orange" filled the arena with 9:16 left in the game.
Second-ranked Syracuse (23-1, 10-1) was just too physical for the younger, undermanned and smaller St. John's (10-13, 4-7) team.
The win gave Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim his 879th win tying him with Dean Smith on the all-time victories list.
The Red Storm got off to a 5-0 lead and hung tough with the much bigger Orangemen but couldn't keep up with the deeper and taller visitors.
Syracuse took control of the game with about eight minutes to go and lead by as much as 59-31 after a dunk by seven-footer Fab Melo with 13 minutes remaining in the Big East match-up.
Melo—back from a three-game academic suspension— finished the game with a career high 14 points.
The home-town Johnnies fans are probably saying " 'Cuse me Waiters, there seems to be some fly in my hoop."
Waiters followed up one crowd-pleasing Orange dunk after another by stuffing the ball through the rim with his right hand over his head while the St. John's defenders could only watch and admire.
The sophomore guard then glared at the roaring crowd of 19,979 before heading back on defense as his teammates rejoiced.
The Red Storm were manhandled all afternoon on their supposed home court. The Garden stands seemed to have been flooded by orange and anyone in red seemed shell shocked during the Syracuse onslaught.
After Waiters powerful slam gave 'Cuse a 70-46 lead, cheers of "Let's Go Orange" filled the arena with 9:16 left in the game.
Second-ranked Syracuse (23-1, 10-1) was just too physical for the younger, undermanned and smaller St. John's (10-13, 4-7) team.
The win gave Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim his 879th win tying him with Dean Smith on the all-time victories list.
The Red Storm got off to a 5-0 lead and hung tough with the much bigger Orangemen but couldn't keep up with the deeper and taller visitors.
Syracuse took control of the game with about eight minutes to go and lead by as much as 59-31 after a dunk by seven-footer Fab Melo with 13 minutes remaining in the Big East match-up.
Melo—back from a three-game academic suspension— finished the game with a career high 14 points.
The home-town Johnnies fans are probably saying " 'Cuse me Waiters, there seems to be some fly in my hoop."
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