August 2011 News

Troy Alves Comes Full Circle With 2011 IFBB Phoenix Pro Win

Published: August 31, 2011

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A year ago at this time, Troy Alves was unsure where his bodybuilding career was headed. He had just lost his supplement contract and contemplated skipping the 2010 Mr. Olympia. But at the 11th hour, the veteran found a new sponsor and was part of the sport’s elite contest once again. “I’m excited that I [...]

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It’s Still ‘Physical Culture’ to William Neco, 49

Published: August 27, 2011

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This is part of a continuing series provided exclusively by MuscleSport Mag entitled, ”This is Your Magazine,” where we profile the everyday athlete. If you would like to see yourself profiled here, please send us your story and photo to joe@musclesportmag.com. It isn’t very common for someone as young as 11 to become interested in weight training. [...]

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Branch Warren Out of Olympia With Quad Injury

Published: August 22, 2011

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A report on Muscular Development.com has confirmed that Branch Warren tore his left quad on Saturday and is out of the upcoming Mr. Olympia contest next month. According to the report, Warren was in Atlanta for a guest posing appearance and “slipped on (a) wet pavement while getting into a car.” The Texas native returned [...]

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UFC TV Deal Done With Fox/FX

Published: August 19, 2011

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Today, Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC), the world’s leading mixed martial arts organization and No. 1 Pay-Per-View event provider in the world, finds its perfect media match in FOX, the No. 1 television network in the country. FOX Sports Media Group, the umbrella entity representing FOX Networks Group’s wide array of sports platforms, has reached a multi-year, [...]

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UFL Contracts Hartford Colonials, Releases 2011 Schedule

Published: August 16, 2011

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The Hartford Colonials franchise suspended operations and their players moved to the remaining four teams in the United Football League via a dispersal draft, but all is not glum with the newest gridiron league. The UFL released their 2011 schedule and looks forward to building towards the future. As read on UFL-Football.com: The United Football [...]

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UFC Move From Spike TV to Fox, FX in 2012 Still in Works

Published: August 16, 2011

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Dana White pulls no punches and tells it like it is. The UFC president refuted an earlier report that the top mixed martial arts organization had a deal in place to move their programming from Spike TV to Fox and one of their affiliates, FX. White tweeted the following on August 16: “You guys will [...]

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WWE SummerSlam 2011 PPV Review

Published: August 15, 2011

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By Jared Silberkleit - On the heels of an outstanding Money in the Bank, WWE hit another home run with a great SummerSlam. This was easily the best SummerSlam since 2002 and featured one of the best double main events in WWE history. The undercard had a couple solid matches and flowed well, but the world [...]

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Toney Freeman Wins 2011 IFBB Europa Dallas Super Show

Published: August 13, 2011

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In perhaps his last legitimate shot to win a big show, the ageless Toney Freeman took the top spot at the 2011 IFBB Europa Super Show in Dallas, Texas. At 45 years of age, the X-Man has been a consistent top-six competitor since making his professional debut at the 2003 Night of Champions, but has [...]

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2011 IFBB Europa Super Show Dallas Competitors Lists

Published: August 9, 2011

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The dog days of summer have been baking the entire country and it will get even hotter in Texas this weekend with another great IFBB show promoted by Betty Pariso. The 2011 Europa Super Show will pit a well-rounded line-up in the men’s open that features the X-Man Toney Freeman, Mark Alvisi, Mike Liberatore and [...]

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TNA Hardcore Justice 2011 PPV Review

Published: August 9, 2011

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By Jared Silberkleit - After a very good all X Division PPV in July, TNA was back to their usual crap with Hardcore Justice. This was very much the typical poor PPV effort we’ve come to expect every month from this company. A couple pretty good matches but mostly a lot of TV quality matches supplemented with [...]

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