Edmonton Sports Talk - Page 37

Hallsy's Toupee · #**721** Posted **Jul 28, 2017, 4:08 AM**

Edmonton's first UFC event boasts 2 title matches, champs and former champions
Event slated for Sept. 9; tickets go on sale to the general public Friday
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ufc-edmonton-september-1.4222864

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With a brand-new arena and a large appetite for mixed-martial arts, Edmonton is set to host its first-ever Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event.

"I always like coming to new cities where the UFC hasn't been," said flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson. "The crowd's thirsty, the fans are thirsty and I feel like we're going to give them what they want."

The UFC announced its main events Wednesday for UFC 215, set to take place on Sept. 9 at Rogers Place. Two champions, Johnson and Amanda Nunes look to defend their titles.

Johnson will try to break the UFC record of most consecutive title defences against Ray Borg, while Nunes will fight Valentina Shevchenko for the second time to defend her bantamweight title.

Abii · #**722** Posted **Jul 28, 2017, 4:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by s4.audios

Lol video is a bit extreme but the fact it has some scenes from a basketball games goes to show you that this passion isn't limited to just football (real football, yah i said it). Makes me sad Edmonton's Oilers probably has one of the greatest local fan base in all of NHL and yet, the arena can get so quiet in regular season games.

Damn Canadians, we're just to nice not wanting to bother the crowd eh?

If I'm not wrong (I remember this from a few years back), the ultras at a bunch of Greek teams were banned from football stadiums for a while so they started going to basketball games instead. In Europe (and Asia), the basketball teams are mostly owned by football clubs.

For example Barcelona's basketball team is called FC Barcelona (football club Barcelona

). They even have the same jersey as the football club.

Same story with Bayern Munich's basketball team (owned by the football club).

hilman · #**723** Posted **Jul 28, 2017, 2:29 PM**

https://twitter.com/EdmontonEsks/status/890603174855196673

Free entry to K-Days on Saturday with your Esks ticket.

TimB09 · #**724** Posted **Jul 29, 2017, 6:20 AM**

5-0 baby! Esks on a roll to start the season!

Coldrsx · #**725** Posted **Jul 29, 2017, 11:14 PM**

What a great game last night.

Black Star · #**726** Posted **Aug 9, 2017, 6:50 PM**

Aug 9 1988 Wayne Gretzky was traded.

Where were you when you heard the news??

Hallsy's Toupee · #**727** Posted **Aug 9, 2017, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Black Star

Aug 9 1988 Wayne Gretzky was traded.

Where were you when you heard the news??

I was in a bar in Red Deer, a city that is roughly 50% Oilers fans and 50% Flames fans, so any real Battle of Alberta fights happen here. They had the news conference on and it was a full house. When the trade was confirmed, half the room cheered while the other half sat in muted shock.

s4.audios · #**728** Posted **Aug 9, 2017, 7:37 PM**

In my mom's belly about the size of a pumpkin seed lol

McBoo · #**729** Posted **Aug 9, 2017, 8:21 PM**

Working in a news room trying to confirm this crazy rumour that Gretzky had been traded to Los Angeles.

Of course, it turned out be false; Gretzky was sold not traded.

hilman · #**730** Posted **Aug 10, 2017, 9:34 PM**

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Red Bull Crashed Ice makes its return to Edmonton
By Kirby Bourne

After skipping the city for two seasons, Red Bull Crashed Ice will make a stop in Edmonton in 2018.

The World Championship event will take place March 9 and 10.

The downhill ice race brought over 70,000 people to downtown Edmonton for the World Championship event in 2015. It was the first time a Canadian city hosted the event outside of Quebec.

The event sees athletes race down a track made of ice and filled with drops, turns and gaps. Racers can reach speeds of over 60 km/h.

For the 2015 event in Edmonton the track was built into the River Valley, starting near the Shaw Conference Centre. There is no word yet on where the 2018 track will be built.

http://globalnews.ca/news/3661657/red-bull-crashed-ice-makes-its-return-to-edmonton/

Coldrsx · #**731** Posted **Aug 10, 2017, 10:48 PM**

Yup, excellent news!

Hallsy's Toupee · #**732** Posted **Aug 10, 2017, 11:32 PM**

With half of Louise McKinney Park closed due to LRT construction, I wonder where it will be located this time?

Coldrsx · #**733** Posted **Aug 11, 2017, 1:31 AM**

None of that would impact this.

Hallsy's Toupee · #**734** Posted **Aug 11, 2017, 2:37 AM**

Did the Esks win? Yes!

7!!! ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!

Coldrsx · #**735** Posted **Aug 11, 2017, 2:56 AM**

Yup, awesome stuff.

McBoo · #**736** Posted **Aug 11, 2017, 2:55 PM**

Nudder gutsy nail-biter.

And now we have a real kick returner and an impressive run game!

Bad news? Looks like two more fallen front line soldiers. How long can this go on?

hilman · #**737** Posted **Aug 11, 2017, 4:05 PM**

https://twitter.com/EdmontonEsks/status/896038740413513728

Rocket252 · #**738** Posted **Aug 11, 2017, 4:23 PM**

Two defensive linemen - not good -they need to get some of their guys back before the Calgary back to back

hilman · #**739** Posted **Sep 6, 2017, 6:27 PM**

Derel Walker is back with the Green and Gold

TimB09 · #**740** Posted **Sep 6, 2017, 6:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by hilman

Derel Walker is back with the Green and Gold

Love this move. Hope he sticks around and doesn't try for the NFL again any time soon. He's a player, that's for sure!