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Turing Pharmaceuticals of New York, the company behind the AIDS medication Daraprim, has been catching a lot of crap for what many are calling price gouging. The price of that medication Daraprim has jumped from $13.50 to now $750 per pill. What was once an affordable solution for anyone suffering from toxoplasmosis due to a weakened immune system – which is usually made up of AIDS patients and pregnant women – is now 5000% more than the original price. Turig's CEO Martin Shkreli told NBC News he didn't anticipate the negative action that he would receive. Read More »
Daniel Bryan has had the most successful years of his life as of late. There are the multiple championship wins and even the success of Total Divas. Of course, these are also the most frustrating years of his life as well. He's had to relinquish those title reigns, his TV time has been relegated to a show about the women of WWE and, the most tragic of all this news is that Bryan has been dealing with the death of his father. Right now though there may be a shining in the life of Daniel Bryan. Read More »
Johnny Manziel will always have critics. Since college, analysts have debated whether or not he has what it takes to be a productive quarterback in the NFL. Some of the critiques against him may be warranted, while others are probably just because he's a flamboyant guy and players like that always seem to draw heat. One person who has been the most vocal against Manziel is ESPN 'Sports Center's' Merril Hoge. The former Bears and Steelers running back said Manziel was essentially a hopeless cause with weak fundamentals. Now, Manziel is returning the insults to Hoge. Read More »
The icon Sting main-evented his first WWE Pay-Per-View in his 29-year career as a professional wrestler. His match with Seth Rollins had all the makings to be a classic but a neck injury he sustained close to the end of it put a hamper on that. At one point in the match Sting could barely stand on his own and it may have happened during the table spot where Seth Rollins pushed the wrestler onto the Spanish announce table. Upon impact, with the televisions still mounted, the table shattered right below him. Read More »
Much like most of the rivalry between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacqiao - one that culminated with a lackluster ending - Ronda Rousey and Mayweather's war has only been one of words.The two have gone back and forth for a while now - with Floyd claiming he didn't know who she was at one point - and it looks like it'll stay that way. Thankfully for technology we got a glimpse of what might happen if the two went one on one after somebody modded a Street Fighter 4. A hack allowed Balrog's sprite to be used for the undisputed, undefeated boxing champ Mayweather and Cammy's for Bantamweight champion. Read More »
With Apollo Crews starting to captivate the WWE Universe little by little, WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley has some big predictions for the budding Superstar. According to Foley's Facebook page, he wouldn't be surprised if Crews is playing major roles on Raw, Smackdowns and PPVs. Read More »
There are only two people in the NFL history books with 70,000 passing yards under their arm. That is Bret Favre and now, after last night's win over the Chiefs, Broncos' quarterback Peyton Manning -- the two solo members in this exclusive club. Read More »
Alberto "El Patron" Del Rio and CM Punk are kindred spirits when it comes to their WWE careers. Both have won Heavyweight championships where the other man was the opponent and both Punk and Del Rio had bridge-burning exits from the company. Punk left after injuries and creative frustrations became too much, while Del Rio left the company when someone in it made fun of Mexicans. This led to an altercation where Del Rio punched the culprit. So it only makes sense that Del Rio has had kind words for Punk's upcoming UFC debut fight. According to Del Rio, he thinks Punk will do a great job. Read More »
Earlier in the week, the outspoken, talented and always entertaining Nick Diaz was hit with a five-year-suspension from the UFC, not for performance enhancing drugs, but instead for having marijuana in his system. In a world where fighters get far less time for getting popped with steroids, the vocal members on twitter, Ronda Rousey and now comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan have jumped to the aid of Diaz. Read More »
A day after the next round of Republican debates a political cartoon making fun of Donald Trump and the other candidates, as well as conservatives in general, started making the rounds. The South Park styled cartoon had Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio at a pajama party lampooning the media darling in the campaign, Trump. You can check out the video here. It's titled "Look at Me I'm Donald T" and parodies the Grease song "Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee." Read More »
Nick Diaz said after a fight that he "trains by day" and listens to the Joe Rogan podcast "by night." Now that he has been hit with a 5-year ban from fighting professionally in the UFC after getting popped for smoking weed, he has all the time in the world to listen to Rogan. Diaz is not alone though. A lot of people are angry about the ruling. One person who has been the most adamant about it is UFC's top draw Ronda Rousey. Rousey says she would rather the Nevada State Athletic Commission test more for performance enhancing drugs. Read More »
Youtube has a dislike button. Reddit has some form of it too. Now, by popular demand, an idea that has been brewing for years by fans of the Facebook, a dislike button just might be heading to the social media platform. Mark Zuckerberg stated on Tuesday that the company has been testing alternatives to the "like" button so people have the chance to express they are unhappy about a post. Read More »
The Bella Twins transformed into wrestling machines after returning for their second stint in WWE. The Total Divas stars are clearly more than just reality show characters and they have shown that when Brie co-main evented a Summerslam with Stephanie McMahon and last night when Nikki reached the ultimate milestone by becoming the longest reigning Diva's Champion. With her win over Charlotte on Monday Night Raw the fearless Bella surpassed AJ Lee's record and has held the belt now for more than 296 days. By this week she'll have held it for 300. Read More »
