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Kimbo Slice's ESPN The Magazine issue now on newsstands

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Kimbo Slice's ESPN The Magazine issue now on newsstands
by MMAjunkie.com Staff - 5/22/08

EliteXC heavyweight Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson, who takes on James Thompson later this month in the main event of "EliteXC: PRIMETIME," is featured on the current cover of ESPN The Magazine. <<Full Story>>
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Haselrig vs. Moreno completes May 31 EliteXC card

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Haselrig vs. Moreno completes May 31 EliteXC card
by MMAjunkie.com Staff - 5/22/08

Former NFL Pro Bowler and the only six-time champion in NCAA wrestling history Carlton Haselrig (1-0) finally has an opponent for the May 31 EliteXC event: New Jersey native Carlos Moreno (5-2). <<Full Story>>
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Gus Johnson confident about CBS-EliteXC broadcast debut

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Gus Johnson confident about CBS-EliteXC broadcast debut
by Dann Stupp - MMAJunkie, 5/21/08

Gus Johnson knows he's going into the May 31 nationally televised "EliteXC: PRIMETIME" card as an MMA broadcasting rookie, but he fully expects that his trademark enthusiasm will translate well to a new sport. <<Full Story>>
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NOT QUITE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING

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NOT QUITE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING
by Dan Le Batard - ESPN.com, 5/21/08


Let's rewind to the most desperate time in the desperate life of a desperate man. Before he traveled by stretch Navigator limo and private jet. Before rap stars requested his menace in their videos. Before Randy Moss approached him like an awestruck teen. Or Jason Taylor wanted the best seats to watch him fight. Or Lamar Odom said, "Manny Ramirez was born to swing a bat. Peyton Manning was born to throw a football. And Kimbo Slice was born to kick ass." You know, before he made that clichéd climb from strip-club bouncer to porn bodyguard to street-brawling Internet legend to broadcast-TV star, ho-hum. <<Full Story>>

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EliteXC prepares for CBS debut

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EliteXC prepares for CBS debut
By Todd Martin - CBSSports.com, 5/20/08

From inside a sound studio on the CBS lot, EliteXC Live Events president Gary Shaw acknowledges that he is feeling the pressure going into one of the most important cards in mixed martial arts history. It is now less than two weeks until EliteXC's debut on CBS, and the promotion is putting on a full-court publicity press. <<Full Story>>

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CBS Walks a Tightrope as It Tries to Make Kimbo Slice a Star

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CBS Walks a Tightrope as It Tries to Make Kimbo Slice a Star
by Michael David Smith - AOL.com, 5/20/08

CBS is walking a tightrope as it attempts to promote its most important mixed martial arts fighter, Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson. Most people who know who Slice is know him from his backyard brawls on YouTube. Attracting those people is a crucial part of making next week's EliteXC MMA show a success, but so is attracting advertisers who would be turned off by that element. <<Full Story>>
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CBS Hoping for 3 Million to 4 Million Viewers for EliteXC

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CBS Hoping for 3 Million to 4 Million Viewers for EliteXC
by Loretta Hunt - Sherdog, 5/20/08

Necessity and opportunity are the reasons why the sport of mixed martial will gets its shot on broadcast television, CBS Primetime Senior Executive Vice President Kelly Kahl explained at a news conference Monday in Los Angeles. <<Full Story>>
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CBS prepared, confident about prime-time EliteXC event

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CBS prepared, confident about prime-time EliteXC event
by Josh Gross - SI.com, 5/20/08

STUDIO CITY, Calif. -- A decade after teaming up to cover the Nagano Winter Olympics for CBS, commentator Gus Johnson and Showtime boxing and mixed martial arts producer David Dinkins Jr. are together again.

Monday CBS announced the lineup for its first prime-time MMA telecast of the EliteXC event May 31. <<<Full Story>>

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Shamrock to head CBS MMA broadcast crew

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Shamrock to head CBS MMA broadcast crew
by NBCSports.com - 5/20/08

LOS ANGELES - Frank Shamrock, a five-time Ultimate Fighting champion and perhaps the biggest name in the sport, will serve as an analyst and color commentator for the inaugural “CBS Elitexc Saturday Night Fights,” billed as the first live mixed martial arts event on network television. <<Full Story>>

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CBS EXEC DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT OF ELITE XC

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CBS EXEC DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT OF ELITE XC
by Tom Hamlin - MMAWeekly.com, 5/20/08

For all intents and purposes, EliteXC’s network debut is a roll of the dice. At least that’s what the man charged with delivering mixed martial arts to CBS’s Saturday night audience says.

Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive Vice President for CBS Primetime TV, said the choice to move forward with the 18-month-old organization was cemented by existing relationships, not personalities, getting along, or market share. <<Full Story>>
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