Surprising news broke yesterday that the Sacramento King's home arena will no longer be going by the name "Arco Arena." The new name? "Power Balance Arena." So long as the NBA is A-O-K with "As Seen on TV"-style sponsorships, here are seven other sponsorships we'd like to see.
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Strikeforce, the hottest promotion in mixed martial arts, returns Saturday night with a blockbuster Showtime event featuring Herschel Walker, the former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL great, who is making his MMA debut.
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In a smart attempt at branding his company, UFC president Dana White consistently uses UFC and MMA interchangeably. Good for him, but it's not going to work. In the world of mixed martial arts, San Jose California-based Strikeforce looks like the rising star.
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In another stunning victory for the glass-half-empty crowd, the term "unfriend" has been named "Word of the Year" by the folks at Oxford University Press. For shame, nattering nabobs.
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Canned pumpkin, the base ingredient in many delectable Thanksgiving holiday treats, is in short supply. As such, this is not only a good time to buy the supplies you need for your own pumpkin pie, this represents a rare opportunity to do get rich. Just buy low, sell high.
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Is Brock Lesnar dead? No, he's not. But his career is likely over. And that's bad news for the UFC, which is trying to maintain its hold as America's top mixed martial arts promotion.
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So Ellen DeGeneres shocks the pop culture cognoscenti once again. The comedienne came out on the Oprah Winfrey show in the 1997 and this week officially erased Paula Abdul from the American Idol conversation. Seems like an okay choice--but we have 5 that would have been better. Caribou Barbie, anyone?
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