Don’t forget that we’ll have live round by round coverage of DREAM.6 starting tonight/early tomorrow 12 midnight Pacific/3 AM Eastern. As you’ve probably surmised, its a holiday in Japan (Autumn Equinox, no less) which is why the event is taking place when it is.

We’d like to welcome Todd Hoster to the SAVAGE SCIENCE staff. He’ll be in charge of our heavy metal coverage, and will add his considerable knowledge of other pop culture topics. Check out his review of the long awaited new Metallica album “Death Magnetic” up now at SAVSCI:
Todd Hoster reviews Metallica’s “Death Magnetic” …

Our heavy metal correspondent Todd Hoster has promised us a full review of the new Metallica album “Death Magnetic” later this week. So far the informal reaction here at SAVSCI World HQ in Portland, OR is favorable–its definitely better than their last few efforts. Still, many of us here are still of the …

Due to his involvement with Team Quest, located in the Portland suburb of Gresham, OR, the death of Evan Tanner was front page news in the local newspaper “The Oregonian” yesterday. Here’s a link to the story and we’ll get a screenshot of the front page up later this evening:
Evan Tanner story in Portland …

Gary Shaw’s “downsizing” to a consultant with EliteXC has been known for awhile now, but our associates over at The Sweet Science have an informative behind the scenes with one of Dana White’s biggest (and many) foils:
Shaw hopes to bring some lessons learned back to boxing. He knows that
MMA does a better job at loading …

3 days or so after we confirmed that the Cro Cop/Overeem fight was a done deal, Overeem is saying the same over at Sherdog:
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem confirmed to Sherdog.com that he will meet former Pride Open Weight Grand Prix winner Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at Dream 6 on Sept. 23 at the …

We’ve just posted the inaugural edition of The SAVSCI Interview. In the first edition our Grady Roy catches up with UFC fighter Tim Credeur.
Our plan with The SAVSCI Interview is to provide a longer form interview where the fighters can talk at length about subjects of interest to us and to them. There’s …

If you’re a frequent visitor to the SAVAGE SCIENCE you already know that our HQ is located in Portland, OR. Today the community is mourning the death of Kevin Duckworth at age 44. He was the center on the great Portland TrailBlazer teams led by Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter, and in retirement …

MMA Junkie is reporting that the UFC has contacted the Oregon State Athletic Commission about holding UFC 91 at the Rose Garden Arena here in Portland.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is in talks with the Oregon State Athletic Commission to organize an event that could take place Nov. 15 at the Rose Garden Arena …

One of the SAVSCI writers (bet you can probably guess who) is a big fan of Telly Savalas. His name and his classic “Players Club” commercials were brought up at our last staff meeting, and here they are in all their glory:

and at no additonal charge, a Telly music video. You’re no doubt …