Friday Jukebox 10.18.13

The past few days I've been watching the Bud MLB ads with this song in the background. A couple days later, I found the song in that ad: "Paddling Out," by the Stockholm-based band Miike Snow. "Paddling Out" is from their 2012 debut full length Happy to You. Funny, a song by a Swedish band would be featured in an ad for a sport that isn't popular in Sweden.

Sochi 2014: The Countdown Series: Azerbaijan

112 days to go until the opening ceremonies of Sochi 2014. Up next on the countdown: Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan has participated in the winter Olympics since Nagano 1998, mostly in figure skating events. No medals for their athletes to show for.

As of now, three quota spots are available for Azeri athletes for Sochi, including two in Alpine skiing.

Up next: Belarus

BELLATOR MMA 104: Welterweight Tournament Semifinals

With their first ever pay per view in two weeks, there's always some good action leading up to November 2 with BELLATOR MMA, including Friday night's card.

Both welterweight tournament semifinals will be on Friday, headlined by Rick Hawn and Brent Weedman, in what could be a great fight. Also Ron Keslar will take on 'War Machine' Koppenhaver in the other semifinal.

Also Eric Prindle will be on the televised card, and Karl Amoussou will be on the preliminaries online Friday.

CARD

Welterweight tournament

Semifinals
(170 lb/76.5 kg)

Ron Keslar v 'War Machine' Koppenhaver

Brent Weedman v Rick Hawn

 

 

LIVE on SPIKE Friday night! 

ONE Total Domination Friday: Unified Bantamweight Championship Fight & Shinya Aoki Returns!

ONE is back Friday night with their 11th event, Total Domination, headlined by two great fights, one being a title fight.

The main event will boast champion versus champion, as current ONE bantamweight champion Soo Chul Kim will take on interim ONE bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes as the bantamweight title is on the line. A unification bout.

Also it's the return to the ONE cage for Shinya Aoki as he takes on Cody Stevens, while Jake Butler will also be in action.

 

CARD

Bantamweight championship

(136 lb/61.2 kg)

Soo Chul Kim (c) v Bibiano Fernandes (ic)

 

For more on this wonderful promotion, you should head straight to ONEfc.com or follow them on Facebook or twitter. On PPV in Malaysia. 

Sochi 2014: The Countdown Series: Austria

113 days to go until the opening ceremonies at Sochi. Up next on the countdown: Austria.

Austria has been one of the most successful nations in the winter Olympics. They have been there at every winter Olympic games since the first one in 1924. A total of 201 medals have been won, 55 of those being gold.

Three Austrian athletes have won three gold medals in the Winter games, including the late Toni Sailer (pictured), who won all three in various skiing events--in the downhill, giant slalom and slalom--at Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956. He died in 2009.

The other two who have won three in the winter games were Felix Gottwald, who won twice in the team Nordic combined sprint at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010 and in the Nordic combined sprint at Turin 2006, and Thomas Morgenstern, who won in the team large hill jumping at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, and in the individual large hill at Turin 2006.

Ten have won two gold medals in the winter games, including Hermann 'the Herminator' Maier (pictured), whose career was derailed due to automobile accident. The 'Herminator' won twice on the slopes in the Super G and giant slalom at Nagano 1998. The other two time gold medalists in the winter games from Austria are as follows:

• Karl Schafer, men's singles figure skating, Lake Placid 1932 & Garnisch Partenkinchen 1936
• Trude Jochum Beiser, combined at St. Moritz 1948 & downhill at Oslo 1952.
• Petra Kronberger, women's combined and slalom at Albertville 1992
• Michaela Dorfmeister, women's Alpine and Super G, Turin 2006
• Benjamin Raich, men's giant and slalom, Turin 2006
• Andreas Kotler, men's large hill ski jump, Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010
• Andreas Linger, mixed doubles luge, Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010
• Wolfgang Linger, mixed doubles luge, Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010
• Mario Stecher, men's team Nordic combined, Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010

As of now 34 have qualified for Sochi, including one of twelve teams in men's ice hockey, as well as biathlon.

Austria has also hosted the winter Olympics twice, both at Innsbruck in 1964 and again in 1976.

Up next: Azerbaijan

Sochi 2014: The Countdown Series: Australia

114 days until the opening ceremonies at Sochi 2014. Up next on the countdown: Australia.

Australia has participated in the winter Olympics since the first winter games of 1924, with the exception of St. Moritz in 1928 and 1948 and Lake Placid in 1932. A total of nine medals were won by Australians in the winter games.

Of the nine medals earned by Australia in the winter games, five are gold, including Steven Bradbury's men's 1000m final on the short track at Salt Lake City. He previously earned bronze in that event at Lillehammer 1994. Bradbury is one of five who won gold for Australia in the winter games joining:

• Alisa Camplin, women's freestyle skiing, gold at Salt Lake City 2002
• Lydia Lassila, women's freestyle skiing, gold at Vancouver 2010
• Dale Begg Smith, men's freestyle skiing, gold at Turin 2006
• Torah Bright, women's halfpipe (snowboarding), gold at Vancouver 2010

As of now, Australia is expecting to send four to Sochi, in the men's 1000m speed skating and in three figure skating events.

Up next: Austria

Sochi 2014: The Countdown Series: Armenia

115 days until the opening ceremonies of Sochi 2014. Up next on the countdown: Armenia (originally it was supposed to be Australia, but I might've made a mistake. Australia will be next.)

Armenia has participated in the winter Olympics since Lillehammer 1994, mostly in cross country and freestyle skiing. They have yet to medaled in the winter games.

As of now, no Armenian has qualified for Sochi, but could change.

Up next: Australia