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• Pitting Randy Couture against Mark Coleman was about as awesome as when the IFL had that faded fighter take on that has-been in a superfight.
• It took Matt Serra less time to knock Frank Trigg out than it did Robbie Lawler. Is it time for Serra vs. BJ Penn at 170? It was damn close when they fought at 155.
• Congrats to Chael Sonnen for utterly dominating Nate Marquardt, and a huge congrats to Sonnen for actually proving himself to be a viable contender for the 185-pound title. The dude went from zero to hero in the span of two flawless fights.
• Demian Maia… meh.
• Paulo Thiago is legit. Or Mike Swick has started to suck.
• Mac Danzig was tossed a softball and came ridiculously close to striking out.
• Is it me or was Melvin Guillard the recipient of a gift decision?
• One more loss for Brian Stann and he’s going to lose that GI Joe action figure modeled after him.
• Did Rolles Gracie not know he was supposed to fight in the UFC this past weekend? Was his Octagon debut some sort of prank? Dude, do some cardio.

More than any other Superbowl game, this one was played with a spirit unique to New Orleans.
The Superdome was a morgue and a rattling box of tin for homeless in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. Yet with the help of the people, with a terrible job–or lack of one from our embarrassing government at that time, they picked themselves up by the bootstraps and started rebuilding this historic city that the people wouldn’t let die.

At that time, just a few short years later, a Superbowl win would have been sadly laughable. The idea that New Orleans would be able to assemble a professional football team in these few short years seemed unlikely. But a Superbowl win?
Supernatural.

The people in New Orleans needed this and in the French Quarter, I have no doubt they are celebrating, and even in those horrible FEMA trailers, they are outside celebrating.

No city in America deserves to celebrate, if only for a while, more than New Orleans. Then again, there’s no city in America like New Orleans, and the people of that city will never let us forget that.

Chris Gayle believes his side can record a memorable ODI series victory over Australia. Has he lost the plot, asks Frank Gregan.

The focus is on the jumps action on Tuesday, and Timeform’s Jimmy Cooper has come up with three recommendations.

Middleton Dene is far superior to these rivals over hurdles, but he could be worth opposing following his laboured effort over fences at Carlisle in October. Donald McCain’s yard has hit top gear of late and Vasodilator could offer better value than Riguez Dancer.

First one to the bottom wins, right? And, last one to the bottom buys the drinks? Yes and maybe, but there’s much more to Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics than that. Here’s our guide to who and what to look out for at Vancouver 2010.

The 76-year old poker legend, Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson looks set to take a back seat from poker, citing health problems as the main reason for doing so.

This afternoon’s market movers from Lingfield, Southampton and Wolverhampton…

After he destroyed Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, Didier Drogba is only four behind Wayne Rooney in the race to be the Premier League’s top goalscorer. Worth a punt? Ralph Ellis thinks so.

Timeform bring you their Perspective entries for what looked a potentially informative contest in Dubai on Friday.