Dear Richard Sandomir, New York Times Reporter

There's been an avalanche of mainstream press coverage of last weekend's EliteXC event (with almost no carry over to UFC 85). The pieces ran the gamut in terms of perspective and invective, but there was one piece that bothered me somewhat. Admittedly, the author - Richard "Dick" Sandomir - raises a valid concern with respect to the CBS broadcast team over hyping much of the night's action. And while a lot of what the team said was true, the undiscerning ear would be hard pressed to separate the two. more...