by Justin
February 15, 2012 in Industry News, PSP
According to a press release we just received, Sports Media Productions has acquired the rights to broadcast all of Paintball Sports Productions (PSP Events) media. Read on for more information about this new company founded by Dave Youngblood, Patrick Spohrer and Matty Marshall.
What does this mean for paintball?
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by Justin
November 4, 2011 in Interviews, Teams
Meat what? The Meat Hammers you say? And they are making a come back? Whats going on now?
The internet is full of buzz with the entry of the Meat Hammers in the 2011 NPPL Las Vegas Championships. ProPaintball insiders tipped us off at Cup that a huge come back featuring the “whos-who” of retired paintball players will be making their way onto the field next weekend. We heard that Todd Martinez was involved in spear heading the effort and caught up with him for the official scoop.
Word started going around that there was a possible league merger in the mix and perhaps the last 7 man after NPPL Las Vegas. The idea randomly got tossed around about how much fun it would be to put a throw together team in with a bunch of guys that dont play paintball anymore just to go have a good time in Vegas. Davey Williamson, the new west coast sales rep for Valken, proposed the idea to the company and they were gracious enough to give their full support to the team.
A few years back when pro players from Dynasty, XSV, and the Ironmen all lived in San Diego, we had a wednesday night softball team called the Meat Hammers. We had to be one of the worst softball teams to ever step on the diamond, but definitely had more fun than anyone could imagine. Every week was a different excitement. It was literally like playing for the bad news bears. So in the spirit of good times and good friends, the Meat Hammers are going to come have some fun and cause some ruckus in Las Vegas. Few of the players have even played paintball in a couple years since retirement and a no practice rule has been instated. We come to have a good time together and bring some excitement to the teams in division one.
Big thanks to Valken for making this all happen for us. Get your official Meat Hammers jerseys at RAZAlife.com, and Meat Hammer HPA tanks by Crossfire.
Our roster is as follows. Batting first…
- Brian Cole
- Matty Marshall
- Opie Loughran
- Johnny Perchak
- Angel Fragoza
- Todd Martinez
- Adam Johnson
- Alex Savino
Might bring in a center fielder and a clean-up hitter.
What are your thoughts on the Meat Hammers roster? How will the team do in division 1 against the likes of Impact Echo and Dynasty 2?
Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Ed note: Special thanks to RazaLife for helping put this story together.
by Justin
October 5, 2011 in Rumor Reports
Photo Credit: 1904 Photography
Players across the country are preparing to compete in the upcoming NPPL, PSP, and PALS World Cup paintball series championships. Rumors are flowing that teams are preparing for hard battles to the podium. Read on for the latest paintball news and rumors in division 1 paintball.
upTon 187 and Top Gun D1 are debating a move to Pro or Semi pro in 2012. ProPaintball insiders tell us that they will compete in whatever division the other team agrees on so that they have the opportunity to practice against another equally ranked team throughout the 2012 season.
upTon 187′s Dan Zaleski is rumored to have torn his MCL and won’t be able to compete at cup.
The Meat Hammers are coming to NPPL Vegas and word is that several pro legends will be rostered. ProPaintball insiders suggest Brian Cole (ret. Dynasty), Todd Martinez (Infamous), Matty Marshall (ret. XSV) and others will be playing at the 2011 NPPL Vegas Championship.
TKO has called it quits. According to TKO’s Coach Ron Smarac mentioned that the division 1 team just didn’t have the drive anymore. Some players will be playing with RNT AllStarz at PSP World Cup. Sorry to hear the team is done.
RNT All Starz will be headed up by Jerry Desvarieux and is said to be a last hurrah. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for those guys.
Seattle Thunder is rumored to be adding a D-1 team to the program for 2012.
Thomas Mantoni from New England Hurricanes may not be making it to World Cup due to other commitments.
HK Army is rumored to be competing at NPPL Vegas as well. Rumors suggest Raney Stanzack, Kenny Rosenberg, and several others may be returning to the paintball field to compete against the meat hammers.
Cross Eyed Paintball‘s D2 team will be making their debut at World Cup. Sources suggest if all goes well the team will be moving to Division 1 in 2012.
We were only able to touch on a few of the divisional paintball rumors floating around. What rumors can you add to the list? Share yours in the comments below.
by Justin
May 31, 2011 in PSP
Ollie Lang of pro paintball team San Diego Dynasty and the PSP announce the return of the PSP webcast. The webcast will be filmed by Patrick Spohrer of Monkey with a Gun and hosted by paintball commentator Matty Marshall. Tune in on June 25th and June 26th for the PSP 2011 Chicago Open webcast.
by snoogans
April 17, 2011 in College Paintball, Featured
College Paintball: University of Tennessee Volunteers
Sunday brought closure to another successful (and hot) NCPA National Championship, and with it came a new set of victors. In all, 78 teams competed within three divisions, with this year marking the first inclusion of the high school finals along with the traditional A and AA collegiate series. The hype surrounding the event was high and the attendance reflected that. It’s apparent that with the growth of the league (this year marked the largest NCPA Championship in history) has come a new sense of competitive intensity, as teams realize the high level of prestige and exposure that the NCPA has been able to retain amongst a faltering industry. With three days of play concluded, results per division are as follows:
College Paintball: Cal State University- Long Beach 49ers
College XBall (Class A):
College RaceTo-2 (Class AA):
High School RaceTo-2 (3-man)
The NCPA continued their tradition of offering a “high profile” experience at the tournament, streaming real time matches for free over the internet and returning the Fox Sports broadcasting group for the 7th consecutive year to cover the finals match. An all-star cast of paintball celebrities including Matty Marshall, Oliver Lang and Chris Lasoya were on hand to assist in adding color and commentary to the broadcasts. According to the NCPA’s website, Fox’s event coverage will air nationally sometime during June on Fox College Sports and will eventually be available on Hulu.com as well. In the meantime, check out a sample of Mike Deep’s extensive photography collection from the event here.
by Justin
March 13, 2011 in Featured, PSP
Patrick Spohrer (Monkey With A Gun) and Matty Marshall (former Sacramento XSV) have teamed up to produce the 2011 PSP Galveston Paintball Webcast. The match ups below are a bit different from their usual production quality webcast. Matty Marshall is joined by several current and former professional paintball players and provides a great perspective on the match ups. Please note that while the follow videos contain scores and narration, this footage is largely raw and uncut.
Edmonton Impact against the Los Angeles Ironmen
Dynasty against Chattanooga CEP
Chattanooga CEP against Edmonton Impact
by Justin
February 11, 2011 in College Paintball
The NCPA has long been the most consistently televised paintball league, with their National Championship airing on CSTV (now CBS College Sports) in 2005 and 2006 and Fox College Sports in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The NCPA broadcast was extended to Fox Sports Net, the same channel that broadcast “Beyond the Paint”, for 2009 and 2010. In 2009 the NCPA also secured broadband distribution on Hulu.com, the internet TV portal owned by News Corp, Disney and Comcast, where Fox, ABC and NBC stream all of their Prime Time television programming. Starting last year the NCPA extended coverage again with a live broadcast of the entire 3-day event on Fox Broadband, including over 20 hours of content, which received a great response from viewers.
We’ve learned that the NCPA National Championships will be extending their streak into 2011 with a live broadcast April 15th through 17th and a filmed Championship show premiering later in June. Pro Paintball players Matty Marshall, Oliver Lang, Chris Lasoya, Kevin “Catfish” Arcilla and Rocky Cagnoni, who received great reviews in the NCPA’s 2010 broadcast, are all slated to return.
If you can’t wait until April, you can catch the past three years of the NCPA Championship on Hulu.com.
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