• With Timothy Bradley upending Junior Witter to win the WBC's version of the 140-pound title, the immediate question, as always, is, "What's next for both guys?" It could be a rematch. Bradley indicated that he'd be willing to do an immediate rematch with the former champion, which is manly of him but may be hard to accommodate. Bradley and his promoters would undoubtedly want the fight in the States, and finding a venue might not be easy unless it's done essentially in Bradley's backyard, and even then it would need more than just that fight to do a strong crowd at any respectable house. One thing is for sure: anyone still hoping for Hatton-Witter is out of luck. Junior Witter burst his own bubble on that one, and he seems like he knows it. Bradley also says he'd love to fight Ricky Hatton -- who wouldn't?
• One more little tidbit on Junior Witter. Kudos to the beaten man for saying he won't entertain the thought of retiring, and for sounding like he actually wants to fight and it's because he thinks he's still good. Enough with the retirement talk from everyone on the planet. Whatever happend to going back to the drawing board like a man?
• I'm sure many others feel the same way, and I want to say I'm sort of glad that the Shane Mosley-Zab Judah scrap is off. My Comcast bill is 50 bones lighter thanks to Zab losing to his bathroom. If HBO can find a way to get it on World Championship Boxing, that'd be great, but I'm not holding my breath. However, as much as I'll occasionally slam Zab because I just don't like him very much, I don't think we have any reason to think he's not being honest about this, or that he wouldn't take a makeup date if they can find one. Why wouldn't he fight Mosley? I think Sugar Shane would beat him handily, but I do not believe Zab is in any way afraid of the fight.
• Let's talk big hits to one's cable or satellite bill. The rematch between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Oscar de la Hoya will be fought at 150 pounds, which means there will be no title on the line. Oscar says he was down to 148 at the end of his training camp, but doesn't want to drop down to 147 for a fight with Mayweather, and wouldn't discuss it any further. Floyd weighed 150 for their 154-pound title showdown last year, so what good does Oscar really think he's doing himself here? Oscar is an enigma in many ways, likable and totally not at the same time. This fight and the lame hype job behind it are examples of the latter. Oscar is not good enough to beat Floyd, but he'll try again anyway.
• Top Rank's June PPV headlined by Manny Pacquiao stepping up to 135 pounds to take on WBC titleholder David Diaz looks awful so far. With their Versus contract drying up, head honcho Bob Arum is now subjecting us to paying to see Tye Fields fight, which is a load and a half. Here's hoping Monte Barrett ends the Fields sham once and for all, though I have to think Tye will muscle past the veteran. Arum is tentatively planning to have Humberto Soto and Bernabe Concepcion fighting on the card, and it looks as though WBO featherweight titleholder Steven Luevano will again piggyback on a Pacquiao show, taking on Mario Santiago, who got schooled by Hector Velazquez last year. Arum and Co. are really putting a lot of stock into Pacquiao's drawing power, because David Diaz is no star.
• Greek junior welterweight Mike Arnaoutis took Lanard Tyner's "0" on Friday Night Fights, potentially putting him back into the mix. At the very least, he's a step closer to getting back into the mix. Tyner had faced awful competition and was outclassed against Arnaoutis, who is still trying to make his way back from two defeats at the hands of Ricardo Torres and Kendall Holt in 2006-07. Arnaoutis gave the fight away against Torres but was terrible against Holt, and I wasn't sure he'd ever really recover from that performance. With Bradley shaking the division up, who knows?
• It boggles the mind that Showtime considers the Vernon Forrest-Sergio Mora fight on June 7 the headliner of their two-fight bill that night, with the Carlos Quintana-Paul Williams rematch underneath. Poll 100 boxing fans on which fight they'd rather see, and as long as none of them are related to Forrest, Mora, or a "Contender" promoter, you're going to get 100 people answering for Quintana-Williams II. In some ways, though, it's great. Showtime will show the good fight first, leaving us all free to switch over to HBO's card that night, featuring Kelly Pavlik-Gary Lockett and a potential barnburner between 122-pound titlist Daniel Ponce de Leon and Juan Manuel Lopez.
• The June 21 Boxing After Dark is shaping up fairly nicely, though it doesn't hold a candle to the May 17 card, which should be outstanding, and I think there's potential for an upset in two of those three fights (I could see Kirkland and Angulo falling, for the record, but not Gamboa). Andre Berto will moidalize Miki Rodriguez in the main event, but the heavyweight prospect battle between Cristobal Arreola and Chazz Witherspoon is intriguing. It's nice to see them fighting someone who has a chance at beating them. The current rumor, substantiated by Cedric Kushner (grain of salt), is that the winner of Arreola-Witherspoon will fight David Tua down the road on HBO. I love the Tuaman, but the idea that Arreola or Witherspoon need to prove something to land a fight with Tua is laughable. Tua could still knock out anyone at any moment, but he's been fighting the likes of Saul Montana, Cerrone Fox, Robert Hawkins, and Maurice Wheeler. He hasn't had a fight of any worth since 2003, when he drew with Hasim Rahman. We're talking five years. Arreola and Witherspoon are both more relevant in the current heavyweight picture.
• John Duddy has fired trainer Don Turner and hired ex-Jermain Taylor second Pat Burns. Good for Duddy, maybe he'll learn to stop leading with his face.
• One of the conditions for the Samuel Peter-Vitali Klitschko fight in October is that Peter gets to take a tune-up fight before then. Don King is trying to work his special brand of magic and get Andrew Golota in there for what would be, I assume, a last shot at the crown. Some might hate the idea, but I think there's enough left in Golota's fists that he might just be able to knock Peter out. I wouldn't pay to see him try, but I'd watch it. I think Golota has actually gained heart in his old age.
• Former super flyweight titlist Martin Castillo informed his promoter that he wanted to retire, was told to think it over for a few days, did, and then stuck to his guns. The 31-year old Castillo was demolished in February by Fernando Montiel on the Pavlik-Taylor II undercard. Castillo was a damn good fighter who will be forgotten in time, just because that's the way it is. Never a superstar, but he'll be remembered by those that saw him fight. The only two losses on Alexander Munoz's record, to date, are both because of Castillo.
• For anyone that's still paying attention to Mikkel Kessler, he'll be fighting Dimitri Sartison on June 21 in Copenhagen, and it might be for the WBA super middleweight "title," currently "held" by Anthony Mundine, who decided to fight Sam Soliman again instead of fighting Kessler. Sartison's record is 22-0 with 14 knockouts, but it's the 22-0 (14) of a guy that's done nothing more than the local rounds. Kessler should obliterate him. Carl Froch has called out Mikkel Kessler. I think Kessler would wail on Froch, too, to be fair. It's not that Kessler is any less of a good fighter, but his promotional team is a disgrace and I have a hard time caring about anything he does from this point on until he steps up and takes another big fight.
• Everyone wants to beat up Ricardo Mayorga. He's now been mentioned as an opponent for Jermain Taylor, Shane Mosley and Miguel Cotto, all of whom would have their way with the brawler. I still love Mayorga, but I don't think he can comfortably make 147 anymore, and a fight with Taylor at any catchweight possible or even a full 168 is a remarkably absurd idea. But I do want to see Mayorga back in the ring. How about Mayorga against Kermit Cintron, who lost his promotional deal following his second defeat at the hands of Antonio Margarito?
• If anyone is counting on Juan Lazcano to show up in Manchester and roll over for hometown hero Ricky Hatton, keep your money. There is a certain amount of danger in this fight for Hatton, and it's like people are simply chalking this up to a Hatton win and he'll move forward and fight Paulie Malignaggi in Newark later this year (the MSG plan has apparently been scrapped). Lazcano has been out of the ring for over a year, but he's a very talented fighter that took Vivian Harris to the deep waters last February, and made Harris fight in a way he did not want to fight. It was quite a performance in the loss by Lazcano, who still looked strong, still looked entirely there mentally, and was simply beaten by a more physically gifted fighter. We've been over the riddle that is Vivian Harris enough, but Harris should've steamrolled Lazcano. Harris should probably be a world champion. He's not, though, and it's because a guy like Lazcano or Junior Witter can always make him fight out of his own comfort zone and take him to the woodshed as a result. Is Hatton a physical specimen like Harris is? He absolutely is not. It's going to be more than a simple tune-up. When's the last time Hatton really looked great? 2005 against Carlos Maussa? He struggled against Luis Collazo, failed to dent Juan Urango, smoked a phantom shell of Jose Luis Castillo, and then got waxed by Mayweather. This fight could be a lot closer than many are expecting, I really believe that.

Who'd have thunk it? Timothy Bradley, 24 years old and in his first pro fight outside of his home state of California, beat Junior Witter via split decision in Nottingham to win the WBC junior welterweight title.

The split decision was a little bit ridiculous, and had Witter won, I would've counted it as highway robbery. I scored it 117-110 for Bradley, who largely dominated the fight against an aged-looking, unmotivated-seeming, totally ineffective Witter, widely regarded as (at worst) the world's second-best 140-pound fighter.

Bradley was awarded the mandatory shot at Witter's WBC crown when Jose Luis Castillo failed to make weight for a fight against him in Cancun. Most of us felt that Witter would dominate the unseasoned Bradley, who had never traveled more than a car ride for any pro fight. But Bradley drilled Witter in the sixth round with a massive overhand right, putting the exclamation point on his momentum grab, and taking full control of the fight.

The first five rounds were quite close, all up-in-the-air scoring affairs, and I gave Bradley three of five. If someone gave Witter the nod in four or even all of them, it's hard to argue. Eventually, it was Witter's total lack of offense that defined the fight, with Bradley pot-shotting his way to what most saw as a pretty definable victory. A career-starting splash of a win, really.

So congratulations to young Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley, the Palm Springs, CA, native who is your new WBC junior welterweight champion, and a rising force in the division.

The loss throws Witter into no man's land. At 34, he started looking his age, or else he just wasn't mentally ready for the tough fight, perhaps buying the hype that Bradley simply was not ready to take on someone as smart and outright terrific as Witter can be. This loss takes Junior Witter entirely out of any Ricky Hatton sweepstakes, meaning he'll likely never see the fight he's been petitioning for forever. And he's still too much of a potential spoiler to get an easy pass into lucrative bouts in the division, which is now unquestionably ruled by Hatton, with the likes of Paulie Malignaggi, power-punching Colombian Ricardo Torres, Kendall Holt, and Bradley as his chasers.

Witter will have to be lucky to find himself as anything more than a regional star like Andreas Kotelnik or Souleymane M'baye at this point. He could possibly find a fight with Kotelnik (who would be attempting to avenge a loss to Witter), but any big-money, international sort of affair is now out of the question. It's a little unjust and more than a bit unfair, but Witter is too good to walk into high-profile fights without a title.

On this night, Timothy Bradley outboxed him over 12 rounds, and did so with aplomb. He deserves all the credit in the world. Witter's punches seemed to lack pop, and his offensive gameplan was simply to wait. The sixth round knockdown showed him waiting just a bit too much, and overall, the fight itself did the same.

Also in Nottingham, super middleweight contender Carl Froch improved to 23-0 with his 19th knockout, taking out late substitute Albert Rybacki in the fourth round via TKO. Froch is the mandatory to Joe Calzaghe, who is now at 175 and will almost certainly never fight Froch, who will nonetheless spend the next couple of years calling Calzaghe out. He'd be better off just focusing on the realistic, perhaps a fight with titlist Lucian Bute, former titleholder Mikkel Kessler, or "titlist" Anthony Mundine.

Junior Witter WBC Junior Welterweight Titlist Ring Magazine No. 1 Contender   Timothy Bradley     36-1-2 Record 21-0 21 KO 11 Bradford, UK Hometown Palm Springs, CA 5'7" Height 5'6" 70" Reach 69" Vivian Harris (KO-7) Andreas Kotelnik (UD-12) DeMarcus Corley (UD-12) Notable Wins Miguel Vazquez (UD-10) Donald Camarena (UD-10) Jaime Rangel (TD-8) Zab Judah (UD-12) Notable Losses

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS

CARL FROCH
Ring Magazine No. 6 Contender
(22-0, 18 KO, Nottingham, UK)
versus
ALBERT RYBACKI
(15-0, 8 KO, Katowice, Poland)

10:45 PM EDT - Showtime

WBC 140-pound titleholder Junior "The Hitter" Witter is universally regarded as second-best. Second-best in his division, second-best in his country in the division, second-best at pretty much everything.

But some folks will tell you that Witter should be considered the best 140-pounder in the sport. With Ricky Hatton trying over the past couple of years to find a home at welterweight (and failing), the mega-popular "Hitman" has returned to the 140-pound ranks for the time being, waiting on a May 24th fight against Juan Lazcano, part of a double-header with potential future opponent Paulie Malignaggi, arguably America's best 140-pound fighter.

Where does that leave Witter?

Junior Witter is 36-1-2 in his career. You can throw out the two draws, since they happened early in his career. And his only loss came in 2000 against Zab Judah. Eight years is so long that you might as well throw that fight out, too.

Right now, who would you favor if the long-desired bout between countrymen Hatton and Witter came to pass? There are a ton of people who would pick Witter. I am, in fact, one of them.

While he's often been content to just outbox his opponents and take a decision victory, Witter showed last year how destructive he can be, when he faced talented enigma Vivian Harris. Take a look at the KO, even if you've seen it before.

Witter proved he has real power, for anyone that doubted it. When he's willing to take chances, he's as deadly as anyone in the division. He's also technically superior to just about everyone at 140, save perhaps only for Malignaggi, who can be extremely good defensively.

Witter is somewhat comparable to Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who dominated Hatton with upper body movement and short, quick punching. Like he did against Mayweather, Hatton would be forced to work -- perhaps too hard -- to get in good shots on Witter.

But before a Hatton fight could even potentially come off (and I believe it will), Witter has another American lined up before him. Tomorrow night on Showtime, Witter will face a challenge from top prospect Timothy Bradley (21-0, 11 KO), a highly talented young man with all the potential in the world.

But is the 24-year old Bradley truly ready for a fighter like Witter? Conventional wisdom says no.

Bradley doesn't have big power. But he's a student of the game, with a good trainer (Joel Diaz) who has seen big fights. He's going to have to find a way to block out the obvious hometown advantage that Witter will have in Nottingham. And after that, when he settles down (if he settles down), he'll have to find a way to out-box a terrific boxer.

Bradley got this fight because an eliminator bout with Jose Luis Castillo was called off after Castillo couldn't come close to making weight. He's been rushed into a title fight, but you can't blame him or his team for taking it. Should he lose, they simply get back on the horse, because frankly, he's supposed to lose. And you have to admire his guts, because most guys with 21 pro fights and the prospect tag that Bradley carries wouldn't get into a fight where they're such a huge underdog.

For Witter, this is about trying to kickstart his American branding, and trying to muscle his way into a fight with Hatton. For Bradley, this fight is more about trying to beat the odds, and leapfrog his way into the money fights in this division.

The smart money is on Junior Witter. In fact, the dumb money, the moderately intelligent money, and the brilliant money are all on Junior Witter. This isn't one you can sugarcoat. Nothing will tell you that Timothy Bradley can or should win this fight. But they'll fight for a reason, that reason being that you just never absolutely know until the bell sounds.

We'll be here tomorrow night with round-by-round coverage, scoring, and BSing during the fight, which starts at 10:45 EDT on Showtime. It's a rare chance for American fans to see Witter live, and a chance to see a very promising young fighter. Last word I've heard is that the co-feature will be Carl Froch against Albert Rybacki.

Outspoken, always intentionally controversial super middleweight "titlist" Anthony Mundine has decided that not enough people are paying attention to his farce of a regional career, which continues with a third fight against Sam Soliman on May 28. In light of this, he has made the following, Bernard Hopkins-biting statement:

"I'm a Muslim and I can't allow myself to lose to a Christian."

Mundine (31-3, 23 KO) is an OK fighter, with a lopsided record built on wins over undeserving opposition. Remember the last time Mundine stepped up and fought a truly top-tier guy? Mikkel Kessler smoked him. Since then, the best fighter he's stepped into the ring with has been Danny Green, another OK fighter.

What's really the most bothersome thing about Mundine is not his beliefs. He's entitled to them. He's free to think however he wishes, as far as I'm concerned. But he manufactures these things so that he can get any attention past his local surroundings. Bernard Hopkins says outrageous things to sell major fights, doing it as a businessman. Mundine comes off desperate and pathetic. It's kind of sad, really.

He's also currently involved in a bitter war of words with ex-trainer Jeff Fenech. Fenech called Mundine's trilogy with Soliman "a farce," all while moving toward that fight with 49-year old Azumah Nelson. Mundine has challenged Fenech to meet him at middleweight. God help us all.

Source: Ticker via Yahoo!

While I wouldn't rush to buy a ticket for the show or anything, it's true: a tentative date has been set for the Samuel Peter-Vitali Klitschko WBC heavyweight title fight. It'll be in October, though the purse is still being negotiated and an exact date and venue are not yet set.

If Sam Peter is in shape and shows up at his best, as he did against Oleg Maskaev, then he should be able to handle Vitali Klitschko. Vitali was a hell of a fighter, but it's been four years and not so much as a tune-up fight. It's been four years and a handful of abandoned comeback attempts that couldn't make it through one training camp. Ring rust is going to be a major factor. Peter's inactivity, in comparison, makes him look like a once-a-month fighter.

I hope this goes through and gets settled and we can get it over with. If Vitali wins, then fine, whatever. But if Peter wins, then let's cut through all the B.S. and red tape and get to Peter-Wlad II. It's the only heavyweight fight anyone really wants to see.

In other news, 43-year old Jeff Fenech and 49-year old Azumah Nelson are going to fight for a third time. Hopefully no one gets hurt, the enjoy themselves, and they get a decent little payday out of it. I don't begrudge guys fights like this, but who wants to see them? Anybody? Bueller?

Again, this change is all for the better.

Our sidebar schedule will be taking a backseat to the schedule feature in the toolbar near the top of the blog, which has a few kinks at the moment that we'll get worked out.

Use the FanShots feature heavily, and the FanPosts as well. If you see a cool photo or story or something that you want to bring to everyone's attention, then use the FanShots. If you want to share something more substantial with your own thoughts, use the FanPost.

As you've probably heard, Mosley-Judah has been postponed for the time being. Some are saying that Shane's wife is working to have it fully forgotten about, which could mean Shane would take an easier fight against Ricardo Mayorga and hope to fight Miguel Cotto again in the fall. But the official word from Richard Schaefer is they're working on securing a new date. I'm not the biggest fan of the Mosley-Judah matchup, especially as a PPV with that super weak undercard they'd put together, but it's sure to be a good fight, so here's hoping we still get to see it, unless something amazing comes up.

I also highly recommend using the "Wide" display in the top block on the left side, especially if you're on a large resolution monitor.

We're coming up on a nice "special" Shobox card on Saturday night, with Junior Witter taking on Timothy Bradley, and we'll take a look at that fight and the rest of the 140-pound division sometime later today.

Hey Bad Left Hook,

Today is the big day. We've switched your community over to the new SB Nation sports blog platform. My name is Trei, and I'm here to help you get adjusted to the new home we've built for you. If you have questions or trouble with the new system, post a comment in this thread and myself or one of the team (lovitt, sixfoot6 or odacrem) will try to point you in the right direction.

Before we begin, I want to let you know we still consider this a beta platform, so don't be surprised if you find a few bugs or if everything isn't exactly right yet. We hope you'll take the time to report any problems you encounter at bugreport@sbnation.com. We'll be continuing to make changes and improving things.

Please take a few minutes to read about what's new below. But if you just can't wait to jump in, here are some quick things to check out:

1. Sign up for your SB Nation network account and claim your old blog accounts
2. Once you're logged in, press your  Z  key in any thread with new comments
3. Explore your dashboard and setup your profile
4. Read the guide to the new FanPost editor
5. Install the FanShot bookmarklet and post videos to Bad Left Hook from YouTube or images from Flickr
6. Click the "Rec" button on posts and comments to help other people find the good stuff.
7. Customize display options on your Edit Settings page

What Has Changed

SB Nation Network Accounts - the Big Change

Readers across all of our blogs told us they wanted one account to use on every SB Nation blog. To make this work, we're requiring that everyone create a new SB Nation network account. In most cases you should be able to keep your old username, but a few of you may have to choose something new, since every other community in SB Nation will be going through this same transition. We tried to be as fair as possible in deciding who gets to keep which name, using a formula that takes into account length of membership and frequency of activity.

We want to make it as easy as possible for you to participate on all of our blogs, but we don't want to encourage everyone to start visiting rival team blogs and initiating flame wars. To maintain friendly communities we ask that you explicitly join each blog in order to participate. It's a two-click process, but it does means accepting each blog's community guidelines. Just as you join each blog individually, you can be banned on each blog individually.

You can claim old accounts from multiple SB Nation blogs, and your new username will be retroactively attached to all your old comments and diaries. So now you'll be able to access all your writings from your single profile page... like magic.

To get started, click here to claim your old blog accounts and create a new SB Nation network account.

FanPosts (the Section Formerly Known as Diaries)

We changed their name. Why? Because we took this major upgrade as an opportunity to leave behind some vocabulary that never made much sense for a sports blog. SB Nation is the network of, by and for fans, and these are the blog posts we make. So we call them FanPosts. When you're at a bar telling someone to check out your online sports opinions, you don't have to suggest they read your diary.

FanPosts are displayed differently on the homepage - we include your avatar to give more credit for the time you spend writing great posts. The new post editor has a WYSIWYG view that provides easy formatting. It also auto-saves drafts so you don't have to worry about losing your work when you compose a post within the web browser. And you can now associate teams, players and games with your posts: these tools promote your FanPosts on our new team, player and game pages - across the entire network.

The new system does not work like the old diary editor. For example, in HTML mode the new editor doesn't auto-create a new paragraph from two line breaks. But it does offer a whole array of new features. Look for the blinking help button on the right side of the FanPost editor for quick tips, and take a look at our full guide to writing FanPosts on the new platform.

IMPORTANT - if you write your posts in Microsoft Word or some other off-line editor, you will get the most reliable behavior if you cut & paste your post into the HTML view of the FanPost editor. And if you do that, remember to wrap <p></p> tags around each paragraph so your text doesn't run together.

Visual Redesign

This one is probably the most obvious change of all. Like other major websites working to improve readability for their audience, we've adopted a fixed-width layout optimized for the 1024 x 768 resolution used by the majority of Bad Left Hook and SB Nation network users. Use the switcher below the user menu if you prefer the wider layout designed for 1280 monitors. We've introduced a top navigation bar with quick links into old and new sections of the site. We also polished a few edges, made some things larger, others smaller and moved a few boxes here and there. More changes and adjustments to come.

Search

We've completely replaced the old search engine with a new one. We're excited to make it easier to find old posts and comments, but we've only taken our first pass on the tools we're offering. We're focused on making search even better than what you had before, so please know that we're aware search is missing key features and we're working on it.

What's New

Recommending FanPosts

Some writing deserves more attention and more conversation. If you want to bump a FanPost up to the top and keep it there for awhile, just click the 'Rec' link under the body of the post. When a FanPost receives enough recommendations it will make the recommended list.

Auto-refreshing Comments

You no longer need to refresh the page to see new comments. If you're logged in, new comments will automatically appear on the page every few seconds. When you post a comment, the page will not refresh either. If you want to quickly cycle through all the new comments, you can press the C key on your keyboard. Unmark a new comment after you've read it with the X key. And use the Z key if you want to umark comments as you're cycling through them.

As you use these shortcuts to cycle through comments, press the R key to reply to the current comment. All these helpful keyboard shortcuts are listed at the top of each comments section for reference.

Recommending Comments

Now you can reward those folks who take the time to look up stats and make smart arguments in the comments. Next to each comment there is an 'actions' link that you can click to find the recommend and flag options.

Flagging Comments

To help the moderators on a site, we've built-in tools that let you flag comments that are spam, trolling or just plain inappropriate. Only moderators can see those flags.

FanShots

Many members of the community just want to post that one link, video, photo or quote, but don't need a full FanPost. We've got you covered: FanShots let you share YouTube videos, Flickr or PhotoBucket photos, quotes from articles, portions of chat transcripts, top 5 lists and simple links. If it's a video or image we'll put a thumbnail on the homepage when you post it.

For those of you who are experienced internet hunter-gatherers of sports material, install the bookmarklet onto the links bar of your browser and share FanShots with the community from wherever on the web you find that killer quote or photo.

Archives

It's much easier to find that post about a certain deadline trade or prospect retro feature. You can browse by year and month.

Avatars

Upload an image so folks can see your custom avatar on your profile, your FanPosts, and all your comments.

Network Profiles

Now that we have unified SB Nation network accounts, your profile will be your central hub for all of your activity on any blogs where you are a member.

Network bar

The top bar stays with you on all SB Nation blogs. It's a quick way to login and logout. When you're logged in, you'll see your avatar and screen name which links to your profile. The icon to the right leads to your Dashboard area where you can edit your settings, profile, account details and any FanPosts or FanShots you've published. As we add more blogs to the new SB Nation network, the My Blogs menu will be a handy way to navigate between the blogs you've joined.

-------

There are plenty more small changes and additions we've made, so please take a careful look around and explore this new system. We appreciate your patience and hope you'll help us improve the new platform for this and all the other SB Nation blogs.

And in case you missed it, you'll want to start by claiming your old blog accounts and creating a new SB Nation network account.