Mitch Gagnon
Fast-rising UFC bantamweight contender Mitch Gagnon’s ascent through the MMA ranks has been an unlikely one for one reason — geography.
Hailing from the small northern city of Sudbury, Ontario and unable to leave Canada due to legal issues, Gagnon has faced a number of hurdles in his advancement.
That hasn’t stopped him though.
Sarah talked to him for Fightland. To read the story go here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
BiWay memories
Last week I made a brief appearance on my friend/colleague’s The Strombo Show to request some thrash metal and talk about BiWay shoes.
The song I requested was The Prophecy 23’s “Party Like It’s ’84.”
To hear the song and my bit launch the player below and head deep into the third hour of the show.
Filed under Music, Recollections, Shameless Promotion
Clint Malarchuk, the 1986-87 Rendez-Vous All-Star.
Clint Malarchuk, the former NHL goaltender best known for suffering a gruesome skate-slash-to-the-neck injury in his playing days, recently attended the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival to promote his new book The Crazy Game a showing of his ESPN 30 For 30 doc, Cutthroat.
Throughout his playing days and into retirement Malarchuk dealt with obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, depression, alcoholism and an undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder. The weight of these illnesses eventually led to a suicide attempt.
It didn’t succeed. And after a lengthy rehab Malarchuk has emerged to tell his story.
I spoke with him about it for Samaritan Mag.
To read the story go here.
Filed under Books, Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
In Living Color
Back in the day In Living Color was the funniest show around what with Homey The Clown and such.
The show also frequently liked to showcase sketches related to the fighting arts with Mike Tyson parodies, ninja appearances and peculiar self-defense classes.
Sarah jumped into the wayback machine and assessed all of these old fight-related sketches for Fightland.
You can read the story by going here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Recollections, Shameless Promotion, Television
Meghan Trainor
One of the biggest pop songs of the past couple months has been the posi-anthem “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.
Sarah spoke to Trainor about the hit song and the long and winding road the singer has taken towards the body acceptance that’s the subject of the song.
To read the story head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by going here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
