Jon Jones
UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones used to be sponsored by Nike.
It was kinda a big deal.
He isn’t sponsored by Nike anymore.
This is a big deal for different reasons.
Sarah wrote about it for Fightland. To read the story go here.
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Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell 4: Dance-Fight
Randy Couture
As UFC history tells it, there have been three fights between Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, with Liddell scoring two victories to Couture’s one.
History is wrong, though.
The pair have (sort of) squared off in another field of battle as well — the hardwood floor of Dancing With The Stars.
Sarah analyzed the respective foxtrots the two did while on the dancing reality show.
To read about who the better dancer is go here.
Filed under Dance, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Ninjas, Chuck Norris And Cannon Films
Chuck Norris
When the Toronto International Film Festival was on Sarah had the chance to speak with Mark Hartley, the man behind the documentary film, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films.
If “Cannon Films” doesn’t ring a bell, the company’s imprint on pop culture certainly does. They’re the people who brought Chuck Norris, breakdancing movies, ninjas and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 to the masses a few decades ago.
To read her interview with Hartley for Fightland go here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Cyborg’s Path To Rousey
Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino
It may be unfurling with the deliberate pace of a Carnivale story arc, but a clash between toughest-woman-on-Earth Ronda Rousey and pretty much her only perceived challenger Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino is slowly, inevitably, inching closer to happening.
There remains only one problem: Cyborg is too big.
Justino isn’t in Rousey’s weight class. And if she wants to compete with the much smaller Rousey she’s going to have to shrink down to the champ’s size.
She’s apparently going to attempt this now and Sarah wrote about it for Fightland.
Go here to red the story.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
LISTEN: Talking U2 On Viewpoints With Todd van der Heyden
U2
Did you get that new U2 album? Did you like it? Did you want it?
I got to talk about some of these questions on CJAD 800 AM’s Viewpoints With Todd van der Heyden program on the weekend.
I won’t spoil how the conversation went, but someone referred to the Irish band as the “McDonald’s of rock music.”
You can listen to the whole three-hour episode below. My segment is right near the end of the show.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Risky Fuel 