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by Aaron Brophy | December 11, 2015 · 9:33 pm

Samaritan News 10 Pack: Charlie Sheen, Ryan Reynolds, Carey Price, More

Charlie Sheen

I’ve been doing a bunch of stuff over at the music-ish charity ‘n’ good news website Samaritan Mag so I decided to collect some of my latest pieces all in one place.

Here are 10 of these stories…

Charlie Sheen Says He’s Going To ‘Deliver A Cure’ For HIV

6 Truths About Muslims Reza Aslan Explained To CNN That Are Still True

Buy A Little Flag and See What Operation Raise A Flag Does To Help Veterans

Ryan Reynolds Asks For Parkinson’s Donations After Father’s Death

Montreal Canadiens Carey Price Gives Goal Gear To Hometown Minor Hockey Groups

The Good Reason Why Ken Rosenthal Wears Those Bow Ties

Free Movies At Cineplex Theatres This Saturday To Support Free The Children

Vote In Canadian Federal Election, Get Phone Call From July Talk

Prince William Talks Princess Diana At Child Bereavement Charity Event

Handmade By Heroes Toronto Blue Jays Bracelet Helps Veterans

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by Aaron Brophy | December 11, 2015 · 9:10 pm

Rocky Training Montages: How Legit Were They?

Rocky with log

Anyone who has watched a Rocky movie remembers the training montages.

There was Rocky running up those steps, Rocky jogging through the snow carrying a log, Rocky doing pullups… he trained a lot.

Sarah talked to some real fight trainers about whether or not the exercises he did in the film are actually legit useful in fighting.

To read the full truthin’ head over to Fightland by clicking here.

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by Aaron Brophy | December 11, 2015 · 9:05 pm

Is Miesha Tate Next For Holly Holm?

Miesha Tate

Now that Rousey destroyer Holly Holm is the new Queen Bee in women’s MMA the challengers are starting to line up for her belt.

One of those challengers is frequent not-quite-champ Miesha Tate, who has laid out some plausible arguments why she should get to fight Holm next.

Sarah wrote about this for Fightland.

To read the full story go here.

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by Aaron Brophy | November 23, 2015 · 10:11 pm

FBI Looking For Championship Boxing Belts

Boxing Hall of Fame

The FBI have gotten involved in a boxing whodunnit after someone broke into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. The crooks then broke into three trophy cases containing six title belts held by Carmen Basilio and Tony Zale.

The hall of fame’s insurance company valued the belts as “priceless” and haven’t assigned a dollar value to their worth.

Sarah wrote about this mystery for Fightland.

To read about it click here.