Fabricio Werdum punches Cain Velasquez
There was a big heavyweight title unification bout in the UFC on the weekend featuring interim champ Fabricio Werdum and returning-from-lengthy-injury champ Cain Velasquez as part of UFC 188.
It turned out Velasquez had too much ring rust and couldn’t keep up with Werdum.
Sarah talked about the fight for TSN 1050’s podcast of the International Sports Report.
Listen to her discuss Werdum vs. Velasquez.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Bob Hope, boxing fan
One of the world’s most legendary comedians also had a bit of a boxing past. And he used it to get laughs for decades.
It seems Bob Hope knew how to throw a punch well enough to have an above-.500 fight record. He found playing the loser got more laughs, though.
Sarah recapped Bob Hope’s boxing past in a story for Fightland.
Filed under Comedy, Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Empty movie theater
Flea bites. Sleep daze. Antihistamine reactions. Hallucinatory appearances by David Cronenberg.
They were all things that happened during one of Sarah’s strangest experiences at a movie theater.
She recalled the details of her weird trip as part of a compilation feature on Consequence Of Sound about people’s Most Memorable Movie Theater Experiences.
Sarah still has no idea whether the Cronenberg she saw was real or not.
Filed under Films, Health, Shameless Promotion
Gandi
What started out as mostly an excuse to talk about the cartoon Clone High turn into an interesting lookback when Sarah wrote about Gandhi’s relationship to martial arts for Fightland.
For a pacifist, Gandhi had at least an observer’s understanding of early jiu jitsu.
What he learned from it, though, was perhaps more political than physical.
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Boy Meets Girl
The new film Boy Meets Girl has a novel (and probably necessary) casting decision. In the film the trans character Ricky is — a rarity — actually played by a trans person, Michelle Hendley.
Hendley was also a nearly raw rookie when they were recruited for the film. Which made the casting decision even more bold.
Sarah talked to Michelle Hendley about the film for Consequence Of Sound.
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I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 