James Garner
When actor James Garner passed away recently one of the footnotes in his obituary was his close connection to Bruce Lee.
Sarah took a deeper look into Garner’s chop/kick history for Fightland and it turns out he was quite the martial arts enthusiast.
To read the full story head over to Fightland by going here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Floyd Mayweather
The world recently found out that boxing champ Floyd Mayweather has no idea who Ronda Rousey is.
For a number of reasons this is hurtful to the heart of mixed martial arts fans.
Sarah wrote about what this all means for Fightland. You can read about it here.
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Gina Carano
The internet commentariat is buzzing that the UFC is angling for a fight between the face of women’s MMA Ronda Rousey and the former face of women’s MMA Gina Carano.
Objectively, the battle-hardened, prime-of-her-career Rousey will probably tune Carano, but that may not be what’s important about this match up. What’s important is that women’s MMA will finally have it’s first true high-profile superfight.
Sarah explained why this is a big deal in a post for Fightland. You can read about it here.
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Judas Priest
When Sarah spoke to Judas Priest lead singer Rob Halford recently, one of the topics that came up was the horrifically evil way the metal band gets warmed up for each show.
It’s truly devilish.
To find out what we’re talking about head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by going here.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
Micah Nelson, Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson
When the second annual TURF festival rolled into Toronto recently one of the big attractions was Wilco mainman Jeff Tweedy’s new “Tweedy” project with his 18-year-old son.
Tweedy’s intergenerational band got us thinking about other father-son, mother-daughter-type acts there are out there.
It turns out there are a lot of big names — people like Rod Stewart, Van Halen and Alice Cooper — who like to keep it in the family.
To read the full 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
Risky Fuel 