Ronda Rousey
When former UFC champ Ronda Rousey lost her belt recently to Holly Holm there was an ugly backlash that had little to do with scrutiny about her actual performance in the fight.
Part old fashioned sexism, part schadenfreude, part kill-your-idols, once Rousey lost the knives came out.
It has not been a good for those holding the blades. It has also been a cautionary tale for other female fighters.
Sarah explained why in a piece for Fightland.
To read it go here.
Filed under Culture, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Conor McGregor beer
A pub in Dublin, Ireland called MVP and the Brewtonic brewery made a beer in honour of motor-mouthed UFC champion Conor McGregor.
If you’ve tried it, good for you. If you haven’t you’re shit out of lucky.
There isn’t going to be anymore apparently.
Sarah found out why — and why someone would create a McGregor beer in the first place — in a feature story for Fightland.
To read it go here.
Filed under Booze, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Sage Northcutt
The UFC’s next big thing Sage Northcutt and his punchable perma-smile lost a match recently.
Coupled with former women’s champ Ronda Rousey’s recent vaporization, these defeats may be ugly for the UFC’s marketing team.
For Northcutt himself, though, an L may not be so bad.
Sarah explained why in a post for Asian World of Martial Arts.
To read it go here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
The scene at a previous Dudebox event
With the NBA All-Star Game/cultural circus dominating Toronto right now there are parties everywhere.
One of the few noble, affordable and super-cool ones happening tonight is the Dudebox party featuring DJ Windows 98, better known as Win Butler from Arcade Fire.
As cool as that sounds, the best part is probably the fact that 100 per cent of the profits from this party will go to the Kanpe charity.
I spoke to Dudebox organizer Daniel Tal about this for Samaritan mag.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Booze, Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
Guns n’ Roses
I’m totally a playlist content curator right now thanks to the folks at Ditch TV allowing me to party in their sandbox.
They have no idea (or maybe they do?) what they’ve unleashed.
Here are 10 of my recent Ditch playlists:
LCD Soundsystem and All of Their Friends
Ghostface Killah is the Greatest
14 Times Neil Hamburger Was Amazing
15 Melodramatic Guns n’ Roses Moments
Filed under Comedy, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 