A man fighting a kangaroo
Humans have been fighting kangaroos since at least the early 1890s for their perverse viewing pleasure.
Sarah wrote a story about these boxing kangaroos for Fightland.
If you’re an animal lover it may make you irritated.
Kangaroos Fighting Humans, An Unfortunate History
Filed under Culture, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
How Pierre Trudeau Made Judo Cool
Pierre Trudeau with Queen Elizabeth
Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau wasn’t just a world leader and political rock star, he was also an on-again, off-again judo practitioner.
In fact, on the day he decided to retire from politics he had just returned from taking his children to a judo class in the middle of a snowstorm.
Sarah wrote about Trudeau’s judo history for Fightland.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Talking Werdum-Velasquez On TSN 1050
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’s Boxing History
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
The Peculiar Encounter With David Cronenberg’s Ghost
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
Risky Fuel 