Muhammad Ali
In the wake of Muhammad Ali’s death there were a lot of right-leaning political and media figures bad-mouthing the former boxing champ for his political views.
In a learning piece for Fightland Sarah helped explain why Ali did the right thing when he refused to fight in the Vietnam War — and risked his career over it.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Elias Theodorou
Sexy video game character come to life and professional UFC fighter Elias Theodorou learned some valuable lessons from his first fights.
He told Sarah all about them for Fightland.
To read the full story click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor, one of the most shameless self-promoters in combat sports, has been talking about having a boxing match against Floyd Mayweather.
This will never happen.
Instead, Sarah proposed some other people that McGregor should consider fighting.
Read the full list at Fightland by clicking here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Jeff Burrows, far left
Drummer Jeff Burrows is probably best known as one-third of the Can-Rock band The Tea Party as well as being a local Windsor area radio personality. It’s a different line on his resume which might be his most impressive, though — once a year he drums for 24 hours straight to benefit local Windsor-area charities.
I spoke to Burrows about how he trains for this and why he does it in a feature interview for Samaritanmag.
To read the story go here.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
By Divine Right
Aces hippie dippie indie rockers By Divine Right have just reimagined Depeche Mode’s first album Speak & Spell as a bouncy garage rock record.
I spoke to band leader José Contreras about his relationship to Depeche Mode in a feature story for AUX TV.
To read it go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 