Conor McGregor vs. The Mountain
Tiny UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor did some sparring with Game Of Throne’s legitimate giant, The Mountain (real name Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson).
McGregor did not get his head squished apart.
To read a recap of the whole affair head to Fightland by clicking here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Ed The Sock
Each year during the glory days of MuchMusic they’d have a signature cathartic blowout called Fromage where they’d make fun of the music videos they spent the other 364 days of the year foisting on the youth for their own gain.
The chief truthteller for much of this was Ed The Sock.
I jumped in the time machine to look at some of the worst videos from these Fromage specials for AUX.
Click here to read the full story.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Emma Peel
Sarah’s going through another ’60s spy TV phase.
This means related creative output such as “Emma Peel, Television’s First Karate Kicking Heroine, Turns 50.”
She wrote this story for Fightland, which you can read in full by going here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Relationships, Television
Hannibal Lecter, not just a surgeon
Much has been made about literary/film/television villain Hannibal Lecter’s skills at mental manipulation and creative cannibalism.
Until recently, though, most specifically the game-changing Hannibal television series, little attention has been paid to Lecter’s fighting skills.
Sarah analyzed the killer’s punch-kick-ness in a story for Fightland.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Books, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Stephen Amell vs. Stardust
When Arrow television star Stephen Amell fought WWE’s Stardust at the pro wrestling promotion’s marquee Summerslam event there was a winner that wasn’t in the ring — a hospice called Emily’s House.
The pair created and sold a t-shirt that raised more than $200,000 for the house, in part to support some family friends of ours, the Muirheads, who had to spend some unfortunate time at Emily’s House.
To find out more about Emily’s House and why Amell and Stardust went out of their way to help it read my full story about it for Samaritan Mag.
Filed under Shameless Promotion, Television
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 