AltWeeklies Wire
The Gorgeous Lady of Wrestlingnew
Lucha libre starlet Ruby Gardenia is proving her manhood, one blow at a time.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
08-24-2011 |
Sports
Dust in the Windnew
Can Mexico’s national sport survive in the U.S. amid increasing animal-welfare regulation?
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
09-29-2010 |
Sports
How Jockey Agents Finesse Relationships Among Riders, Trainers and Horsesnew
At its most basic, an agent's job is to convince trainers that they want their best horses ridden by the agent's jockeys. An agent wants to put his riders on a mount in every race of every day and, if at all possible, on the favorite for each race. That means keeping on good terms with every trainer and every owner.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
09-02-2009 |
Sports
San Diego's Losing a Vibrant Piece of its Boxing Culturenew
Since the California Athletic Commission began its crackdown, what had for decades been a monthly occurrence of informal gatherings of boxers and mixed-martial-arts fighters, known as "smoker fights," have dwindled to just a couple a year.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cait Ireland and Eric Wolff |
03-12-2008 |
Sports
24/Sevensnew
Two-dozen questions you never knew you wanted to know about the USA Rugby Sevens.
San Diego CityBeat |
Nathan Dinsdale |
02-06-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Who Will Make Tomorrow's Surfboards?new
Standing with the latest in surf technology, Tim Bessell spoke of how hand-shaping was no longer his mainstay, that now he can shape faster, and with far greater precision, using a computer-controlled knife.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
01-30-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
10 Quick and Easy Ways to Expedite Baseballnew
In order for me to fully get behind the instant replay (as if MLB cares what I think), the powers that be must first find a way to un-clutter the baseball machine. Fortunately for MLB, I have ideas.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
01-09-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Juicing Barry Bondsnew
To asterisk or not to asterisk? That is the question.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
08-22-2007 |
Sports
Baseball's Shameful Saganew
We want so badly to be able to judge the accomplishments of Barry Bonds against those of their predecessors, but we can't because Major League Baseball became addicted to the remarkable performances that substances helped create and the money they generated.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
07-25-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
