AltWeeklies Wire
All the Ring's a Stagenew
AJ Gallant looks like a mean son-of-a-bitch. It's partly his barrel chest, his hefty arms, dotted with tribal tattoos, and the long ponytail pulled taut, leaving the shaved sides of his head exposed, but it's his eyes that do the trick.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
11-04-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Denver's Dying Grand Prix Indicative of Sport's Declinenew
National Indy-car racing continues to face the most serious crisis in its history: Dwindling crowds, indifferent TV coverage and uncertain sponsorships have reduced a once-prosperous sport to an also-ran in a marketplace overstuffed with choices.
Tags: sports & fitness
Yao Ming: Commie of the Yearnew
Yao won the Model Worker award, given out by the Chinese Communist Party. Seems the Party's definition of "model worker" has been expanded beyond the usual coal miners who meet the Five-Year Plan to include multimillionaires who endorse McDonald's and Visa cards.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
08-08-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Three Nights In Junenew
River City Rascal hitting coach Jack Clark gives off an aura reminiscent of Muhammad Ali post-prime, a variation on what might be termed "Tough Guy Zen." He and his coiled bat used to treat an oncoming fastball as though it were a blacktop possum.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
08-02-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Go Ahead, Climb a Rocknew
Notwithstanding a cluster of deaths this summer, statistics say mountaineering has actually gotten safer.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
07-20-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Boxing Magicnew
A former firefighter quit his job and turned his garage into a boxing gym to make the wildest and least disciplined kids in Dallas into boxing champions. But the gym is falling on hard times.
Dallas Observer |
Paul Kix |
07-11-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Flow of Freerunningnew
Parkour, freerunning, PK -- it's all the same thing: part martial art, part acrobatics, part extreme sport. And it's making its way from Europe to cities and towns across New England.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
07-11-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Arena Football Garners Respect... Sort Ofnew
The NFL's goofy little stepbrother has made strides toward legitimacy, and with an EA Sports videogame in the works Arena football just might go from gridiron methadone to main event. But indoor football still can't catch a break on the major sports networks -- not even with the help of Bon Jovi.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
06-20-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Real Girls Play Tacklenew
Linda Caruso can totally kick your butt. An East Boston native with painted toenails, a pierced belly button, and a thick townie accent, Caruso is a veteran linebacker on the Mass Mutiny, a 6-1 pro women’s tackle-football team.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
06-17-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
A Whole Different Ballgamenew
Why are so many Latino players among those testing positive for steroids under baseball's new policy? One culprit is Major League Baseball itself.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
05-26-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Urban Cowboysnew
The underground city-bike-racing scene hits the streets of Boston.
Boston Phoenix |
Matthew Shaer |
05-19-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Life Puts Boxer on the Ropesnew
Tony Duran's athletic ability -- in wrestling, running, football -- was excellent, and boxing seemed to focus all his energy. Boxing was a sport of brutal extremes, physical risks and unlikely monetary payoffs, but it was also the stabilizing factor in his life.
Tags: sports & fitness
For the Love of the Gamenew
Semi-pro gridiron upstarts the Missoula Raptors are at the crossroads of opportunity and hard knocks.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
04-21-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
King of the Hillnew
Bert Blyleven is a clown, color man -- and the best eligible pitcher who's not in the Hall of Fame.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Britt Robson |
04-06-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Rangers' GM Hart Gets Little Lovenew
Rangers fans and the local sports media blame John Hart for screwing things up and blame him for not doing anything. Illogical though it is, he's labeled both culpable and irrelevant.
Dallas Observer |
John Gonzalez |
03-21-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
