Saturday fights on ESPN lined up match after match, finishing with title fights. Not boxing, not wrestling, but Mixed Martial Arts. If that’s not the Big Time for UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, what is?
NANNY STATE vs MANLY STATE – IN THE OCTAGON
Nanny state is a term of British origin that conveys a view that a government or its policies are overprotective or interfering unduly with personal choice. The term “nanny state” likens government to the role that a nanny has in child rearing. That’s the wiki-definition, which seems pretty good. The Manly State, a term I made up after hearing Mr. Trump […]
RONDA ROUSEY, STUDENT OF ALI?
Is Ronda Rousey a teacher or a student? What have we learned? Muhammad Ali loved to talk about how pretty he was as a young man, how no fighter could lay a glove on him, cut him, or beat him. And he was right for quite a while before the big hits landed. Young Ali […]