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Showing posts with label boxing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boxing. Show all posts

Monday, December 04, 2017

CELEBRITY Q AND A: CHAMPION BOXER, SUGAR RAY LEONARD!

He shakes my hand and starts to walk away.

Data Hard: Mr. Leonard! Mr. Leonard! Is there any chance you could bring back, The Contender (the popular ESPN Boxing reality game show?)


Sugar Ray: Oh, I don't know. I'll try! That was a great show.

Hard: THAT was a FANTASTIC show!

Sugar Ray: You're right. I'll see what I can do.Thanks.

Friday, June 02, 2017

ALI: A LIFE IS NOW A PODCAST, AND A BOOK.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is set to publish the definitive biography of boxing legend and American icon Muhammad Ali, ALI: A Life by best-selling author Jonathan Eig, on October 3. But for those who can't wait until the fall, Eig is launching a podcast, "Chasing Ali," on June 3, the one-year anniversary of Ali's death. In the podcast episodes, Eig shares some of the amazing, sad, and funny stories from the making of the book, offering a glimpse into why it will be a must-read. 

"Finally, after so many works focusing on this fight or that, the whole man, the whole life, is presented here. And what a revelation it is," Ken Burns raves about the book. Eig breaks new ground with this comprehensive biography, radically reshaping our understanding of Muhammad Ali. Eig had access to all the key people in Ali's life, including his three surviving wives and his managers. He also had access to thousands of pages of new FBI and Justice Department files, as well dozens of hours of newly discovered audiotaped interviews from the 1960s. Eig reveals Ali in the complexity he deserves, shedding important new light on his politics and his neurological condition. In one of the first podcast episodes, "A Blow to the Head," Eig shares why his interview with ring doctor Ferdie Pacheco was like taking a punch to the kidneys—and what he learned about Ali's early signs of traumatic brain injury.

The podcast will be available on Eig's website and at ChasingAliThePodcast.com starting June 3. ALI: A Life will be available wherever books are sold on October 3. 

Friday, April 14, 2017

CELEBRITY Q AND A: MIA ST. JOHN- ROUND 2. DING!

The first celebrity to make a return engagement to the site and I thank her for that.
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Data Hard: If they brought back, the sports game show American Gladiators,would you go on that show?

Mia St.  John: (thinking about it) No.

DH: Really?

Mia: Yeah, I already tried out for the show (as a host for brief, but recent NBC version in 2007.Rival Boxing champ Layla Ali got the job.)

DH: Hmmm.

St. John: My brother tried out for (Gladiators, as a contestant) and the obstacle course (the end game, called the Eliminator) was too difficult for him. (A bit sullen now.)

DH: That's right, Layla Ali was the co-host on that. But, she wasn't very good.

Mia: (She has perked up) What?

DH:  (Layla Ali) wasn't very good.

St John: (smiling again) That's good to hear.  


Friday, March 13, 2015

BOLLYWOOD ACTOR FIGHTS FOR DISCOVERY REALITY SHOW.

Meet the Real Heroes of Television
Discovery Channel's league of incredible men join to form Discovery Real Heroes, who will push the limits of endurance, survival and adventure. Beginning this March, Discovery Real Heroes will take on some of the planet's most unforgiving terrains to demonstrate, how to survive in some of the harshest conditions.
    
Leading Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal has associated with Discovery Channel to present these champions' thrilling adventures on screen.
Premiering March 15, every night at 10 pm, viewers will embark on some of the most challenging expeditions with Discovery Real Heroes. Discovery Channel's renowned experts- Bear Grylls, Les Stroud, Myke Hawke, Dave Canterbury and Cody Lundin will take viewers to the most inhospitable and treacherous territories to show how to survive the toughest and most forsaken environments. Taking viewers closer to the natural world, wildlife presenters like Nigel Marven and Austin Steven would risk their lives to encounter some of the world's most interesting and sometimes misunderstood creatures. Be it gravity defying base jumping, incredible ice diving or surviving in the wild; these heroes will have audience asking for more.
Rahul Johri, EVP and GM - South Asia and South East Asia, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said, "Challenging the harsh wilderness in high-octane, action-based and empowering journeys, Discovery Real Heroes are perfect examples of endurance both in reel and real life. 10 PM will be the new hour on television to meet such talented men, who will inspire and demonstrate how the right skills and some creative thinking can keep you alive in the remote corners of the world."
The journey of Discovery Real Heroes with MAN VS. WILD
One of the most popular adventurers on Indian television, Bear Grylls will take on some of the harshest terrains of the world. Chasing thunderstorms, escaping fiery volcanoes and scavenging deadly delicacies, he will share some invaluable survival strategies all along the extreme conditions.
Viewers will follow SURVIVORMAN Les Stroud as he travels to tough wilderness settings and survives with little food, no water, no gear, no safety or even a camera crew. Former Special Forces survival expert Myke Hawke and his television presenter wife Ruth, presenters of MAN WOMAN WILD will take on some of the most forbidding and remote locations around the world, and will attempt to stay alive with only one gear - a knife. The week will be packed with more action as Bear Grylls, in his new series RUNNING WILD will take A-list celebrities like Zac Efron, Channing Tatum, Ben Stiller, Tom Arnold, Tamron Hall and Deion Sanders on the adventures of their lives. Promising a battle of survival, military-trained Joe Teti and naturalist Cody Lundin will struggle through unforgiving elements of nature in DUAL SURVIVAL.
The weekends will be filled with thrill and intrigue as Nigel Marven will count down the deadliest snakes in different locations around the world in TEN DEADLIEST SNAKES. I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE will bring real life situations in which people who lived to tell their story of horror, recall their tryst with near death experiences.
Be it gravity defying base jumping, incredible ice diving or surviving in the wild; these heroes will have you asking for more. Join the real action every night at 10 pm with Discovery Real Heroes.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Monday, October 10, 2011

Later.