NEWS ARTICLES
Almost million-dollar baby quadriplegic
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What's On Editor LAS VEGAS - Rising WBA star Margaret Fitzgerald will never walk again after a brutal fight against the infamous Billie "The Blue Bear". This small town Missouri boxer was reduced quadriplegic – complete paralysis from the neck down – after being knocked out by a sucker-punch from behind. The said game was set at approximately 1 million dollars and the winner would take home not only the monetary value, but also a widely sought after title. Toward the beginning of the match, Margaret Fitzgerald, known as Mo Cuishle, had seemed hopelessly outmatched. Her left eye had threatened to swell shut after suffering several heavy blows to the eye and the odds seemed to weigh against the small town Missouri boxer. It wasn’t until round 2, that Mo Cuishle began to make her counterattack. |
Using a technique unique to her famous trainer, Frankie Dunn, Mo Cuishle was able to knock down Billie numerous times. Although none of these blows were enough to keep the Blue Bear down for longer than 8 seconds, they served their purpose in weakening the Welterweight World Champion. Further into the game, the play began to get ugly. Billie “the Blue Bear” began to appear more intent on physically crippling her opponent, Mo Cuishle, than winning the match, causing her one warning and two points to be taken away from her. Determined, Mo Cuishle continued to throw punch after punch at the Blue Bear, until finally, the referee called for a time-out. Pivoting to consult her trainer, Mo Cuichle turned her back against her opponent - a move which proved to be fatal and one that had caused Mo Cuishle her career. |
"I was so excited for Mo Cuishle. It seemed like she couldn't do wrong, but in the instant that she had her back turned, she was punched in the side of her face. She fell and a defeaning crack was heard throughout the gym. Then the ambulances came and wheeled her out of the arena. I still can't believe what happened!" Exclaimed a heart-broken fan. According to the National Woman Boxing Association, Billie the Blue Bear had thrown an illegal punch in knocking out the opponent after the whistle was blown. For this, her world boxing title will be revoked and her athlete privileges temporarily suspended. Nevertheless, it all appears to be too late for Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald, who will never be able to set foot in the arena again. A remembrance ceremony will be heald this Saturday at "The Hit Pit" in L.A. California in commemoration of her boxing career. |
Marketers fight to make Blue Bear a marketable name
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What's On Editor
TORONTO – In the height of her popularity, Billie Astrakhov, the overnight boxing headliner has her face on thousands of bootleg articles of sports apparel. Nike and Everlast are currently the main competitors in the legal battle for the trademark. It remains unknown which company will be the one license “Blue Bear” gear. However, after her victory over Maya Germaine, Astrakhov ‘s rising profile has been causing many names, such as Under Armour and Reebok to drop out due to high costs.
Many of her victories have, in fact, been driving up her costs; her appearances go for a reported thirty thousand dollars. However, her managerial team says reluctant investors will be missing out. John Clay, her agent, comments, “While we can’t wait to name the company selling those Blue Bears, that’ not where we hope to focus for the time being.”
In response to Clay’s statement, rumours have risen among Astrakhov’s fans that next to face her will be Maggie Fitzgerald from America. There is no word yet. We’ll keep you posted!
What's On Editor
TORONTO – In the height of her popularity, Billie Astrakhov, the overnight boxing headliner has her face on thousands of bootleg articles of sports apparel. Nike and Everlast are currently the main competitors in the legal battle for the trademark. It remains unknown which company will be the one license “Blue Bear” gear. However, after her victory over Maya Germaine, Astrakhov ‘s rising profile has been causing many names, such as Under Armour and Reebok to drop out due to high costs.
Many of her victories have, in fact, been driving up her costs; her appearances go for a reported thirty thousand dollars. However, her managerial team says reluctant investors will be missing out. John Clay, her agent, comments, “While we can’t wait to name the company selling those Blue Bears, that’ not where we hope to focus for the time being.”
In response to Clay’s statement, rumours have risen among Astrakhov’s fans that next to face her will be Maggie Fitzgerald from America. There is no word yet. We’ll keep you posted!
Women's début at the Olympics
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What's On Writer During the late 1970s to 1980s, women’s boxing became popular. This all started when-almost-million dollar baby, Maggie Fitzgerald came into stardom, she featured in news everywhere, especially Ireland. After she died though, female boxing was once again in the shadows. It wasn’t until this year’s 2012 London Summer Olympics when women’s boxing made the news again, this time it was because we finally made it as a category. The reason why this category took so long to make a debut is because in many countries, women’s boxing was banned, including Great Britain. |
Some other reasons were that many males were against women fighting against each other for health reasons such as having to schedule fights around menstrual cycles and not being able to train if fighters were pregnant. But finally feminists around the world were finally able to convince the government and olympics committee to allow female boxing. The final results in the summer 2012 olympics were Nicola Adams who won gold in flyweight, Katie Tyler who won Lightweight and Clarrisa Shields who won middleweight. Congratulations ladies, you’ve made history. |
EDITORIALS
Women in sports, more like feminists ruining our fun
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What's On Writer Despite the whirlwind of publicity and jurisdiction put in place under the pressure of outraged feminists, women are continuing to dwindle pathetically in the sports industry. The timely angle of this issue adopted by the media and thus its army of impressionable young liberals is that it must be dealt with at once because it is the cruellest oppression the world has ever seen. Forget the poverty-stricken orphans in developing countries; there are athletic women right here in America who want more money and attention! Before you send those death threats, think about it realistically. Yes, maybe it is unfair that female athletes are earning about ten percent of what the males earn, but frankly, if you’re privileged enough to be risking a career in sports, you don’t need to complain. In fact, God knows when the feminists will run out of reasons to complain. Neither of the two outcomes of this absurdity would satisfy anyone seeking justice. Either women in sports will continue to be marginalized, or they will become popular for the wrong reasons, in which case they will be objectified and sexualized. There is literally no winning. |
The sad truth is that women will always be overlooked at no fault of malice. They will always play in separate leagues from men simply because there is too much disparity between men’s and women’s bodies for them ever to compete on the same level. Therefore, no matter how many channels are airing women’s sports, the average viewer would pick an NBA game over a WNBA game. The very fact that there needs to be a W in front of NBA to differentiate from the girls’ one from the real one indicates that nothing is looking up for women in the world of sports. You can change as many laws as you want, but it’s going to be infinitely harder to change everyone’s taste, which is what it comes down to in the end. That said, I think it’s safe to suggest that broadcasters can stop wasting their time with women, trying to please a group that can never be pleased. Furthermore, I’d like to ask the women to go home so I can watch the big kids play, and suck it up that they’re failing to entertain in the one field of entertainment dominated by males. |