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The MMA Corner’s Brian McKenna, a Boston resident, looks back on one of the craziest weeks in recent history after the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15.
Normalcy.
That is what us Bostonians want—a return to normalcy. But after what was one of the craziest weeks in the history of the city, it is hard to return [...]
“Watching” sporting events is a worldwide form of entertainment that engages and indirectly involves viewers in many ways. Regardless of age, gender, race or education level of the viewed sport, those watching are taken on an emotional journey of sorts. Spectators become engaged and involved in the contests. Some view the action on a serious, [...]
There was a time not so many years ago when it wasn’t all that bizarre to see a Hollywood-made martial arts film released on a nationwide basis every few months. From about 1986 until about 1998, moviegoers could count on Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal and their ass-kicking contemporaries to be annual fixtures [...]
There are few things more fleeting than fame and celebrity. This is particularly true for professional athletes, whose popularity is directly related to their success in their sports. A guy can be riding a massive wave of adulation from so-called fans, only to have that wave come crashing down squarely on his head when his [...]
In 2004, during my first year at the University of Wisconsin, I took Economics 101: Intro to Microeconomics. I wasn’t terribly interested in economics at the time (and my bank account today would show a similar mentality), but I did need to take a math class, and Econ 101 qualified. I knew that the class [...]
