You and a teammate will compete against five other teams relying on your friends, fans and followers to help accomplish the route and complete varying challenges. Besides the experience of a lifetime you will be competing for cash and prizes for the friends, fans and followers that helped you the m[...]
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My Yahoo! Posts Focusing on Women Boxing in the Olympics
Here is the list of most current posts that I've written as a Featured Contributor for Yahoo! Sports on the subject of women fighting. In this case, women boxing in the Olympics and the controversy surrounding the idea of women being asked to box in skirts.[...]
November 5th, 2011 - 9:17 am § in guests, recent posts
Olympian Softball Pitcher Jennie Finch Designated Last Person to Start NYC Marathon
How's this for competitive? Jennie Finch intends to be the LAST person to start the NYC marathon on Sunday, November 6th. Jennie is willing to start last because Timex is donating $1.00 to NYRR’s Youth Programs for every person she passes.[...]
GoGirlGo! Boston Event at Northeastern University
Denise Duquette, director of GoGirlGo! Boston commented on the day explaining that “No matter the fitness level, age, size or what program or school they came from, all of the girls participated. Everyone made a new friend, tried a new activity and had a great time. And that’s what this is all a[...]
The Women’s Sports Foundation Celebrates Top Female Athletes at 32nd Annual Salute to Women in Sports
On Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) honored the most accomplished women in sports and the girls they inspire with ESPN's Bonnie Bernstein as the host of the 32nd Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Gala. [...]
MMA Fighter Danielle West and her visit to Florian Martial Arts
Danielle's most recent MMA fight was with Rin Nakai, a Japanese fighter who is ranked fourth on the Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings list of Featherweights (136-145 pounds) after Cris Cyborg Santos. That fight ended in a draw. A rematch is being scheduled. [...]
What if Cover Girl Cosmetics Sponsored A Show Like the (Female) Contender or The Ultimate Fighter for Women?
CNN and Soledad O'Brien are not the only high profile entities noticing the power of a female fighter following her Olympic dream. In one of the articles, "Reporter's Notebook: The changing face of women's boxing", Soledad mentions that Marlen's success has "...drawn sponsors like Coke, Nike and Cov[...]
How To Wrap Your Hands To Protect Your Knuckles When Sparring or Punching A Heavy Bag
How to wrap hands to protect my knuckles when I'm sparring or hitting the heavy bag. The proper technique is shown in the video. [...]
August 17th, 2011 - 9:17 am § in busy bloggers, fighters, guests, popular, recent posts, stay young from the inside out
3 Ingredients For Feeling Happy – Honor Love Respect: thatgirlisfunny celebrates second blogoversary
What I Learned About Feeling Happy From Being Featured on the Yahoo Home Page - I stopped questioning whether I deserved to be there or not and just had fun with it.[...]
Youtube Knows What’s Up – Following in the Footsteps of Legends
Youtube does an excellent job of matching up related videos to be listed with my light sparring videos. Check out which famous fighters videos are listed underneath mine. Lol![...]
Heartbeat of an MMA Fighter (video)
In the video, Stacy mentions the difficulty of finding other women to fight. "They get offered, then they get taken away." This is a problem for men looking for MMA fights as well as women. Robert Garcia and Stacy Salter are featured in a behind the scenes look as Stacy prepares for her first MMA ma[...]
Bruce Lee Wannabe Epic Nunchuk Fail
Nunchuck ping pong with Bruce Lee and nun-chuk major mishap on video[...]
Cris Cyborg Suplexes way to Gold Medal Mundials (BJJ Worlds) 2011 – Video
Cyborg is a beast! Watch her pick up a heavy female competitor and slam her down on the mat in the video below. Cyborg holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. [...]
roller derby another sport where headgear gets knocked off easily
Describing the action against another team captain, Stacy says, "Elbows got flying with a couple of jabs to the face. It got to the point where I had to take her down. Fists were flying and hair was being pulled." How do we get some of these women to cross over and train to be professional women MMA[...]
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