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Whenever I think of the astonishing Himalayan mountain climbers known as Sherpas, I’m reminded of the famous quote about how Fred Astaire was a great dancer, but Ginger Rogers...
Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) is the kind of guy I’d call a “little shit.” A scrawny, smirky white boy with a unibrow and a peach-fuzz little mustache, he exudes...
If you have no background on ultimate fighting (aka mixed martial arts) The Smashing Machine gives you only a few teases to understand what’s going on. The fighters are...
In 2022, director Joseph Kosinski brought us the sequel we never knew we needed: Top Gun: Maverick. It was easily one of my favorite movies of the year (I...
Bodybuilding is all about excess—the athlete pushes the limits of building muscle, flexing in unnatural poses to pop and highlight different parts of the body, all while holding a...
Just a week ago, I “swam” in Puget Sound (note the liberal quotes) in mid-May for a solid ten minutes. I was quite pleased with myself for my endurance...
Now, I’ve never heard of the Adventure Racing World Championship, but in our world of reality games where people push themselves to physical, gastronomical, and romantic extremes in order...
The underdog sports movie has a tried and true formula: An unlikely hero tries, and usually initially fails to master their sport, only to persevere and triumph at the...
I have to admit, I’ve been waiting for this one! Generations of my family went to the University of Washington, and the lore of the UW crew, both men...
What little I know about lucha libre, the super-popular Mexican wrestling involving face masks, character personas, and elaborate costumes, has been from glimpses in mainstream American pop culture, through...
For a movie that is about Michael Jordan, the first thing you notice is that you don’t see Michael Jordan. Sure, there are a few moments of the real...
This plot has been tread and retread in countless feel-good sports comedies: A down on his luck jerk of a coach is matched with a ragtag group of underdog...
