The Grudge Match Results Many of You May Have Gotten Wind of A

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

The Grudge Match Results Many of you may have gotten wind of a grudge match on the golf course between a few of us. Part of our bet was to include the results in the next CM Update. This is an accurate and unembellished account of this epic battle, which took place last Friday: It all started when my big mouth got me in trouble. I popped off that my good friend Ed Roach and I could beat Andrew Noga and Jason Caudle in a best ball golf match. Mr. Noga immediately tried to take advantage of the situation and added a real golfer, Jeff Campbell, to their team. Ed and I countered by adding our friend Steve Yamaguchi. None of us trusted each other, so we invited Ronda Perez and Britt Avrit to join as witnesses and the match was on! After intense practice and great examples of sportsmanship by our team, and over the course of literally 3,000+ text messages, it became obvious that the other team didn’t respect us, didn’t respect the game of golf, and couldn’t even spell sportsmanship, much less exhibit it. On the day of the big match, the intimidation tactics began. It’s helpful at this point to think of the movie “Rocky” where Apollo Creed comes out in his comical outfit to intimidate Rocky. The other team came out in cheap red shirts as an intimidation tactic. Sadly, the shirts didn’t fit properly, making them look like either the 30-year reunion of NSYNC or a bad NSYNC cover band. As the match started, and just like Apollo Creed in Rocky, Team NSYNC took Team Rocky for granted, thinking we would quickly fold like a cheap suit. As Apollo found out, Rocky fought back hard. Team NSYNC learned that same lesson. Halfway through the round, they knew they were in for the fight of their lives. At this point, Team NSYNC went from ignoring Team Rocky to yelling and intimidation tactics while we were taking our shots. Just like Rocky came back more determined after every Apollo punch, Team Rocky stuck EVERY shot after Team NSYNC’s questionable tactics. As many may have forgotten, Rocky did not beat Apollo in the first Rocky movie, losing on a very close decision after 15 rounds. Alas, Team Rocky lost to Team NSYNC on the very last putt on the 18th green, barely missing a difficult 20-foot side-hill putt. Team NSYNC won fair and square, and we sincerely congratulate them; we all had a blast and money and beverages were exchanged in friendship. But, just as Apollo learned in his first battle with Rocky, while Apollo won the fight, Rocky won something much more enduring: respect and the hearts of all who witnessed the fight. We dare say Team Rocky earned those same elusive prizes last Friday on a little patch of earth in west Palmdale. As my good friend Ed pointed out, they didn’t stop at the first Rocky movie, they made 17 more (Ed is not great at math). Stay tuned for Rocky/NSYNC II. .

Copy Link

Recommended publications

Rambo: Last Blood Production Notes
RAMBO: LAST BLOOD PRODUCTION NOTES RAMBO: LAST BLOOD LIONSGATE Official Site: Rambo.movie Publicity Materials: https://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/theatrical/rambo-last-blood Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rambo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RamboMovie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rambomovie/ Hashtag: #Rambo Genre: Action Rating: R for strong graphic violence, grisly images, drug use and language U.S. Release Date: September 20, 2019 Running Time: 89 minutes Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim aka Yenah Han, Joaquin Cosio, and Oscar Jaenada Directed by: Adrian Grunberg Screenplay by: Matthew Cirulnick & Sylvester Stallone Story by: Dan Gordon and Sylvester Stallone Based on: The Character created by David Morrell Produced by: Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Yariv Lerner, Les Weldon SYNOPSIS: Almost four decades after he drew first blood, Sylvester Stallone is back as one of the greatest action heroes of all time, John Rambo. Now, Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission. A deadly journey of vengeance, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD marks the last chapter of the legendary series. Lionsgate presents, in association with Balboa Productions, Dadi Film (HK) Ltd. and Millennium Media, a Millennium Media, Balboa Productions and Templeton Media production, in association with Campbell Grobman Films. FRANCHISE SYNOPSIS: Since its debut nearly four decades ago, the Rambo series starring Sylvester Stallone has become one of the most iconic action-movie franchises of all time. An ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam, the legendary fighting machine known as Rambo has freed POWs, rescued his commanding officer from the Soviets, and liberated missionaries in Myanmar.
[Show full text]
Advisory System to Be Reevaluted Changes in Housing Policy
STATE HIOT SOC UF WISC 816 STATE ST NEW INTRAMURAL madison WISC SPORT - SEI INSIDE 51706 Vol. XCVII—No. 24 Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin 549 FHday, 21 Aprii 1978 STATg HIOTPnirM — Faculty votes today on new interdisciplines program and use Chicago as the by Frank Massey year. Two other areas are now basis for further course work and The faculty will vote today on being considered and several research projects. the proposed addition of two new others are in the planning stage. Interdisciplinary areas may interdisciplinary areas to in The program was established also be assembled in computer cluded in next year’s course as an attempt to increase studies, environmental studies, catalogue. These are Urban curricular options open to Management of Complex Studies and Linguistics. Lawrence students. In most Organizations, and Comparative Linguistics is no longer offered areas there are five to seven Literature. as a major although students who courses offered, with either one Richard Warch, Vice-President have already declared a or two courses being required. for Academic Affairs, and the Linguistics major will be able The purpose of the required faculty involved are creating a courses is to give the area of to complete it. new way of approaching a course study a focal point and an overall Assoc. Prof. Richard Winslow of of study at Lawrence. A student the Linguistics committee feels coherence. will be able to gain perspective that this study will give the At present there are numerous and familiarity with a specific student an excellent background faculty members meeting area of interest and still fulfill the in Linguistics, sufficient to together and planning new in requirements of a maior.
[Show full text]
Eddie Matthews
EDDIE MATTHEWS Gender: Male Service: 850) 261-0050 Height: 5 ft. 9 in. Mobile: 818) 216-0800 Weight: 170 pounds E-mail: [email protected]... Eyes: Blue Web Site: http://www.imdb.me/e... Hair Length: Regular Waist: 34 Inseam: 31 Shoe Size: 10 Physique: Athletic Coat/Dress Size: 42reg Ethnicity: Other Unique Traits: TATTOOS (Don't Have Them) Photos Film Credits Grudge Match stunt double / Sly Stallone Kevin Scott Home Front stunt/actor Looper Stunt Double: Frank Brennan The Campaign Stunt Double: Zach Galifinakis Hijacked Stunt Player G.I. Joe: Retaliation Stunt Perfromer Jeff, Who Lives at Home Stunts / acting (Kevin drowning father) Snowmen Stunt Coordinator Colombiana Stunts Transformers: Dark of the Moon Stunt Perfromer Green Lantern Stunt Performer Flypaper Stunt Performer In My Sleep Stunt Coordinator The Mechanic Stunt Performer Big Mike (TV Movie) Stunt Double: Steven Eckholdt Blue Blood (TV Movie) Stunt Player Generated on 09/27/2021 03:17:52 am Page 1 of 5 Transit Stunt Perfomer Jonah Hex Stunts The Final Destination Stunts 12 Rounds Stunt Player Jolene Stunt Coordiantor: Arizona You Don't Mess with the Zohan Stunt Player A House Divide Stunt Player The Kingdom Stunt Player Rush Hour 3 Stunts Pride Stunts The Hitcher Stunts Letters from Iwo Jima Stunt Perfromer Flags of Our Fathers Stunts The Guardian Stunts Miami Vice Stunts The Plaeasure Drivers Stunt Coordinator Wasted Stunt Coordinator The Dukes of Hazzard Stunt Performer Faith of My Fathers (TV Movie) Stunt Double: John McCain After the Sunset Stunts The Long Ride
[Show full text]
STARLIGHT EXPRESS Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
STARLIGHT EXPRESS Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe Personaggi: CONTROL MOTHER GREASEBALL PEARL DINAH BUFFY ASHLEY ROCKY ROCKY II ROCKY III FREIGHT FLAT TOP DUSTIN KRUPP WRENCH PURSE VOLTA JOULE ELECTRA BOBO RUSTY RUHRGOLD ESPRESSO PRINCE OF WALES TURNOV NINTENDO POPPA HTTP://COPIONI.CORRIERESPETTACOLO.IT ACT ONE Overture Control This is control! This is control! Tonight is the most important night in the history of the world! Take your seats for the World Championship Railroad Race! Trains to your tracks Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one Trains gone! Four trains going for two final places Greaseball and Espresso are the early leaders with Nintendo pressing in third This is turning into a real grudge match And here's a surprise: look at that Rusty go - Mother Put those trains away. Control Oh Mum - just five more minutes. Mother Put those trains away and get into bed. Control But... Mother No buts. Control Starlight Express, Starlight Express Are you real - yes or no? Starlight Express, Starlight Express... Entry of the National Trains Control This is control, this is control Tonight is race night Let's hear it for the champion engines of the world From France the 120 mph Sudest. The power of the Sudest - Bobo From Italy - the Rome to Milan Express - the Settebello. Powered by Espresso From Germany - right on time - the Inter-Continental Express. Powered by Ruhrgold From Russia - as fast as possible - the Trans-Siberian express. Powered by Turnov From Japan - the Shinkanssen bullet train - the power of the bullet - Nintendo From Great Britain - battling through the wrong kind of snow - the Royal Train.
[Show full text]
Race in Hollywood: Quantifying the Effect of Race on Movie Performance
Race in Hollywood: Quantifying the Effect of Race on Movie Performance Kaden Lee Brown University 20 December 2014 Abstract I. Introduction This study investigates the effect of a movie’s racial The underrepresentation of minorities in Hollywood composition on three aspects of its performance: ticket films has long been an issue of social discussion and sales, critical reception, and audience satisfaction. Movies discontent. According to the Census Bureau, minorities featuring minority actors are classified as either composed 37.4% of the U.S. population in 2013, up ‘nonwhite films’ or ‘black films,’ with black films defined from 32.6% in 2004.3 Despite this, a study from USC’s as movies featuring predominantly black actors with Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative found that white actors playing peripheral roles. After controlling among 600 popular films, only 25.9% of speaking for various production, distribution, and industry factors, characters were from minority groups (Smith, Choueiti the study finds no statistically significant differences & Pieper 2013). Minorities are even more between films starring white and nonwhite leading actors underrepresented in top roles. Only 15.5% of 1,070 in all three aspects of movie performance. In contrast, movies released from 2004-2013 featured a minority black films outperform in estimated ticket sales by actor in the leading role. almost 40% and earn 5-6 more points on Metacritic’s Directors and production studios have often been 100-point Metascore, a composite score of various movie criticized for ‘whitewashing’ major films. In December critics’ reviews. 1 However, the black film factor reduces 2014, director Ridley Scott faced scrutiny for his movie the film’s Internet Movie Database (IMDb) user rating 2 by 0.6 points out of a scale of 10.
[Show full text]
AA-Postscript.Qxp:Layout 1
36 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 LIFESTYLE Gossip Lostprophets singer jailed for 35 years for child sex abuse ritish rock singer Ian Watkins, the for- Bmer Lostprophets frontman, was jailed for 35 years yesterday for the attempted rape of a baby and several other “incomprehensible” child sex offences. Watkins, who admitted 13 offences at Cardiff Crown Court, had “plumbed new depths of depravity”, his judge said. The vocalist, whose band sold millions of albums around the world, plotted the abuse of two children with their own mothers in a series of text and Internet messages. The heavily tattooed 36-year-old spoke of his desire to intoxicate one of his victims by blowing crystal meth smoke into the child’s face. “Ian Watkins was the ringleader of this terrible conspiracy and it is right that his sentence reflects this,” the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement after sentencing. “He is a highly dangerous and manipulative individ- ountry singer Chris Cagle (KAY’-guhl) was arrested in Texas over the ual who preyed on his victims in a calculat- Cweekend on a drunken-driving charge. The Texas Department of ed manner. “It is incomprehensible that Public Safety said Cagle was arrested early Sunday near Greenville, adults would commit such appalling acts about 50 miles northeast of Dallas. The agency said the 45-year-old enter- against children and young people, and our tainer, who lives in Marietta, Okla, was pulled over after running a red light. thoughts remain with the victims and those Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said Tuesday that Cagle was under the close to them.” Police are now investigating influence of alcohol and was taken into custody after failing a field sobriety whether Watkins committed further abuse test.
[Show full text]
'Geri-Action' Film
Narratives of cultural and professional redundancy: Ageing action stardom and the ‘geri-action’ film Glen Donnar (RMIT University) Abstract Focusing on The Expendables films, I identify the importance of discourses of professional and cultural redundancy in ‘geri-action’, an emergent subgenre of Hollywood action film that has revitalised the careers of ageing action stars such as Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. These redundancies, which hold long-standing significance in 1980s action film, are compounded in geri- action by advanced age and diminished physical capacity. In geri-action, the spectacle of once idealised, muscled bodies is concealed and displaced onto oversized guns, fetishised vehicles and younger action bodies. However much geri-action resists 1980s action stars’ use-by dates, it ultimately admits physical and generic exhaustion. Keywords: geri-action, Hollywood action films, ageing stars, Expendables The Rise of ‘Geri-action’ The release of a third Expendables film in 2014 extended the twilight of ageing 1980s action idols in the so-called ‘geri-action’ subgenre, that is, action films predominantly showcasing male stars ranging in age from their mid-50s into their 70s. The Expendables series (Stallone 2010; West 2012; Hughes 2014) features a motley team of elite mercenaries, led by Barney Ross (Stallone), recurrently motivated to take revenge on the all-star action villain after a local woman or beloved colleague is killed, injured or captured. The third film in the series adds such ageing action film luminaries as Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes and Harrison Ford (replacing Bruce Willis, who left the series after a conflict with Stallone) to the already extensive aged cast led by Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris.
[Show full text]
Allegory of the Ring [A Review of Grudge Match] Walter C
Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC Articles Department of Cinema and Photography 2017 Allegory of the Ring [A Review of Grudge Match] Walter C. Metz Southern Illinois University Carbondale, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cp_articles Recommended Citation Metz, Walter C. "Allegory of the Ring [A Review of Grudge Match]." The Journal of Sport History 44, No. 1 (Jan 2017): 95-96. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Cinema and Photography at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “Allegory of the Ring” A Review of Grudge Match (2013). Dir. Peter Segal. Prod. Gerber Pictures. By Walter Metz Published in: The Journal of Sport History. 44.1 [2017]. 95-96. Grudge Match, Peter Segal’s boxing comedy, relies on the contrasts between Sylvester Stallone in Rocky (1976) and Robert DeNiro in Raging Bull (1980) to produce a battle of popular Hollywood movies versus art house cinema. However, when Grudge Match pairs these two iconic actors—playing geriatric rivals reunited for one final confrontation—it forwards an understanding of what film historians seem to have forgotten. Stallone’s character was based on Rocky Marciano, the celebrated heavyweight who held the world’s championship from 1952-1956. DeNiro’s character in the biopic Raging Bull was directly based on the real Jake LaMotta. But as historical figures, Marciano and LaMotta share far more in common than the disparate films would indicate.
[Show full text]
Indicators of Movie Quality an Exploratory Research Into Movie Quality
Indicators of movie quality An exploratory research into movie quality Student name: Veronique Alida Maria Starmans Student number: 386815 Supervisor: Dr. Christian Wolfgang Handke Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication Erasmus University Rotterdam Master Thesis Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship June 2017 Academic Year: 2016 – 2017 1 Abstract The movie industry is constantly evolving, prompting production studios to rethink their movies in order to keep up with these changes. This thesis aims to find out how different indicators of movie quality are correlated and how these indicators can provide useful information to movie production studios before and after the production of a movie. This is done by answering the man research question: How consistent are indicators of movie quality? To make the concept of quality measurable, I use indicators of quality such as: box office revenue, production budget, award nominations, award wins, and review ratings, several other variables derived from literature. After analysing these variables I conclude that there is a consistent correlation between budget and box office revenue, which could provide information to producers before production starts, and there is a correlation between box office revenue and the review ratings, which could provide information after production ends. I conclude by discussing the difficulties in measuring the concept of quality and the other possible indicators of quality which are not included in this thesis. Keywords: Movie industry, Cultural goods, Production studios, Quality, Indicators of quality, box office revenue, For-profit organisations, Consistency, Correlations 2 3 Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 6 2. Literature review ................................................................................................................ 8 2.1 Changes and challenges in the movie industry ...........................................................
[Show full text]
Page 01 Dec 31.Indd
TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER 2013 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 Hobbit blasts inside past newcomers CAMPUS • BFPIS Junior to claim third box Wing rocks office crown Annual Show P | 4 P | 8-9 FOOD • How to make the perfect: White Bean Soup From Katniss P | 6 Everdeen to Lisbeth RECIPE CONTEST Salander, today’s film • Send in your best heroines kick and recipe and win a slash. But are violent dinner voucher on-screen women P | 7 empowering or oppressive? HEALTH • When it comes to walking, more is better P | 11 TECHNOLOGY • Bitcoin buys burgers to music as stores FUTURE embrace currency P | 12 OF FEMALE Learn Arabic • Learn commonly used Arabic words ACTION HERO and their meanings P | 13 2 PLUS | TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER 2013 COVER STORY Are female By David Cox such as Buffy and Xena, and their many sisters in the world of gaming. atniss Everdeen’s tri- By fairly common consent, the god- action heroes umphs extend beyond the mother of the bunch rose out of the Quarter Quell and the pitiless crucible of 1970s blaxploita- global box office: she has tion. Today, Pam Grier is remembered guaranteed the future of mainly as Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, good role Kthe female action hero. Not that this but it was forgotten films such as Coffy, was in much doubt, even before The Friday Foster and Sheba, Baby that Hunger Games: Catching Fire swept all made her “the biggest, baddest and before it. On the big screen, women most beautiful of all female heroes in have been successfully kicking and popular culture”, according to Rikke models for slashing for some time now.
[Show full text]
Exciting Night of Action with Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX
Exciting Night of Action With Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes Featured Saturday, July 15 Live in Primetime from NYCB LIVE’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island Former World Champions Omar Figueroa & Robert Guerrero Meet in Welterweight Brawl Undefeated Contender Marcus Browne Faces Unbeaten Long Island Favorite Seanie Monaghan in Light Heavyweight Clash All-Polish Heavyweight Brawl Featuring a Showdown Between Artur Szpilka & Adam Kownacki Tickets on Sale Thursday, May 25 at 10 a.m. ET! LONG ISLAND, NY (May 23, 2017) - A matchup between exciting former world champions Omar “Panterita” Figueroa (26-0-1, 18 KOs) and Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-5-1, 18 KOs) headlines an action-packed night of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes on Saturday, July 15 in the first boxing event at the newly-renovated NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Televised coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from the first boxing event at the Coliseum since Mike Tyson headlined in 1986. “I’m looking forward to getting back in the ring and showing fans what I’m known for - exciting fights,” said Figueroa. “I’ve been quietly training and preparing in Indo, California with Joel Diaz and now it’s time. I’m looking forward to a great fight with Robert Guerrero on July 15 in front of a New York crowd. I can’t wait to show everyone at the Coliseum and on FOX and FOX Deportes what ‘Panterita’ is all about.” “Both me and Omar Figueroa like to bang on the inside, which should make for great entertainment, but Omar is going to find out on July 15 that he’s facing a man who has his back against the wall and is going to leave everything in the ring,” said Guerrero.
[Show full text]
Boxer Died from Injuries in Fight 73 Years Ago," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 28, 2010
SURVIVOR DD/MMM /YEA RESULT RD SURVIVOR AG CITY STATE/CTY/PROV COUNTRY WEIGHT SOURCE/REMARKS CHAMPIONSHIP PRO/ TYPE WHERE CAUSALITY/LEGAL R E AMATEUR/ Richard Teeling 14-May 1725 KO Job Dixon Covent Garden (Pest London England ND London Journal, July 3, 1725; (London) Parker's Penny Post, July 14, 1725; Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org), Richard Teeling, Pro Brain injury Ring Blows: Manslaughter Fields) killing: murder, 30th June, 1725. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t17250630-26. Covent Garden was a major entertainment district in London. Both men were hackney coachmen. Dixon and another man, John Francis, had fought six or seven minutes. Francis tired, and quit. Dixon challenged anyone else. Teeling accepted. They briefly scuffled, and then Dixon fell and did not get up. He was carried home, where he died next day.The surgeon and apothecary opined that cause of death was either skull fracture or neck fracture. Teeling was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to branding. (Branding was on the thumb, with an "M" for murder. The idea was that a person could receive the benefit only once. Branding took place in the courtroom, Richard Pritchard 25-Nov 1725 KO 3 William Fenwick Moorfields London England ND Londonin front of Journal, spectators. February The practice12, 1726; did (London) not end Britishuntil the Journal, early nineteenth February 12,century.) 1726; Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org), Richard Pro Brain injury Ring Misadventure Pritchard, killing: murder, 2nd March, 1726. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t17260302-96. The men decided to settle a quarrel with a prizefight.
[Show full text]