Somethings-Different
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and so the holiday season begins….cheers!
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Johnathon Banks Sacks Seth Mitchell
Photos by Gautham Nagesh for StiffJab.com
by Gautham Nagesh
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Emanuel Steward may be gone, but his legendary Kronk Gym lives on in both name and spirit.
Steward’s protégé Johnathon Banks (above) made sure of that on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall, derailing fast-rising heavyweight Seth Mitchell (below) with an inspired performance. Banks was too quick and too slick for the former Michigan State linebacker, knocking Mitchell down three times en route to a second-round stoppage. Banks later dedicated the win to Steward, who first taught him to box at the age of 15.
“I know he’s a man of knockouts, he loved knockouts,” Banks said of Steward. “Never forgotten, and we’re truly going to miss him.”
Banks has fought 31 times professionally and lost only once, but is still viewed as a disappointment by some. Like most Michigan boxers, he fights only sporadically and often in far-flung locations, far from the mainstream fight press. Now, after spending half his life in a boxing gym, Banks suddenly finds himself victorious on HBO, just one week after training heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko to victory.
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Sasha Pivovarova in the resort 2013 campaign for Prada.
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The “kids” have been set loose on the cats. (Guilain Grenier/Oracle Team USA)
The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup team selection trials run through November 20 with six teams participating. Two teams will be identified – one to represent the U.S. and another to represent San Francisco – and will provided coaching and instruction by ORACLE TEAM USA through to the finals in September 2013. All participants are ages 19-24, and six sailors make up each team.
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Offered for consideration is the book “Phyliss” by Ted Key, with illustrations by Shanks. Published by BerkleyPublishing Corporation, this is a February 1959 printing, so stated. The book is a soft cover paperback, measuring 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches it is number 386 and is priced at 25 cents on the front cover.
This is a true story, based on a little mother sparrow who built a nest on the field of Connie Mack stadium… and the lengths the Phillies went to protect her brood. A statue was built in honor of Phyliss, and a replica placed in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. A charming tale of an oft-forgotten event in the storied history of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Day 3 on the #AC72 for #artemisracing
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Latest progress on a World Cup 2014 venue, Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil.
(via pitchinvasion)
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Photo post from this past Friday with an Off The Wall line up and a few outtakes from Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu.
(via fysurf)
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I’m proud to have been part of this tifo today. I’m proud of the fight our guys showed the entire 90 minutes they were on the field today. I’m proud of our supporters for singing all 90 minutes with a 3 goal deficit. I’m proud that our supporters stayed and sang while our guys had to watch Houston raise the Eastern Conference trophy. I’m proud of Benny for giving our guys the determination and belief to get this far. I’m proud of all of our players for never giving up, and staying unbeaten at home since March. I’m proud to be a D.C. United season ticket holder next year.
We are United. Vamos!
DC United fans’ tifo at RFK stretching across the supporters’ sections before the club’s playoff game against the Houston Dynamo last weekend.
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Reddit.com http://redd.it/13ifov
