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July 10th, 2019 
Bad Brad
By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP
The fireworks have stopped.
Our proudly flying flag left our balcony to rest before its next outing.
The fourth of July was just a few days ago.
And, as a physician, my thoughts have been roaming back to an early time, when a very special medical leader had emerged and cast his long shadow in so many areas besides the practice of Medicine.
July 9th, 2019 Bad Brad
The line-up for Bellator 224: Budd vs. Rubin event has been completed with a title fight and 16 electric bouts in total filling out Bellator’s return to WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. this Friday, June 12.
The star-studded card is headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight between current Bellator women’s featherweight world champion Julia Budd (12-2) defending her belt against Israel’s undefeated Olga Rubin (6-0), as well as two of the sport’s best middleweights, former Bellator 185-pound kingpin Rafael Carvalho (15-3) and Chidi Njokuani (18-6, 1 NC).
July 9th, 2019 Bad Brad
By “Hammerin” Harry Otty
Boxing, more than any other sport, likes to bestow nicknames upon its participants. More often than not the fighter becomes more recognizable due to their ring moniker— “Iron” Mike Tyson, Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, James “Lights Out” Toney, Arturo “Thunder” Gatti are some of the more recent examples, while “The Manassa Mauler”, “The Brown Bomber”, and “The Bronx Bull” evoke images of some of the more devastating fighters from boxing’s golden years. Besides the epithet of “Sugar”, the most popular ‘nom-de-biff’ surely has to be that of “Kid”.
Boxing history is replete with champions, trial-horses, and fly-by-nights who operated behind the most anonymous of ring names. Kid Gavilan and Kid Chocolate immediately come to mind—both Cuban, both world champions, and both owners of real names which, on the roll-call of boxing greats, do not roll so well off the tongue (Genaro Hernandez and Eligio Sardinias Montalvo respectively).
July 9th, 2019 Bad Brad
By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart
If world championships were given out for heart, guts and effort, Tommy “Boom Boom” Coyle, 25-5, 12 KO’s would be a triple world champion in three areas, a superstar and widely admired. For many UK boxing fans, given his career he is all three.
His last fight, against Chris Algieri in Madison Square Garden proved, beyond any doubt that he had the bravery and the unrelenting desire to keep going. Had his trainer, Jamie Moore not thrown in the towel, like a toy bunny rabbit on a long serving battery, Tommy Coyle would still be swinging today.
July 9th, 2019 Bad Brad
The cover art for the new The Ring Magazine features unbeaten pound-for-pound and WBSS superstar Naoya Inoue as designed by renowned manga author George Morikawa.
Naoya Inoue’s performances in the World Boxing Super Series have sent shockwaves throughout boxing and the wider world of sport. The three-weight champ was already a well-known name in boxing but has become a phenomenon in the quest for the Muhammad Ali Trophy.
Late last year after his famous ‘Gone in 70 seconds’ win over Juan Carlos Payano, the 26-year-old became the first Japanese national to occupy The Ring cover since the magazine’s foundation in 1922, and following a stunning second-round stoppage of Emmanuel Rodriguez in the WBSS semi-final in Glasgow, ‘The Monster’ returns in manga style.
July 9th, 2019 Bad Brad
By Geoffrey Huchel
Jolie and Fanning Return in MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL with Pfeiffer Along for the Ride!
The teaser trailer for Disney’s upcoming MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL hit social media several weeks ago, sparking anticipation and excitement for fans of the original MALEFICENT (2014). Those emotions have reached a higher level as the official trailer for the upcoming fairy tale flick was released and it promises to be just as enchanting as its predecessor.
July 8th, 2019 Bad Brad
Iconic British actor Robert Powell portrays “Arch Druid Uisneach,” the mystical and prophetic Keldane Druid Ministre of ancient England in “Brigantia.”
Jesus of Nazereth’s Robert Powell Slated to Join the Cast of Biograph’s Controversial and Historical UK Feature of Ancient England, Renown actor Robert Powell joins the cast of “Brigantia,” a historically-based drama produced by Thomas R. Bond II, which is about a present day British archaeologist who discovers an ancient UK village that tells the intimate story of Airell (Played by James Robinson – Braveheart 1995), a young Druid Ministre living during the religious upheaval at the time Christ and where through Airell’s life, he is revealed ancient knowledge and the secrets of the Druids Minitstry along with intertwined spiritual beliefs and mysteries of the universe that eventually caused a spiritual rebirth that changed the world.
July 8th, 2019 Bad Brad
An Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival last year was a stellar start for the first-ever film about “The Father of Space Art,” Chesley Bonestell. Since then, however, “Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future” has gone on to know even greater success, winning two Best Documentary awards, including one at Comic-Con 2018 and a second at the 44th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival in 2019. So who was this man credited as a quiet force behind the creation of America’s space program? On July 15th and 16th – 50 years from when Apollo XI carried two humans to the Moon – Los Angeles-area audiences will have a chance to know this nearly forgotten but influential artist a lot better.
“Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future” will have its Southern California Theatrical Premiere with eight simultaneous screenings at four Laemmle Theatres.
July 8th, 2019 Bad Brad
July 8th, 2019 Bad Brad
By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt
What do Frank Sinatra, Robert De Niro, Jake LaMotta, Rocky Marciano, Engelbert Humperdinck, Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney all have in common? They adorn the walls of Bobby Hitz’s new restaurant Giglio’s Chicago at 825 S. State Street in Chicago Illinois. Hitz 56, a born and bred Chicago guy whose half Italian and German, has brought his magic touch to his new Italian restaurant that had their Grand Opening this past Friday.
Debbie and I attended Bobby’s Grand Opening. From the minute we walked in, we were greeted by the hostess who immediately seated us in a booth.
July 8th, 2019 Bad Brad
United Boxing Promotions (UBP) has signed yet another standout Canadian amateur boxer, welterweight Mark Smither, to an exclusive promotional contract.
“I have been watching Mark fight at the top Canadian amateur level for a long time,” UBP president Tyler Buxton said. “He is the type fighter everyone likes: he can box when he wants to and he isn’t afraid to mix it up as well. Mark’s just an overall likeable guy, in and out of the ring. I’m really looking forward to working with him.
“I have known Mark’s coach, Jack Ireland, for almost 20 years. I’ve been pushing him to turn his guys pro for many years now. Finally, he has taken that step and I can’t wait to see how far we go as a team.”
July 8th, 2019 Bad Brad
Former boxing prospect Lamont Ingram has survived hell on earth, which included him losing virtually everything in his life, and now he’s giving back to at-risk youths in Jackson, Tennessee.
Last month, Ingram was selected Most Outstanding Referee of USA Boxing’s 2019 National Junior Olympics.
Ingram’s recovery is nothing short of incredible, especially considering he went from being an outstanding amateur boxer, who competed successfully in national amateur tournaments, to homelessness, blindness in both eyes, two failed suicide attempts and, unfortunately, much more despair.
July 8th, 2019 Bad Brad
July 7th, 2019 Bad Brad
July 7th, 2019 Bad Brad
By Geoffrey Huchel
Zoinks! Break out the Scooby Snacks because everyone’s favorite Great Dane and his mystery detective friends are celebrating 50 years of mystery solving fun. The cowardly but lovable Scooby-Doo, and those meddling kids; the always hungry and reluctant hero Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, the fashion conscious and danger prone Daphne Blake, the leader and master trap-setter Fred Jones and the brainy and logical Velma Dinkley have been cruising in the Mystery Machine for five decades. Fifty years since their first mystery, they’re still investigating haunted places in Coolsville, USA, setting clever traps, being chased by monsters and un-masking villains while still finding time to hang out at the malt shop and get their homework done.
Scooby-Doo is an American animated franchise, comprising of many animated television series and has spawned four live-action feature films, produced from 1969 to present.
July 6th, 2019 Bad Brad
By Anthony “Zute” George
Chris Arreola has been fighting for a long time. As a boxer, he turned professional in 2003 but was involved in the sweet science long before that. Indeed, Chris, who is known as The Nightmare, had a unique introduction into boxing, when he met the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez as a child; being treated to watching JC Superstar train in Culiacan, Mexico. The ultimate fantasy for a young kid with Mexican roots. Arreola, who is Mexican American, was born in Los Angeles, California. He fell in love with what he saw in Culiacan and pursued boxing full throttle.
As an amateur, The Nightmare wreaked havoc up until the age of sixteen, where he took a hiatus until the age of twenty. Chris then won the National Golden Gloves. At six foot three inches, Arreola was filling out as a prospect for the heavyweight division, and indeed, became just that. The Nightmare strung together twenty-seven consecutive wins and did so in impressive fashion; stopping formidable competition such as Malcolm Tann, Travis Walker, and Jameel McCline.
July 5th, 2019 Bad Brad
Chad George has been fighting his entire life, and as a mixed martial artist specifically for the last 15 years. On July 6, he’s scheduled to fight for 15 more minutes as the veteran Southern California fan favorite will mark the end of his crowd-pleasing career with a farewell fight during LXF 2.
The 37-year-old George has compiled a 17-8 record and has competed for the likes of Bellator and WEC. He will be stepping into the cage for the last time ever as a pro against Hector Valenzuela (6-11).
The Jewish-Italian George, born in Sacramento, has come a long way since being bullied throughout his childhood and twice being homeless. Martial arts and MMA changed his life, and in retirement, he’s looking forward to taking on the next chapter of his life and using the sport to help others.
July 5th, 2019 Bad Brad
By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP
For Doctor Curmudgeon®, it began many years ago, in a different time, in a different place.
She was a sort of innocent fourth year student surviving and staying awake during a surgery rotation. A woman had a breast lump and in those bygone years, it was being removed and a frozen section done. The small cranky student found out that it was deemed benign and she stayed at the patient’s bedside, wanting to be sure that as soon as the woman opened her eyes, the doctorlet could say, “it is benign.” Well, the woman awoke and Doctor Curmudgeon happily gave her pronouncement.
The patient stared at the doctor and said, “You little bitch! You mean I went through this for nothing?”
