MMA might have been a sport if it hadn't let itself be swallowed whole by UFC buffoonery. Martial arts are practices. UFC is a blood circus.
There was literally zero critical thought. That place is managerial chaos with a Captain Queen at the top of the masthead, and it's a credit to the section editors and reporters that it remains functional.
Over 250 years, Americans’ rambunctious approach to athletic endeavor has become part of the country’s ethos, @sallyjenx.bsky.social argues. In The Atlantic’s July issue, she examines America’s long history of sport and fandom:
No, it's really not. Boxing is a sport, kickboxing is a sport. UFC matches are blood stunts and, in this case, a Nuremberg-style rally for the recruitment of a personal army dedicated to crotch kicking fellow Americans.
I meant Captain Queeg. Spellcheck.
My favorite pic of these two. It captures their relationship: the mutual understanding of two people who absolutely lit themselves on fire to beat the other -- and wound up discovering they were in a partnership.
Just look at these idjits.
Really proud to have played a small role in bringing this film into being. Ask me, it blows away habitually slick sports documentary -- maybe because it isn't really about sports, although the tennis footage is riveting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_A...
Clearly.
Did you know George Washington played ball at Valley Forge? My latest. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Sally Jenkins
Sally Jenkins
I stand corrected, just assumed they made more than replacements.
@sallyjenx.bsky.social smelling her own farts here. Yes, this fucking sucks so much having it on the White House lawn, but sorry MMA is a sport Sally youtu.be/y46qBRg-_WU?...
From the beginning, patriotism and play have been inextricably linked.
