JR Blogs on the Passing of Muhammad Ali
In a new blog posted over at JRsBarBQ.com, Jim Ross had the following to say about the death of Muhammad Ali:
“The passing last week of Muhammad Ali at the age of 74 took me back to 1985 when I had a some personal and memorable experiences with “The Greatest.” Bill Watts booked Ali to be in JYD replacement The Sandman’s corner in a NOLA Super Dome Mid South Wrestling bout vs Jake Roberts who had John Nord in his corner. To build up this attraction, we went to Los Angeles to tape a series of vignettes with the Champ at his home there. After finishing our work Muhammad took us on a quick tour of his home specifically his ‘attic’ which was where much of Ali’s memorabilia was randomly stored. I wandered around talking to Ali and admiring all the title belts plus gifts from an amazing array of world leaders and religious figures. Many of these priceless items were in cardboard boxes and stored, to put it mildly, very causally in these containers. I saw one box that had a piece of gold cloth hanging from it and I reached down to see what it was and I discovered that it was a gold jumpsuit.”
BBC Looks at Gawker’s Confidence in Hulk Hogan Appeal
BBC.com has posted a new article explaining Gawker’s confidence heading into the website’s appeal of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit.
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In an interview conducted for the BBC piece, Gawker founder Nick Denton had the following to say on the upcoming appeal:
“I’m confident that when this case comes before judges in a higher court that people will find again there is a place for critical journalism and it deserves to be protected.
There are substantial protections for the free press in the United States and there’s protection for criticism.”
On a possible reason why Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel was secretly funding Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker, Denton had the following to say:
“My guess is that he has been more upset by the mockery of his political views,” he told the BBC. “He is a supporter of Donald Trump, he is a libertarian, he resists the interference by terrestrial governments.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
