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MUHAMMAD ALI BOMAYE

June 4, 2016 by

Never an easy out with Ali. Today is the first day for all baby boomers without Muhammad Ali. He was always there, even if we didn’t know it. The Rome Olympic Light Heavyweight champion didn’t spark the interest in 1960 he would a few short years later. Boxing changed sports, going from one of the […]

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MUHAMMAD ALI AND MARCUS MARIOTA, MOST BELOVED SPORTS FIGURES ON BOOMERPDX

May 31, 2016 by

Muhammad Ali and Marcus Mariota lead the way. No surprises. Why do readers love Muhammad Ali and Marcus Mariota? Because of their shared fierce competitiveness? We’ve already seen the best of Ali, and he was everything he promised he’d be, floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee. He came up fast, won early, retired […]

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MUHAMMAD ALI, BEN AFFLECK BATMAN, GATSBY PTSD GUIDED BOOMERPDX IN 2015

December 31, 2015 by

What would the Gatsby PTSD, Ben Affleck Batman, and Muhammad Ali do? 2015 has been a rough year. How rough? Lemme tell ya, (loosens tie, stretches neck.) When BoomerPDX began I reviewed a feature length documentary. Suddenly I’m an expert on something I don’t know much about, apart from one doc. I was pulling traffic […]

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Richard Sherman, The New Muhammad Ali?

January 20, 2014 by

He’s Got A Good Start. Baby boomers have known The Greatest since the early sixties. Cassius Clay told us it was him. Even when he changed his name to Muhammad Ali, he was still the greatest. Richard Sherman channelled some Ali in his famous interview with espn talker Skip Bayless. While Bayless is no Howard […]

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RONDA ROUSEY, STUDENT OF ALI?

November 18, 2015 by

Is Ronda Rousey a teacher or a student? What have we learned? Muhammad Ali loved to talk about how pretty he was as a young man, how no fighter could lay a glove on him, cut him, or beat him. And he was right for quite a while before the big hits landed. Young Ali […]

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BOX LIKE ALI TO LOSE WEIGHT

June 4, 2014 by

The weight loss industry works to turn big people into smaller versions of their former selves. Small people don’t take to it the same way. They don’t want to get much smaller than they already are. From surgery to cross-fit to P90-X, people are changing. It’s all good until new research on fitness/exercise comes out, […]

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COMEBACK STORY IS THE BEST STORY OF ALL

April 9, 2024 by

The comeback story usually falls into the sports file. Everyone loves a comeback, except the losing side. Muhammad Ali was a comeback fighter against Joe Frazier in 1971. The Portland Trail Blazers were a comeback NBA champion in 1977. My Dad had always said coming back was hard, that’s why so few sports greats make […]

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SPORTS DADS SAY, “PLAY MY KID IF YOU’RE SMART”

February 27, 2024 by

Sports dads come in every flavor between sweet and sour. They come with vast experience, and none. What they know for sure is their kid is better than your kid and should play more than he does. With that attitude, what can go wrong?

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STORY MEDICINE AND THE CURE

February 2, 2024 by

Story medicine is what you see and hear. Think of it like going out for music: Is it, “Let’s get tickets and go see Taylor Swift?” Or, “Let’s get tickets to hear Taylor Swift?” It’s both. Around here we call that, “The Deuce.”

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MILLION VETERANS PROGRAM, MVP

November 17, 2023 by

The VA sent out a mailer for joining the Million Veterans Program. The MVP is asking veterans to join 940,000 others to help improve health care for veterans. As a veteran of the Gerald Ford Army, the VA sent the request to my address. That alone shows efficient dexterity in such a huge agency. To […]

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