(MAR 22) WBAN has created a segment with stories that we have run in
relation to the blockbuster "Million Dollar Baby!"
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Elena Reid, Lucia Rijker and more..
By David A. Avila
March 22, 2005 |
(MAR 22) Life imitates art even in the world of female prizefighting.
With the recent announcement that Lucia Rijker will be fighting
Christy Martin for a $1 million prize to the winner, it opens the door
for female professional boxers such as Elena “Baby Doll” Reid
(16-1-5, 5 KOs) who fights on an all-women fight card Saturday in Laughlin,
Nevada. Full Story
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"Million Dollar Baby": A View
From the Ring
By Bernie McCoy
February 21, 2005 |
(FEB 21)It was probably "Boyz ' N the Hood"
that did it for me....the movie that ended my dependence on movie critics. I
remember reading one breathless critique that called the movie the "most
realistic look at life in the inner city." My problem with that assessment
was that it was penned by the blond daughter of the famous movie star,
Ingrid Bergman. It escaped me
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Women's Boxing NOT new to Clint
Eastwood!
By Sue TL Fox
April 8, 2005 |
(APR 8) In the "Movie Land" news this week,
it has been reported that actor Clint Eastwood is set to direct and star
in a boxing-themed 'Million Dollar Baby' based on a movie about a
fighter-turned-trainer who ends up training a woman in her early 30's who
wants to box. Full
Story