Female Boxers' Dilemma: Boxing in Skirts

How would you like to watch female boxers fighting in the ring wearing skirts?

This is the hottest debated topic these days, as some members of the International Amateur Boxing Assn. — the governing body for the sport — are urging the boxers to don skirts instead of the baggy shorts they've been wearing.

Boxing in Skirts or shorts?

"This is absurd," complained Patricia Manuel, a former national champion from Long Beach and an Olympic hopeful at 132 pounds. "To put fighters in skirts to label them as women is incredibly outdated. It seems to me sexist."

Although boxers from Poland and Romania donned skirts at the European Championships in October, few fighters appear to favor the change.

[ via Moving Sports ]

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Air Jordan release sparks stampedes at stores across US

[ via BBC News / USA and Canada ] 23 Dec

Rowdy scenes have broken out at stores across the US as shoppers jostled to lay their hands on Nike's new shoe.

There was disorder from California to Georgia as shoppers vied to buy a retro version of a classic Air Jordan model.

A new pair costs about $180 (£115), but they are already being listed on eBay for as much as $605.

The ugly scenes recalled the violence that broke out in the early 1990s on streets across America as the shoes became popular targets for thieves.

Read more: BBC News

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Kate Beckinsale Wears Nightie at The Spirit Awards Nominations

Huffington Post 30 Nov

The gorgeous actress, who mostly recently appeared with Mark Wahlberg in "Contraband," flashed a ton of lace last night at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards. 

Kate in her white nightie (Photo Huffington Post)

Kate Beckinsale was there to announce the nominations alongside Anthony Mackie, but we'd also like to nominate her dress for a prize: Best Impression of a Nightie.

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