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June 2nd 2009

Vegan Fighter Mac Danzig Kicks Ass In New Xbox Game

Filed under: sports — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 1:08 pm

Tell me a vegan can’t kick ass. I dare you!! 

Mac Danzig is proving that plant-power is the real deal in a hot new UFC Undisputed game that we think it pretty effing rad!

Danzig has rocked the vegan diet for years and previously told MensFitness.com:

“I just got to the point where I wanted to minimize my intake of animal products. I knew about factory farming and the theories that meat wasn’t safe.”

According to the site, the game has sold nearly half a million copies in just two short weeks. WOOO! 

To check it out for yourself visit ufcundisputed.com!

May 20th 2009

HSUS President Wayne Pacelle Reveals Plans To Work With Michael Vick

Filed under: animals, sports — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 2:00 pm

I think it’s safe to say that here on the Razz we’ve been quite thorough with our coverage of both the HSUS and the Michael Vick dogfighting case. Therefore, I am not at all surprised to hear that the animal advocacy organization has agreed to let Vick join their thriving dogfighting campaign.

According to HSUS President Wayne Pacelle:

“I sat with the man, but I still don’t know what’s in his heart. He told me he did terrible things to dogs. He said he grew up with dogfighting as a boy, and that he never sufficiently questioned it as he grew into manhood.

He said this experience has been a trauma and he’s changed forever. And he said he wants to show the American public that he is committed to helping combat this problem. He asked for an opportunity to help. I want to give him that opportunity.”

Personally, I believe that now Michael Vick has served his sentence he should be given a fair opportunity to prove his rehabilitation. Freedom lies in education and I’m optimistic that he has the potential to reach the millions who still condone this thoughtless abuse. In short: I’m excited to hear this news.

What do YOU think? Are you happy to see this partnership or are you still weary of Vick’s motives? Chime in and share your thoughts.

To read Wayne’s entire piece on the issues, visit HSUS.org!

May 14th 2009

Veggie Athlete Georges Laraque Speaks Out Against Animal Products

Filed under: food & drink, sports — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 2:44 pm

NHL star Georges Laraque of the Montreal Canadiens is proving once again that green protein is all you need. 

Standing six-foot three and weighing 260 lbs, Laraque is one of Canada’s most famous hockey players. Oh yeah…and he’s also a HUGE animal lover and proud vegetarian!!

Georges recently took to his official site to discuss his first fur protest: Laraque writes: 

“On May 3, 2009, I was present at an anti-fur conference protest in downtown Montreal. I want to personally thank everyone who gave me the chance to be part of this event and I will make it my mission for the rest of my life to do everything I can to protect animals. I’m also proud to announce that I have officially become a vegetarian and will slowly work towards becoming totally vegan.”

What made Georges give up the cruel stuff? One word: Earthings.

Yes, sir!  One of Ecorazzi’s favorite documentaries convinced the big guy to put down the meat. To learn more about this great film, check our exclusive interview with Earthlings creator Shaun Monson. 

Welcome to the club, Georges! 

thanks to Gary from Evolotus PR for the tip! 

April 1st 2009

Robert Redford, NBA, And NRDC Team Up For First-Ever NBA Green Week

Filed under: sports — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 3:21 pm

Robert Redford headlining PSAs for the first-ever NBA Green Week? What we figured might be another April Fools joke is actually the real deal — and ambitious at that.

The National Basketball Association, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, will unleash its inaugural NBA Green Week 2009 will tip off tomorrow (April 2nd) and running through April 10. Besides the PSAs from Redford, the NBA will also launch a new micro-site with green tips for fans and inteviews with players. From the article,

As part of NBA Green Week 2009, adidas will outfit all players with 100 percent organic cotton adidas shooting shirts featuring the NBA Green logo. The Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Bobcats, and the Chicago Bulls will wear green-colored uniforms and socks made from 45 percent organic cotton during select home games throughout the week to raise additional environmental awareness. NBA.com will also host an online auction of Spalding basketballs, made from 40 percent recycled materials and autographed by NBA players. The auction will tip off on April 2 and continue through April 16, with all proceeds benefiting the NRDC.

Click here to continue reading more about the NBA’s planned Green Week…

February 20th 2009

Basketball Star Ron Artest Urges People To Get Their Dogs Fixed

Filed under: animals, campaigns, sports — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 10:46 am

Basketball Star Ron Artest recently teamed up with PETA in a new campaign to urge people to do their part and get their dogs fixed! About the issue, Artest told PETA:

“Millions of dogs and cats in shelters across the country are euthanized every year because there simply aren’t enough good homes for them. Spaying and neutering your [animal companion] will help control the overpopulation problem.”

If you have yet to spay or neuter your animal, stop reading this blog right now, do a google search, and get thee to a vet! Let’s help put an end to the millions and millions of deaths that take place each year in U.S animal shelters!

February 13th 2009

Charity Beat: Salma Hayek Donates Breastmilk

Also: Timberlake Tees Up, And Aussie Stars Raise Cash For Fire Victims

Filed under: campaigns, donations, sports — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 2:05 pm

This one has been well-covered all around the interwebs, but we wanted to throw a personal shout-out to Salma Hayek for her charity in providing food for a needy child. While on a charity mission in Sierra Leone, the actress came across a fellow mother unable to provide milk for her malnourished five-month-old son, so she breast-fed the tot herself. “The baby was perfectly healthy, but the mother didn’t have milk,” said Hayek, who is a recent mom. “He was very hungry. I was weaning my daughter Valentina, but I still had a lot of milk that I was pumping, so I breast-fed the baby. When he felt the nourishment, he immediately stopped crying.” You rock, Salma. [Read more...]

A myriad of celebrities — including Justin Timberlake, Bill Murray, Huey Lewis, Michael Bolton, and Kevin James — participated in the 3M Celebrity Golf Challenge yesterday. About $29,000 in charity cash was up for grabs to the winner — which ultimately went to Bolton and James on the last putt. True to his Caddyshack character, Bill Murray won over of the crowd with some hilarious quotes. Check out the jump for video and more. [Read more...]

Some of Australia’s biggest stars participated in a telethon yesterday to help raise money for those affected by the horrible brush fires raging there this week. According to E!, “Russell Crowe, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson, Rachel Griffiths, Orlando Bloom and his model-girlfriend Miranda Kerr, Ellen DeGeneres and a host of musicians like k.d. lang, politicians and sports legends, all of whom sent appeals asking for money on behalf of the Nine Network’s Australia Unites telethon.” Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban personally donated $300,000. [Read more...]

February 5th 2009

Celebrity Driver Leilani Munter Wants NASCAR To Go Green

Filed under: sports — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 2:06 pm

As a born and bred Floridian, I understand that for many people NASCAR is a deeply holy activity, second only perhaps to football or all-you-can-eat buffets.

When you think about NASCAR and other driving related sporting activities, the first words that pop into your head probably aren’t: eco, green or environment. But celebrity driver Leilani Munter wants to change all of that. 

Munter describes herslef as a “carbon-free girl”, and a “vegetarian hippie chick race car driver,” and has started the Eco Dream Team — a green program that encourages NASCAR fans to become more environmentally-aware about their lifestyle and how it effects the world around them. 

As previously stated, Leilani is a proud vegetarian and when you consider the fact that the meat-industry contributes more towards global warming than every mode of transportation combined, one could argue that she is technically more of an environmentalist than her bicylce-riding meat-eating counterpart.

What do you think? Can Leilani help NASCAR go green? Chime in and share your thoughts!

via: bleacherreport.com

January 30th 2009

Super Bowl XLIII Goes Green With Energy-Saving Initiatives

Filed under: sports — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 10:38 am

I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud to a born and bread Tampanian than right now!

Organizers for this year’s Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida (go, Tampa) have offset the big game’s eco-footprint with a massive treeplanting effort and the purchase of renewable energy credits to fuel the bright lights, TV cameras, and jumbotrons.

Apparently the massive amounts of energy needed for the event will come from a mixture of solar and biomass power generated by local renewables company TECO. As a result, TECO spokesman Rick Morera estimates that the carbon savings will be roughly equivalent to “pulling 20 cars off the road for a year.”  

They’ve also redesigned their banners to use less material and will either reuse them next year or upcycle them into tote bags and wallets.

Oh yeah, and don’t forget that eating one pound of beef has the environmental equivalent of driving more than 40 miles in an SUV! So do your part for Mama Earth by switching to veggie-burgers at this year’s tailgating party, and make this Super Bowl the greenest one yet! 

via: greendaily.com

December 17th 2008

Olympic Track Star Usain Bolt Starts Charity Fashion Line With Green Fabrics

Filed under: donations, fashion, sports — dana @ 11:45 am

The Jamaican sprinter and Olympic sensation, Usain Bolt, has launched a fashion line in partnership with Sun Island Jamaica Limited. Bolt’s line will help support charities that better the island nation of Jamaica, including the Jamaica United Way to which he recently donated $100,000. The actual clothes will be divided into three lines to target different markets: a souvenir line, an Urban Line, and a line of Signature Polo shirts featuring the “To the World” pose he became known for at the Beijing Olympics.

“We felt that aligning ourselves with Sun Island, we could reach out to charities which would have a significant impact on society,” Norma Peart, Blot’s longtime manager, told the Jamaica Observer.

The line will be available in men’s and women’s styles in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. In addition to the charities it will support, Bolt’s European line will also feature organic cotton fabrics and be printed with environmentally friendly inks using state-of-the-art digital direct technology.

“We are just trying to help to better Jamaica,” Bolt said.

November 25th 2008

Barry Bonds Brags About Killing Buck

Filed under: sports — stephanie @ 2:10 pm

Instead of knocking baseballs out of the park, disgraced former sports icon Barry Bonds is now in the woods with a high-powered hunting rifle, killing Bambi’s mom.  Bonds has a new job as spokesman for Christensen Arms, and in a seven-minute infomercial for the company, he brags about taking down these poor defenseless creatures in a single shot.

His written endorsement of the hunting rifles on the Christensen Arms website reads, “With this super wide whitetail closing in, the only thing I had to worry about was putting the crosshairs on the front shoulder, and the rifle would do the rest. One blast is all it took and I left Canada with an amazing whitetail that scored 193.”

So, Barry went from a former baseball hero indicted for lying about steroid use to a gun-toting buffoon who kills animals for fun. Way to rescue your reputation, there.

Via The Inquisitr