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TNA World Hvt. champion Kurt Angle, 42, says he’s not completely ruling out a transition to MMA, and how he fares trying out for the 2012 Olympics could determine his future.
“That remains to be seen. Depending on how good I do, I can’t say no. Obviously, it’s going to raise Dana White’s eyebrows,” Angle said on the Yahoo-affiliated MMAWeekly radio show this week promoting the “Warrior” MMA-themed movie.
“My goal is to make the team…Let’s see what happens, and I’m not counting out Bellator either. They’re going to be on Spike soon and you never know what’s going to happen with that company.”
Angle also recalled being in contact with UFC president Dana White in 2009 when he was considering leaving TNA due to personal issues with Jeff Jarrett and his ex-wife, now Karen Jarrett. Angle claims his health wasn’t the issue. Rather, not being able to work out the schedule for Angle’s debut fight.
“I contacted Dana White again after the movie (in 2009), I was thinking about dropping out of Impact Wrestling, and there were some personal problems with my marriage and everything. I just wanted to get away and I contacted Dana White, I flew out, and he had me take the UFC physical. I passed it, thank God, and he gave me the offer. The terms weren’t good – not for me and not for him,” Angle said.
For the majority of the interview, Angle talked in-depth about his acting aspirations. He said he’s hopeful his recent roles in “Dylan Dog” and now in “Warrior” will open up the door for more important roles in future movies.

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Ah, another adventure into Race In America. And into Ohio. According to an Akron Beacon Journal columnist, many of the Wal-Mart superstores in the area have a specific section to which all books by and about black people are relegated.
Barack Obama’s Audacity of Hope is in that section, as are many other books written by black folks:
At the Walmart on Arlington Road in Springfield Township, you’ll find two fancy, hardcover books by people who are household names in professional football. Drew Brees, quarterback of the 2009 Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, smiles on the cover of Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity. Tony Dungy, coach of the 2006 Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts, smiles on the cover of The Mentor Leader.
But you won’t find those books side by side. Why? Because Brees is white and Dungy is black.
The black guy goes in the black section. After all, who other than a black person would want to read a book by an insightful, ethical, inspirational football coach?
At the Walmart in Montrose, Storm Warning, by hugely popular white pastor Billy Graham, can be found in the religion section. But Life Overflowing, by hugely popular black pastor T.D. Jakes, is in the black section, along with Dungy and Obama and Sister Souljah and Adrienne Byrd and all those other people whom Walmart believes are pretty much the same.
Terrific. Wal-Mart was reached for comment and responded even-handedly:
”The book sections in our stores are designed to meet customer demand and feedback at the local level,” read an e-mail from Phillip Keene, a media-relations official at the company’s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark.
”Like many national bookstores, and book sections at retailers across the country, some of our stores have a section for African-American-focused books, while a store in a different area of the country might have a large science-fiction section or Western section. . . .
”Additionally, our books are separated into hardcover bestsellers, paperback bestsellers and other categories and it’s possible that titles could be moved to different areas of the book section based on demand or interest for that particular merchandise.”
Right. Because science-fiction interest books are the same things as books written by black people. Just a little niche! What, are the sci-fi books written by aliens? Books about the African American experience in their own section is one thing, but just throwing any old book into a specialized section simply because it was written by a black person? Sigh.
Obviously this is a) No surprise coming from Wal-Mart and b) Probably not evidence of some seething, malicious racism at Ohio Wal-Marts. It’s just another sad “Well, ****” moment, here in this frayed old country of ours. Go Buckeyes!
Source: Gawker