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...Arroyo's woes may stem in part from the typical sound and fury of Filipino politics - a blood sport traditionally contested among entrenched dynasties. Yet the accretion of scandal also appears to be eroding support for the President among some in the business community, one of her power bases. "We're really distressed about the way she lurches from one fiasco to another," says Alberto Lim, director of the Makati Business Club, an influential lobbying group that has previously called for Arroyo's resignation...
...face long-shot odds. Only a fraction of horses purchased, trained and stabled win prize money consistently; many never compete at all. But that isn't stopping thousands of investors around the world from trying to grab a piece of the next Seabiscuit. If horse racing was once the sport of kings, now it at least encompasses earls, minor nobles, and maybe even a squire...
...sure, under White and Fertitta, Ultimate Fighting has gained a lot of respect. In the 1990s, critics like Senator John McCain were deriding ultimate fighting as barbaric, and the public was aghast at the mixed martial arts bloodbaths. The sport was banned in state after state. But the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization slowly built interest among young people, filling the void left by professional boxing, cleaning up the rules and marketing itself through the reality show The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. The show helped humanize the fighters, managing to coax nobility out of their quests for martial arts fame...
...sport is now fending off a fusillade of blows from one of its biggest stars. Randy Couture, 44, a five-time champion in two weight divisions and the sport's most public face, announced his retirement a few weeks ago. That surprised UFC aficionados and its executives, who believe he is under contract and can't retire. But what surprised them even more was the sucker punch Couture delivered on his departure. "I'm tired of being taken advantage of, played as the nice guy and basically swimming against the current with the management of the UFC," he said...
...those who do not follow ultimate fighting, Couture is the sport's Babe Ruth, a classy, soft-spoken gladiator who is nicknamed "The Natural." For fans, his endurance, toughness and proficiency embodies mixed martial arts, the technical name of the sport. Such is his fame that he is now making a foray into movies, with a lead role in Universal's The Scorpion King: The Rise of the Akkadian...