"Survival Skills: Sugar Ray Leonard" by Sean Woods - MensJournal.com

I guess this Survival Skills series is kind of like Esquire "What I've Learned", except with the question posted along with the answer. Here Sugar Ray weighs in on what it takes to be a man, what makes him happy, and what means the most in life.

http://www.mensjournal.com/survival-skills-sugar-ray-leonard

"Laird Hamilton Says: Turn Your Workout Upside Down" -MensJournal.com

This is Laird Hamilton's new workout column for Men's Journal. Can't really argue with anything the guy says, physically speaking he is closer to a God than maybe anyone on the planet. It's like him and Lebron in my book. Maybe Gronk.

Here he espouses the value of headstands, which is funny because yesterday I did a headstand in my living room, tweaked something in my back HARD, and ended up on the floor in the fetal position for a full five minutes. Haha, funny coincidence! Sometimes I get weird.

http://www.mensjournal.com/laird-hamiltons-says-turn-your-workout-upside-down

"The Mobster Who Brought Down the Mob" by Kevin Gray - MensJournal.com

The internet is kind of laying down on the job lately. This is the best I sniffed out today, an article from Men's Journal on some Staten Island mick who basically fucked over the entire Colombo mob family. Not gonna lie, I don't understand how Italians compete still in the world of crime. Makes no sense to me. Like 11 times out of 10 a black dude is tougher than an Italian, and the same goes for those crazy Albanian and Ukrainian cats. And the Mexicans, forget it, they'll slice you nose to dick and leave you in the street on their way to lunch. I just don't know how Vinny, Mikey, and Tony can compete in today's sophisticated organized-crime environment. Maybe that's why they had an Irish guy so high up in the ranks that he could take them all down?

http://www.mensjournal.com/the-mobster-who-brought-down-the-mob

"Last of the Blue-Water Hunters" by Daniel Duane - MensJournal.com

This shit is badass. This dude drives his boat out like 60 miles into great white shark-infested waters and hops overboard with a spear gun and shoots the shit out of giant tuna. He once shot a 398 pound tuna in the eyeball in a patch of water where his boy had been eaten a week before. That's fucking nuts dude. As much as I want to do this, I do not want to do this at all. Read this if you want to know what men who have balls do.

http://www.mensjournal.com/last-of-the-blue-water-hunters

"James Harrison: Confessions of an NFL Hitman" by Paul Solotaroff - Mensjournal.com

I have no clue who Paul Solotaroff is or how he scored the cover article for Men's Journal, which might be the best men's magazine out there right now. But the things he got down on paper from NFL nutjob du jour James Harrison are pretty good. Read this if you want to hear Harrison's quotes on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell which are going to be literally everywhere the next week or so. Hint: he calls him a crook and a puppet and says he wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.

http://www.mensjournal.com/jamesharrison

"The Fighter and the Damage Done" by Kevin Gray - MensJournal.com

Great story on Dicky Ecklund, the crackhead brother of MickFace McMarkyMark or whatever that dude's name was in the fighter.* Guy's a mess. No matter how hungover your 30 year old carcass is on Monday morning, trust this: You feel better than this guy.

http://www.mensjournal.com/the-fighter-and-the-damage-done

*I know who Micky Ward is, don't get your labias in a twist.