Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, the Youtube sensation who parlayed an Internet notoriety to a lucrative if dubious career in mixed martial arts, seems to have tired of MMA as he declared his intention become a professional boxer instead, seeking to fight in a boxing ring “sometime between October and December.” “I feel like a baby [...]
Tiger Woods’ former wife Elin Nordegren said she wanted to stay married to the golfing star despite being “blindsided” by his affairs with several women, but she decided that there was nothing to be done to save their union because she could not trust him anymore. “I’ve been through hell,” Nordegren was quoted by People [...]
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem has been saying for years that the group that manages Fedor Emelianenko — M-1 Global — has been avoiding signing a contract to match them up. Now it appears Emelianenko has had enough and has declared his intention to take on the Dutch fighter. “Absolutely, I would like a rematch [...]
Jim Thome hit a homer in the 10th inning to help the Minnesota Twins edge out the Chicago White Sox, 7-6, Tuesday night. The victory, the Minnesota’s 20th out of 26 games versus Chicago, enabled the Twins to extend their lead in the AL Central Division to four games. Thome’s blasted the ball for a [...]
Dominick Cruz, the World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight champion, weighed in at 134 pounds in the weigh-ins for WEC 50 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada tomorrow. Cruz (16-1) will defend his title against Joseph Benavidez (13-1), who also tipped the scales at 134lbs. Benavidez seeks to avenge the only loss of his [...]
Roger Federer defeated the world’s No.2 player Novak Djokovic, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5, in the semifinals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto Saturday night. “I was up very quickly, too quickly almost,” Federer said. ”Against a guy like Novak I knew all it would take would be one service break and his whole attitude and demeanor will change. [...]
Shane Carwin’s name is one of 22 mentioned in a U.S. attorney’s report of professional athletes who purchased steroids through a pharmacy in Alabama. A U.S. federal judge convicted Applied Pharmacy Services’ supervising pharmacist J. Michael Bennett for his part in a nationwide conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids made in Mobile, Alabama. Bennett was sentenced [...]
Tim Sylvia, who used to sit on top of the UFC heavyweight division, claimed another knockout victim in Paul Buentello in the main match of “War on the Mainland” Saturday at the Bren Events Center at Irvine, California. In the undercard, another former UFC champion, the lightweight Jens Pulver, was unable to end his losing [...]
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