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Bryant scores 39 as Lakers beat Warriors (AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP)— Kobe Bryant’s injured right hand looks like a boxing glove, and his fellow Lakers’ legs are exhausted from a brutal early-season schedule.
Brock Lesnar retires after 1st-rd loss to Overeem (AP)
LAS VEGAS – Brock Lesnar retired from mixed martial arts after Alistair Overeem stopped him with one vicious kick to the body at 2:26 of the first round in their heavyweight bout at UFC 141 on Friday night. Lesnar is the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view star and the former heavyweight champion, but his return from a 14-month injury absence ended with Lesnar staggering and crumpling against the cage
Beware, NHL: The Bruins are better than ever
Early this season, when the Boston Bruins were suffering through their Stanley Cup hangover, one NHL general manager told me he wasn’t that surprised. He said the Bruins weren’t a great team last season. They were a good team that happened to win the Cup
U.S. Is Set to Ratchet Up Its Rugby Effort
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: December 24, 2011 Playing rugby is about to become a full-time job. With rugby returning to the Olympic program in 2016, USA Rugby and the United States Olympic Committee will begin offering player contracts in January. The contracts will provide monthly stipends, meals and full-time coaching at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., as well as access to the high-performance center there, to 15 men and 8 women competing in rugby sevens
Top Five Best Baseball Radio Personalities in New York: A Fan’s View
New York features some of the best baseball radio personalities in the nation.
Pacquiao, Marquez ready for Part III in Las Vegas (AP)
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao acts as though it’s personal, then claims it’s not. Just another night in the ring, another notch on his belt and another $25 million or so to take back to the Philippines with him. It’s not that easy for Juan Manuel Marquez
NHL Creates NFL Films-Like Video Production Arm, Led By Former HBO Sports Boss
Ross Greenburg is a pioneer in the world of sports television, and the NHL announced today that he’ll be joining their team. The league is launching a new NFL Films-style arm called NHL Original Productions , and Greenburg will be running it. The former President of HBO Sports was the watchful eye over HBO’s Broad Street Bullies documentary a year ago, as well as the phenomenal work done by HBO on 24/7: Road To The Winter Classic last season. His last project with HBO was a summer documentary on Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit
Rugby now a ‘war of muscles’
Rugby 2011-11-10 09:19 Email | Print Hugo Porta (Getty Images) London – Rugby is in danger of muscling out the flair and skills that have made it such a great game, according to Argentina’s leading points scorer and former captain Hugo Porta. “I think those that forget the past don’t have a future,” the 60-year-old said next to a boxing ring at a charity event in a dilapidated former school in south London. “We can’t stop the evolution of the game, but we should at least try to preserve the essence of rugby.
Porta: Rugby now about muscle not skill
Wed, 09 Nov 21:35:00 2011 Rugby is in danger of muscling out the flair and skills that have made it such a great game, according to Argentina’s leading points scorer and former captain Hugo Porta. “I think those that forget the past don’t have a future,” the 60-year-old told Reuters next to a boxing ring at a charity event in a dilapidated former school in south London.
Ali says he’ll remember Frazier with respect (AP)
There was a time when Muhammad Ali taunted Joe Frazier relentlessly, called him ugly and challenged his manhood. After his old rival died Monday night, Ali had nothing but kind words for Smokin’ Joe. “The world has lost a great champion.