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15 Apr 2009 04:00

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Sports: Oscar de la Hoya retires from boxing after a fighting flop

  • My heart still wants to fight, that’s for sure, but when your physical doesn’t respond, what can you do?
  • Oscar de la Hoya • On retiring in the wake of a failed December bout against Manny Pacquiao, which was stopped after the 8th round. The “Golden Boy,” as his nickname calls him, is now 36, and he’s held 10 different titles in six weight classes during his career. • source
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14 Apr 2009 10:42

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Sports: Isiah Thomas: Going back to college after stinking up the Knicks

  • Thomas, as both coach and executive, provided the Knicks with a few of their worst seasons and dumbest moves ever. source
  • Now Thomas will go the university route to coach Florida International University. Watch out guys; he has a history. source
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12 Apr 2009 21:22

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Biz, Sports: One lucky Mets fan and Bernard Madoff hater got his eBay wish

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12 Apr 2009 21:10

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Sports: Kenny Perry on blowing his chance at winning the Masters

  • I may never get this opportunity ever again, but I had a lot of fun being in there. I had the tournament to win. I lost the tournament. But Angel hung in there. I was proud of him.
  • Golfer Kenny Perry • Whose lame final round allowed for Angel Cabrera to overtake him in the Masters. He says this now, but really, he’s probably ticked that he let it get away. • source
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12 Apr 2009 21:03

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Sports: Why the Masters ruled this year for golf fans

  • Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson – a.k.a. the perennial expected winners – crept up near the top most of the day, but didn’t win. source
  • Despite leading the pack most of the day, 48-year-old Kenny Perry couldn’t keep up his lead, forcing a three-way playoff. (!) source
  • In a stunning fall from victory, Perry fumbled the playoff, giving Angel Cabrera the opening to win the Green jacket in Augusta. source
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12 Apr 2009 11:00

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Sports: Congrats to BU on an exciting Frozen Four victory in OT!

Some have argued that this year’s NCAA hockey tourney was way better than the hoops. We’d agree. Go Boston U! source
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12 Apr 2009 10:52

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Sports: Coach of basketball team with 100-0 game: It wasn’t our goal

  • To us, it was just another game. I think to mainstream media, everyone looked at it as … a team that just decided to run up a score.
  • Micah Grimes • Former coach of the Dallas, Tx.-based Covenant School girl’s basketball team, discussing at length his team’s 100-0 thrashing of Dallas Academy in January. Dude. Did you not see the freaking score? It wasn’t like you guys tripped into winning. The win set off a national debate about sportsmanlike conduct in high school sports, by the way, and Grimes lost his job in the process. At least someone took something good out of the game. • source
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11 Apr 2009 20:29

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Culture, Sports: Update: Joe Frazier still doesn’t like Muhammad Ali

  • I’m sorry that he is the way he is, but I didn’t have too much to do with it. It was the good man above. Maybe I did have a little to do with it, but God judges, you know what I’m saying?
  • Joe Frazier • Talking about fellow boxer Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s disease. He blames God for it, because God clearly wanted Ali to suffer. Frazier is subject of a documentary airing on HBO starting tonight. • source
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10 Apr 2009 15:50

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Sports: Fighting words: Lance Armstrong takes on French drug testers

  • This is just another example of the improper behavior by the French laboratory and the French anti-doping organizations. I am sorry that they are disappointed that all the tests were negative, but I do not use any prohibited drugs or substances.
  • Lance Armstrong • In a statement earlier this week. Since ticking them off by taking a shower, Armstrong has gone out on the offensive over the drug-testing agency in France, who he has had a strained relationship with. He says the agency may prevent him from racing in the Tour de France – you know, the reason he unretired in the first place. • source
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09 Apr 2009 21:07

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Sports: Senseless: L.A. Angels pitcher’s death abrupt and unexptected

  • Pitcher Nick Adenhart threw the best game of his still-budding career, throwing six scoreless innings in a 6-4 Angels loss. source
  • Adenhart was the passenger in a Mitsubishi Eclipse that was hit by a suspected drunk driver. He died last night. He was 22. source
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