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Manny Pacquiao said on Tuesday what anyone who follows boxing could have already told you: Floyd Mayweather Jr. does not want to fight him. Pac Man is preparing for his Saturday bout on Showtime against Shane Mosley while Floyd hasn’t fought in …
New York All-Star athletes Mark Teixeira and Amare Stoudemire will be making cameos on the HBO show Entourage, the New York Post reports. On the show, Tex and Amare will be investors in the Italian restaurant Don Peppe. Don Peppe is a real-life …
Derrick Rose won the NBA’s MVP Award in a landslide vote making him the youngest MVP Award winner in league history. Dwight Howard finished second, LeBron James was third, and Kobe and Kevin Durant rounded out the top five. Perhaps the most …
While Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is busy making publicity rounds trying to reignite support from fans, he might be better served spending his time trying to raise funds. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Dodgers may not have enough money to …
In separate interviews published within the last 24 hours, two tennis players were asked about their thoughts on having sex before matches. Unsurprisingly they both endorsed the act of sexual release before taking the court. Reigning French Open …
Wizards big man JaVale McGee just completed his third year in the NBA. The former first-round pick out of Nevada gained some notoriety for dueling against Blake Griffin in the Slam Dunk contest in February. I have a feeling you’ll be …
When the Carolina Panthers made quarterback Cam Newton the first overall pick in the NFL Draft, Jimmy Clausen sent his congratulations on twitter saying “Congrats to Cam Newton! Welcome to the Panthers.” Clausen may have been genuine …
We’ve always heard that Orlando Hudson was an excellent clubhouse guy, but we assumed it was because he defends his teammates. Now we’re learning it may be for another reason. LBS contributor Alan Hull shared a video with us that is …
The Dallas Mavericks were lucky to beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of their playoff series Monday night, and not just because Shawn Marion was playing with a cut above his eye. The Mavs had one of the worst endings to a first half of basketball …
Dallas Mavericks forward Shawn Marion was lucky he didn’t have the difficult assignment of guarding Kobe Bryant for all of Game 1 Monday night. From the sounds of things, he has much more simple tasks to worry about. Marion was sporting a …
If there’s one thing the Miami Dolphins have loved to do under coach Tony Sparano, it’s run the ball. They did it successfully in 2009 with Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams but they decided to balance the offense with more passing last …
They say the best coaches are the ones who can “reach” their players. You may have great information to impart, but what good is it if it falls upon deaf ears? With that in mind, the Lakers coaches decided to play a clip from The Hangover …
Bill Belichick is known as a boring, unfriendly, stick in the mud type of coach. Andy Reid is considered to be friendlier and forgiving. When you think of the two of them, you wouldn’t consider them to be frequent trading partners, but that is …
Back on April 10th, the Chicago Bulls beat the Orlando Magic 102-99. The game took place just before the regular season ended at a time when playoff seeds were already determined. After the loss, Magic point guard Jameer Nelson said to Derrick Rose …
Like any other talent evaluator, Bill Parcells has had his share of misses. He’s even admitted to making a few mistakes. But Parcells has also shown an undeniable ability to turn franchises around and build successful teams. Some of that is …
While Manny Pacquiao is fighting Shane Mosley next weekend and already making plans to fight Juan Manuel Marquez, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has remained retired. Floyd however was present ringside for the Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto fight suggesting he was …
