All Entries in the "Boxing" Category
Rugby: Chiefs get first taste of Sonny Bill mania
The Chiefs got their first taste of Sonny Bill mania this week and can expect more of the same in Taupo as Williams gets his first run in the franchise’s colours tonight.
Ali’s legendary trainer Angelo Dundee dies at 90 (AP)
There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday party.
The NHL's Identity Crisis
Photograph by Getty Images By Brian Finkel Can you name the National Hockey League’s leading scorer this season? How about the most recent winner of the league’s Most Valuable Player award
Bill Mardo, Writer Who Pushed Baseball to Integrate, Dies at 88
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN Published: January 24, 2012 Bill Mardo, a sportswriter for the Communist Party newspaper The Daily Worker who fought major league baseball’s color barrier in the 1940s when the mainstream American news media was largely silent on the subject, died Friday in Manhattan. He was 88
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. That’s still not enough to make Bryant flinch while carrying Los Angeles to yet another home victory over the Golden State Warriors. Bryant scored 26 of his 39 points in a dynamic second half, Pau Gasol added 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the weary Lakers hung on in the fourth quarter for a 97-90 victory over their upstate rivals Friday night
Manchester City-Sunderland Preview (PA SportsTicker)
LONDON (SE) – Sunderland face a huge test to start 2012 when they welcome league leaders Manchester City to the Stadium of Light on New Year’s Day.
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.
Rugby: Sale back into playoff contention
Nick Macleod kicked Sale back into the Premiership playoff places as his impressive efforts inspired a 27-19 win over bottom of the table Newcastle on Monday. Sale had taken a 16-0 lead after 24 minutes through three Macleod penalties and a converted Tom Brady try, but Newcastle mounted a comeback.
Man City fires blanks for 1st time in title charge (AP)
WEST BROMWICH, England (AP)—Manchester City’s expensively assembled squad failed to score for the first time in the Premier League this season on Monday, as a 0-0 draw at West Bromwich Albion wiped out its 2-point lead. Only a superior goal difference is now keeping City ahead of neighbor Manchester United, which routed Wigan 5-0 on Boxing Day
Manchester City-West Brom Preview (PA SportsTicker)
LONDON (SE) – In-form West Bromwich Albion face a huge test when they welcome league leaders Manchester City to The Hawthorns on Boxing Day. The Baggies pulled off a superb result by winning 3-2 at high-flying Newcastle on Wednesday, and goalkeeper Ben Foster is hopeful that the performance will spark a surge up the table