Posts Tagged ‘1/18/10’
Moseley was scheduled to fight Andre Berto on January 30, but due to the tragic earthquake that hit Haiti last week, Berto canceled the fight due to the fact that he lost a lot of loved ones and is not ready to fight at this time. If Mayweather and Moseley can agree on terms it will become the biggest upcoming fight in boxing today.
Former Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning and current Heat star Dwayne Wade have teamed up to help raise money for the citizens effected by the devastating earthquake that just hit Haiti last week. So far through donations from fellow star athletes like Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Michael Beasley, Kevin Durant, and Chris Paul, they have raised over $800,000 and still looking to raise more.
Even though Lebron James announced last year during the dunk contest that he would put his name in for this year’s event, he just officially announced he would not be competing again this year. But without James the contest still has last years winner NY Knicks Nate Robinson returning along with the Charlotte Hornets Gerald Wallace, and the LA Lakers Shannon Brown. The fourth and final spot will be decided by a dunk off between the Detroit Pistons Eric Gordon and the Toronto raptors Demar DeRozan.
Stephon Marbury who last played with the Boston Celtics is leaving the NBA to head overseas for the Chinese Basketball Association. Marbury will be playing for club Shanxi and signed a small contract in order to promote his signature Starbury shoes in China.
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After taking the number one spot from Kansas this week the Texas Longhorns have already been dethroned by the ninth ranked Kansas State Wildcats. In what was suppose to be a battle of big men somebody forgot to relay that to the Longhorns whose team combined for a woeful 36% shooting from the field and an awful 9 of 22 from the free throw line. Even though the Wildcats did not shoot much better from the field, they were able to hit 20 of their 32 free throws on they’re way to a 71-62 victory at home.
In other top 25 news the fifth ranked Syracuse Orange were able to hold of a pesky Notre Dame who lived up to their Fighting Irish name in a close game. Even though the outcome was 84-71 the game was a lot closer then it looks. Irish received good output from Tim Ambromaitis 26 points, Tory Jackson 15 assist, and All American candidate Luke Harongody who finished with 31 points and 14 rebounds. But the Orange was just to much in the end thanks to the depth of their team they were able to outlast Notre Dame at the end to move to an impressive 16-1 overall record and 5-1 in the Big East.
The University of Connecticut Huskies women’s Basketball team improved to an impressive 18-0 record this year. The lady huskies are on a 57 game winning streak and just dominated seventh ranked Duke easily winning 81-48. It looked close at halftime with the Huskies only up by ten points, but the second half proved to much for Duke as they looked overwhelmed playing against arguably the best ever women’s team in college basketball history.
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While it has not still yet been confirmed but word has it that the worlds greatest golfer Tiger Woods is at a sex rehab clinic. Woods who life feel apart Thanksgiving night when he crashed his vehicle which led to the world finding out he was cheating on his wife with numerous women across the country. Now Woods is reportedly getting therapy at a sex rehabilitation center called Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Mississippi. Since the incident first happened Woods has been in hiding and hopefully whatever treatment he is working on helps him fix the problems in his life.
The Buffalo Bills just announced that former Dallas Cowboys head coach Chan Gailey would be leading their team in the 2010 season. Gailey comes to the Bills with a great coaching background, in 11 of his previously 15 NFL seasons Gailey has led his team to the playoffs, and he has also coached in 4 different Super Bowls.
Former MLB All Star Jose Offerman was ejected from a playoff game in the Dominican Republic for punching an umpire. Offerman who is managing the Licey Tigers was arguing a call with an umpire when he got into a heated verbal conversation with another umpire that led to Offerman punching the umpire in the neck. After the altercation Offerman was detained and later taken into custody. Later the Dominican Winter League announced that Offerman has been banned from participating in any way with the league.
The Boston Red Sox have just given closer Jonathan Papelbon one more year to prove that he really wants to be the closer in the future. Papelbon deal is reported worth $9.35 million. Since 2006 Papelbon has converted 89% of his saves.
By: Frank Bilotta