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Will Oscar De La Hoya fight sell in a punchless economy?
With the economy in a nose dive, how many people will pay $54.95 to buy Saturday's telecast of the Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight?
It's an intriguing matchup. De La Hoya, the sport's most popular fighter, against Pacquiao, the current...Tags: Government, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Prices, Sales, Banking
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Holiday gifts for your favorite wanderer
Special to the TribuneThe holidays are creeping up on us. Time to think about what to give your favorite traveler. Considering the cost of flying these days, who wouldn't love a free airline ticket? But let's get real. The sorry state of the stock market and the economy...Tags: Theft, Crimes, Defense, Lightweight Boxing, Consumer Electronics Industry
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LB Austin Box will have left knee re-evaluated after injury in No. 3 Sooners' Bedlam win
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) _ Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says middle linebacker Austin Box will have to be re-evaluated Sunday to determine the extent of the knee injury that knocked him out of the Sooners' 61-41 win against Oklahoma State. Box remained down...Tags: Injuries, Ryan Reynolds, Football
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Sooners QB Sam Bradford tears ligaments in non-throwing hand, will play in Big 12 title game
AP Sports WriterNORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford tore ligaments in his non-throwing hand during the Sooners' win against Oklahoma State and is expected to have surgery following the Big 12 championship game. Sooners coach Bob Stoops said Bradford...Tags: Injuries, Ryan Reynolds, Football
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Bellator Fighting Championships signs South Florida mixed martial artist Jorge Masvidal
The newly launched Bellator Fighting Championships has signed Jorge Masvidal of American Top Team Coconut Creek and Young Tigers Gym for its 2009 fight schedule. The first-of-its-kind mixed martial arts organization, based in Los Angeles and Chicago,...Tags: Bantamweight, Middleweight Boxing, Featherweight Boxing, Royce Gracie, Rivers
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Phantoms deliver early KO
247-4649Somehow, an unbeaten team that had outscored the opposition by 47 points a game considered itself the underdog Saturday afternoon. And in reality, Phoebus probably was. Stone Bridge was the proud owner not only of a 26-game winning streak, but of last...Tags: Ansell Limited, Bill Dee, Football, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Bucs' 13 career kick- and punt-return TDs
Since entering the NFL as an expansion team in 1976, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have returned only 13 kickoffs and punts for touchdowns. Undrafted rookie free agent Clifton Smith, in just four games, has two of them. ++++++++++++++++++++ || Year ||...Tags: Joey Galloway, National Football League, Ronde Barber, Super Bowl, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Fighters rock new arena
It was a new place to practice their craft, but the two-headed monster promoted by Dan Goossen and named Arreola/Williams seemed to feel right at home Saturday night at the new Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario.
The crowd was listed as 5,400, in a new...Tags: Middleweight Boxing, Home Depot Incorporated, Heavyweight
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Bridge
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Punishing spectators
Janet Carroll of Blue Island has a good idea to charge people who attend dog fights with felonies ("Dog-fighting felons," Voice of the People, Nov. 25). But let's not stop there -- include all spectators at boxing matches, and maybe even persuade the... -
Basketball lightweights had big hearts
Call Mayor Daley a lightweight at your peril, but "former lightweight" is a label that fits. Our city's mayor, De La Salle '60, is among thousands of Chicago-area men who played "lightweight" basketball for nearly 50 years before the Catholic League...Tags: Pat Garrity, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Lightweight Boxing, National Basketball Association, Public Holidays
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Oscar De La Hoya eager for Manny Pacquiao fight
"You've never seen me like this," Oscar De La Hoya says loudly, lying on his back on the boxing ring canvas of a Big Bear Lake training gym. "You'll never see me like this."
If the strategy De La Hoya refined in the San Bernardino Mountains works as...Tags: Lightweight Boxing, Featherweight Boxing, Super Featherweight Boxing, Oscar De La Hoya
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