Archive for April, 2010
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
They are at the post... and they'rrre off! The 2010 Kentucky Derby runs this Saturday at Churchill Downs. This is the 136th running of the famed race where first place will pay $1,425,200 - a far cry from a claims race. 2009 saw Mine That Bird charge from way back ...
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Sigh. Rather than list the best teams in baseball for 2010, I have opted to expose the five worst. Unfortunately when any game is played, there is a winner and there also must be a loser. Some teams have made a habit of losing, others have found new ways to embark on ...
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Things did not go as planned in Atlantic City for Team Pavlik. "The Ghost" lost his championships and Sergio Martinez danced around the champ all night. Jack Loew and Pavlik did not make any excuses, they took the loss with dignity. The conversations in Youngstown are swirling around gaining twenty pounds ...
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Way back, even before the days that the great Honus Wagner donned a Pirates uniform, someone envisioned baseball in Pittsburgh's future and started a team. Despite the fact that Pittsburgh has not had a winning season in 17 years, they managed to sink to yet a new record-low getting clobbered ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Kim Klonowski is enjoying Youngstown State. She has started all 39 games this season for the Penguins softball team and has more than respectable statistics batting .316 with 5 home runs and a team-high 31 RBI. She was a Second-Team All-Horizon League pick last year as a sophomore and always poses a threat ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Kelly Pavlik trained hard, came into camp in great shape, and had more muscle mass than he ever had before. Making weight was an issue because of the size. Adding weight, Pavlik may have made himself slower as Sergio Martinez scored a unanimous 12-round decision.
Pavlik showed heart by finishing the ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
All-in-all, the Kelly Pavlik vs Sergio Martinez undercard had plenty of good stuff. It was a step forward for many of boxing's future stars as well as some current fighters. Kudos to Top Rank and Bob Arum for presenting a very good undercard.
In the opener, Dominic Guinn scored a 7th ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Chris Hazimihalis knows about being fortunate enough to fight on big boxing cards. In just his second fight, Hazimihalis again was on a Kelly Pavlik Top Rank undercard with a big audience. The foe challenging Hazimihalis was Ramon Ellis from Philadelphia.
Hazimihalis wasted little time making a first impression knocking Ellis ...
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