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Mayweather vs Guerrero: A Smart Fan's Guide to the Big Fight
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4/30/2013 2:11:49 PM
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For the first time in more than a year, Floyd Mayweather Jr, arguably the greatest boxer in the world, will step into the ring to defend his Ring Magazine welterweight championship. One of the most divisive figures in all of sports, Mayweather has a knack for keeping his name in the press. Whether he's winning enormous sums at the sport's book or being led away in handcuffs, everything "Money ...
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Weather a damper for high school sports
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4/24/2013 3:24:00 AM
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BLOOMINGTON — The infield at Bloomington High School’s softball field was covered with puddles Tuesday afternoon, right about the time the Purple Raiders were supposed to be playing Normal West.
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Five Best Thursday Columns
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4/18/2013 3:28:15 PM
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Gabrielle Giffords in The New York Times on the Senate's rejection of background checks The Senators who voted, some almost gleefully, against a bill requiring background checks for gun purchases, writes former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in an op-ed that everyone seems to be reading, "looked at these most benign and practical of solutions, offered by moderates from each party, and then ...
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Reader Mail: EDM's Drug Fetish Needs to End
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4/9/2013 12:41:19 PM
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Magic City Movie Can't wait for the flick: After reading your update on the characters in "Pain & Gain," the Miami New Times series that was turned into a Michael Bay film ("Pain & Gain Revisited," Francisco Alvarado, April 4), I gotta see this movie. I somewhat remem...
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Nonito Donaire: Cuban Star Guillermo Rigondeaux Might Be His Toughest Test Yet
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4/11/2013 3:02:14 AM
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The year is only a little more than a quarter gone by and already boxing fans have seen some tremendous action. Undefeated featherweight star Mikey Garcia got the year rolling in January when he turned in an eye-opening performance against the tough veteran, Orlando Salido , knocking him down three times and taking away his WBO belt via a one-sided technical decision. In March, Bernard Hopkins ...
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The 6 Craziest MMA Fights Ever
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4/7/2013 1:41:04 PM
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Since the days of gladiators gracing the sands of the Coliseum and competing for throngs of cheering plebs, fight sports have always been about spectacle. Audiences relish seeing the outlandish. In ancient Rome, it might have been watching a gladiator armed with nothing more than a net and trident take on a man-eating tiger. And as much as we might hate to admit it, our human curiosities and ...
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