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Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley: boring as hell

Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley

Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley was hyped to be a pure slugfest between two pound-for-pound champions, with one reigning at the top taking on the other fighter – a faded, but still dangerous and proud warrior. Alas, the Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley fight was far from a real showdown. It was boring as hell. […]

Unemployment benefits jump again due to jitters in the economy

Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment benefits rose to its highest level in eight months, dampening the positive outlook in the job market. Analysts believe that skyrocketing gas prices have also forced employers to implement layoffs or postpone hiring more workers. An estimated 185,000 jobs were created last month, down from 216,000 jobs made in March and again not enough […]

Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls: destined for greatness

Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls is hardly like other high-profile NBA players like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant who hogs the limelight. He just  nonchalantly went about his business as the leader of the Bulls this season, letting his game on the court speak for itself. All the hard work of Derrick Rose finally […]

Chicago Bulls’ Tom Thibodeau Coach of the Year selection hardly a surprise

Chicago Bulls Coach

Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau was the recipient of this year’s NBA Coach of the Year award. He became the seventh first-year coach to be given the honor. Considering the accomplishments made this year by the Chicago Bulls, Thibodeau’s selection, while not unanimous, is hardly surprising. The Bulls raced past title favorites Boston Celtics […]

Manny Pacquiao stepping up training in bid to stop Shane Mosley

Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley on May 7 is shaping up to be a ferocious fight with the two camps busy prepping up their fighters. The camp of Filipino champion and current pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) has stated that Pacquiao wants to be the first boxer to send former champion Mosley (46-6-1, […]

Kobe Bryant’s homophobic slur costs Lakers star 100 grand

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant uttered a homophobic slur directed at a referee during the Lakers’ most recent game, and the NBA responded by slapping Bryant with a $100,000 fine. A statement was released by Kobe Bryant who clarified that his actions came “out of frustration during the game, period.” The Los Angeles Lakers are mired in an […]

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012 rides Masters momentum

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012 had a strong debut with 225,000 units sold in its first week of sales according to a news release from its maker Electronic Arts Inc. That represents a 17 percent jump from the previous best first-week debut of the golf game franchise back in 2007. Augusta National Golf Club, the […]

NFL lockout 2011: judge says mediation should start now

NFL Lockout 2011

The NFL lockout talks could resume on Thursday as a federal judge issued an order for the league owners and players to sit down once again to resolve the dispute with the aid of a court-appointed mediator. Talks have collapsed earlier after the two sides failed to come up with a new arrangement on how […]

New York Knicks one game closer to locking NBA playoff seed

New York Knicks

The New York Knicks moved within one game of clinching the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference by beating the Indiana Pacers 110-109 Sunday night. Carmelo Anthony, acquired by the New York Knicks before the deadline from the Denver Nuggets, scored the game’s final basket with 4.9 seconds left in regulation. The Pacers drew up […]

Deron Williams of Nets finally shuts it down for wrist surgery

Deron Williams

Deron Williams of the New Jersey Nets will undergo wrist surgery and will not play for the remainder of the NBA regular season. Considered one of the premier point guards in the league today, Williams injured his right wrist back in January when he was still with the Utah Jazz. The Nets traded for Deron […]

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