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Another lost season for Yao Ming as Rockets star suffers stress fracture

Yao Ming

Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets suffered a stress fracture in his left ankle and will be out for the rest of the National Basketball Association season. The Chinese hoops star had already missed all of last season because of a fracture in his left foot. The two injuries are unrelated. Its another major blow […]

Pierce’s last-second jumper lifts Celtics over Knicks in MSG

Boston Celtics

Like on many occasions before, the ball was in the hands of Paul Pierce with time winding down — twelve seconds in regulation. He used a screen by Kevin Garnett and made a step-back jumper over Amar’e Stoudemire with 0.4 seconds left on the clock, sealing the win for the visiting Celtics over the New […]

Mike Tyson, Sylvester Stallone leads class in Boxing Hall of Fame

Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson, the controversial boxer who was equally known for his powerful punch and troubles outside the ring, was named as one of the inductees in the 2011 class in the Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum in Canastota, New York. He will be joined by legendary Mexican champion Julio Cesar Chavez. The New York […]

Top-seed Rafael Nadal outduels Andy Roddick to win ATP World Tour Finals match

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal of Spain recovered from one set down and had to bring his all-out effort in subduing Andy Roddick of the U.S., 3-6, 7-6(7/5), 6-4 in the initial game of the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Monday. It has been a very good year for the 24-year old as he has defeated […]

Major League Soccer plans to expand finals slate to 10 teams

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber said that the league would expand the field of playoff teams next year to ten teams. Officials are also looking at the possibility of rescheduling games to match the timing of international football games. The announcement came during the 15th MLS cup match between FC Dallas and the Colorado […]

Greg Oden injury would require microfracture surgery

Greg Oden

Greg Oden, the oft-injured former number one pick of the Portland Trailblazers, will be undergoing microfracture surgery to fix his left patella.  The big man will miss this season and will try to rehabilitate his knee to play again. The news was another devastating blow the Blazers and Oden, who has played sparingly since he […]

Pacquaio’s speed and power too much for Margarito

Pacquiao

Manny Pacquaio solidified his status as boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter by dominating Mexican Antonio Margarito through 12 rounds to win the WBC super welterweight crown, his eight world title in what has been a storied boxing career. Pacquaio overcame the big height advantage of Margarito and unleashed one flurry after another of combinations which opened […]

Love hauls down 31 rebounds, adds 31 points for good measure

Kevin Love

Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves had a career night on Friday, hauling down a whopping 31 rebounds and added 31 points, as the Wolves rallied to beat the visiting New York Knicks 112-103. It was the first 30-30 game in 28 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the biggest rebounding total since […]

Disastrous Dallas Cowboys season start got Phillips sacked

Wade Phillips

The Dallas Cowboys fired head coach Wade Phillips after he guided the team to a disappointing 1-7 start to the season, a far cry from the team’s lofty goal of playing in the Super Bowl in their new $1.2 billion arena. Jason Garrett, the team’s offensive coordinator, was named by Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones as […]

LeBron James plans to return to Olympics

LeBron James

Miami Heat forward LeBron James said he’s willing to represent the United States for the third time in the 2012 Olympics to be held in London. LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade and other NBA stars formed what was dubbed the “Redeem Team” who won the gold medal for basketball in […]

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