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After suffering a rib injury a couple weeks ago, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (39-0, 25 kos) was forced to postpone his upcoming fight against Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 kos) but the fight has been rescheduled for September 19. Originally, the match was set for July 18 at the Garden Arena @ MGM Grand in Las Vegas where Mayweather [...]
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New York Knicks aquire 29th pick for cash considerations.
Sources report the Lakers have sold their 29th overall pick to the Knicks for $3 million in cash. The Los Angeles Lakers have been shopping this pick lately and finally unloaded it. That leaves the Lakers with the 42nd and 59th picks. This goes with their off-season [...]
Here is an update on the NBA carousel:
Shaq to Cavs
Sources report that the Cleveland Cavs and the Phoenix Suns have agreed in principle to swap Shaquille O’Neal for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic, as well as the 46th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft and some cash. The deal should be finalized by end of [...]
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - In a night of hard to spell words, Wladimir “Dr. Steelhammer” Klitschko (53-3, 47 KOs) took on Ruslan “White Tyson” Chagaev (25-1, 17 KOs) for the vacant Ring Magazine Heavyweight belt at Veltins Arena in front of 61,000 boxing fans. Klitschko was originally supposed to fight David Haye, who pulled out of [...]
Farmingdale, NY - Play was suspended due to rain in Round 1 at this year’s U.S. Open at Beth Page, forcing extended play on Saturday. Round 3 is scheduled to start at 5:30pm EST, weather permitting. Long Island has fallen victim to over a week of wet weather and the Black Course continues to soften. After 2 rounds, Woods [...]
Thats what you would expect after Miguel Cotto’s slim victory over Ghana native Joshua Clottey, successfully defending his WBO welterweight title. (Isn’t it funny how Clottey, from Ghana, can speak English without a translator but Antonio Margarito can’t speak a lick of English even though he’s from Torrance? Maybe its just me or maybe Tony just wants to keep his [...]
Welcome to MG SPORTS TALK’s live blog during the Miguel Cotto vs. Joshua Clottey WBO welterweight title fight from Madison Square Garden. The fight will be televised on HBO at 10:30pm EST/7:30 pm PST.
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Cotto fight
Saturday, June 13 - 10pm EST/7pm PST
Join us this Saturday night on www.mgsportstalk for round by round live coverage of the Cotto vs Clottey fight at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its our live boxing blog. We will bring you all the action in a live forum where you can join in [...]
Here is the latest Ronaldo news…
Manchester United have confirmed today that they have accepted a bid for forward Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid in the amount of £80 million, giving the Spanish capital team permission to negotiate a contract with the Porturgese player. The 24 year old FIFA World Player of the Year will undergo a [...]
After much specualtion, AC Milan midfielder Kaka has left the Serie A to sign with Spanish power Real Madrid, La Liga confirmed on Tuesday morning. The deal will bring the Brazilian international to Bernabeu for 6 years at the cost of €65 million. England’s Chelsea were said to have made a bid for the 27 [...]
Welcome to the basketball finals, NBA fans. The Los Angeles Lakers have fought through several tough series to end up where most of the sports community expected them to finish, in the Championship series. On the other hand, the Orlando Magic have surprised most, especially with their most recent series win, an impressive slaying of King LeBron [...]
London - Despite the latest rumors swirling around the European soccer scene, AC Milan superstar Ricardo Kaka has not been offered a record-breaking deal from the Premeir League’s Chelsea. The Blues have denied any offer made to the Brazilian midfielder stating, “We have never made an offer to AC Milan for Kaka…Any reports to the contrary are [...]
