As he’s getting fouled by Jeff Green, Wade is able to secure the offensive rebound and throw it in before he falls to the floor. An amazing shot…
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According to HeavyMMA.com, Brock Lesnar has pulled out of his UFC 131 bout with Junior dos Santos due to a relapse of diverticulitis.
A relapse of diverticulitis has forced former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar to pull out of his scheduled UFC 131 fight with Junior dos Santos.
UFC President Dana White confirmed the news today.
Lesnar was scheduled to face fellow Ultimate Fighter 13 coach Dos Santos in the main event of UFC 131 in Vancouver. The winner would receive a title shot. Shane Carwin will face dos Santos instead.
Lesnar indicated on the conference call that his career isn’t over and he is not retiring, but that he has to figure out a way to beat the illness so that he can train to the best of his capabilities. “I’ve just got to find the right solution to fix this problem,” Lesnar said.
More on this story as it develops.
One would think that boxer Bernard Hopkins would have bigger things on his mind these days then whether or not Donovan McNabb was black enough. But one would be wrong.
From the Philadelphia Daily News:
According to Hopkins, McNabb had a privileged childhood in suburban Chicago and, as a result, is not black enough or tough enough, at least compared with, say, himself, Michael Vick and Terrell Owens.
“Forget this,” Hopkins said, pointing to his own dark skin. “He’s got a suntan. That’s all.”
Hopkins also implied that, while Vick and Owens remained true to their roots, McNabb did not, and that McNabb was rudely awakened when the Eagles traded him to the Redskins last year.
“Why do you think McNabb felt he was betrayed? Because McNabb is the guy in the house, while everybody else is on the field. He’s the one who got the extra coat. The extra servings. ‘You’re our boy,’ ” Hopkins said, patting a reporter on the back in illustration. “He thought he was one of them.”
Replace “guy in the house” with “slave in the house,” then replace “on the field” with “in the field,” and Hopkins’ message is Uncle Tom-clear.
According to Hopkins’ Wikipedia page, by the age of thirteen he was “mugging people and had been stabbed three times.” At seventeen, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison after committing nine felonies.
Is that what being black is to Hopkins? Because if it is, then McNabb probably isn’t too worried about Hopkins’ definition of being black. Maybe if McNabb did some jail time after being a detriment to society, then Hopkins would consider him “black enough.”
I would love to know what McNabb did in a previous lifetime to get so much criticism and verbal abuse in this one.
It’s not too surprising that Carmelo Anthony was left off considering the way things went down in Denver this year. The sportswriters and broadcasters who vote for this aren’t going to reward him for holding his team hostage all season.
I am surprised that Russell Westbrook made the Second Team over Chris Paul, who carried the Hornets to a playoff berth. Perhaps Dirk Nowitzki should have made the First Team over Kevin Durant, since the Mavs finished with a better record, though an argument could be made for Durant.
Interestingly, all 15 players were on winning teams, which might explain why Kevin Love and Blake Griffin didn’t get more votes.
There was a time in Tiger Woods’ career when it almost seemed guaranteed that he would not only match Jack Nicklaus’ record for 18 majors victories, but surpass “The Golden Bear’s” historic feat.
Now it almost seems guaranteed that Tiger won’t touch Nicklaus’ landmark.
After playing only nine holes at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday, Woods withdrew from the event citing multiple injuries. He visibly winced after hitting his approach shot onto the fifth green and observers noticed he was limping following the round. Clearly the same knee that was surgically repaired two years ago after his victory at the U.S. Open was giving him trouble yet again.
Whether it’s nagging injuries or a wide range of personal problems, Tiger appears destined to struggle for the rest of his career. That may sound dramatic, but it’s been nearly two years since he last won a PGA Tour event (the BMW Championship in September 2009) and nearly three years (the 2008 U.S. Open) since he last won a major.
It’s not surprising that Woods’ golf game fell apart right around the time when the entire world (not to mention his ex-wife) found out that he was sleeping with anything with two legs and a pulse. But golf observers just assumed that he would eventually get past the embarrassment and be Tiger again. Everyone assumed he would return to the winner he always has been.
Call it karma, fate or anything else you believe in: but he hasn’t. Now people are left to wonder if this is it for Tiger – if he’ll continue to struggle from here on out.
Surely he’ll win more events before he hangs up his cleats for good – maybe even a major. But the four majors he needs to catch Nicklaus? That seems like an insurmountable task for someone playing on a balky knee and who mentally may have checked out the moment his wife took a swing at him with his own 9-iron. (Sorry, allegedly took a swing at him with his own 9-iron.)
It might be time to come to grips with the fact that Nicklaus’ record for majors is safe until the next once-in-a-generation golfer comes along and threatens it again.
It might be time to come to grips with the fact that Tiger will never be Tiger again.
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