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In case it isn't obvious, when living next door to a boxer, don't ask him to turn the music down.
Michael Bentt's neighbor, Mark Emerson, allegedly learned this the hard way. In a lawsuit, Emerson claims that Bentt pummeled him after he asked the pugilist to keep the noise down. And prepare to wince as we recount Emerson's damage: "A broken eye socket, a broken cheek bone, two black eyes, a bruised collar bone, numbness in the face, a chronically drooping eye socket and cheek" and on and on and on.
Emerson wants unspecified damages. Bentt's reps didn't respond to a request for comment.
Full story and DOCS on TMZ
Jim McKay (1921-2008)
Jun 7, 2008 | 1:42 PM PST
Category:
Sports
Jim McKay
Age: 87
Started
every episode of ABC's Wide World of Sports, which he hosted, with his
now legendary line, "The thrill of victory — and the agony of defeat."
Johnson Out As Dallas Head Coach
Apr 30, 2008 | 1:34 PM PST
Category:
Sports
Breaking News: Johnson Out As Dallas Head Coach
April 30, 2008 - 2:12 pm
ESPN - The
Dallas Mavericks fired
Avery Johnson on Wednesday, a day following the team's second consecutive first-round exit from the NBA playoffs, ESPN.com has learned.
Johnson became Mavs coach during the 2004-05 season and walks away
with a 194-70 record (.735), but only a 23-24 mark in the playoffs.
The Mavs have now lost 12 out of their last 15 postseason games after taking a 2-0 lead in the Finals against Miami.
Mark Cuban and Johnson engaged in an emotional argument after a
March 18 home loss to the Lakers and sources indicated that Cuban
actually considered firing Johnson before the playoffs.
Both the Mavs and Johnson wanted a speedy resolution to the
situation so the coach could pursue current openings in Chicago and New
York.
There's
no doubt that using the n-word is stupid -- but allegedly using the
n-word in front of a guy that's over six-feet-tall, weighs nearly 400
pounds and calls himself "The World's Strongest Man" is beyond idiotic.
Enter WWE writer Michael Hayes.
TMZ has confirmed that Hayes,
the head writer for WWE's "Smackdown," has been suspended for 60 days
-- allegedly for using racist language in front of wrestler Mark Henry.
Michael's haymaker was supposedly thrown while out drinking at a party
during the weekend of Wrestlemania, where
ProWrestling.net reports Hayes told Henry, "I'm more of a n----- than you are."
It's unknown whether or not Hayes was subsequently hit in the face with a metal chair.
A
rep for the WWE released this statement: "Due to inappropriate
behavior, Michael Hayes was suspended for 60 days with no pay. In order
to return to work, Michael Hayes will be required to undergo further
evaluation."
TMZ.comFor those that don't remember, Hayes was a part of the
Freebirds back in the day:
Carmelo Anthony busted for DUI
Apr 14, 2008 | 3:13 PM PST
Category:
Sports
Melo Busted for DUI
NBA star Carmelo Anthony was arrested on suspicion of DUI early this morning.
The
23-year-old Denver Nuggets forward was driving on Interstate 25 in
Colorado at around 4:00 AM when he was pulled over and taken into
custody. Anthony was driving a silver Mercedes and police say he was
stopped for failing to drive in a single lane and failing to dim his
lights.
Anthony's attorney, Dan Recht, said, "He cooperated by
consenting to a blood test, the results of which will not be available
for approximately two weeks ... There was no accident and no one was
hurt." He is due back in court on May 14
TMZ.com.
Powers that be at WWE.
Dec 21, 2007 | 7:18 PM PST
Category:
Sports
Plz for the love of god, put a sports bra on big Daddy V...
Broc Lesner signs with UFC
Dec 13, 2007 | 4:15 PM PST
Category:
Sports
It was confirmed during the UFC 77 "Hostile Territory" pay-per view
that former WWE superstar, turned recent MMA star Brock Lesnar has
signed a deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
It starts at UFC 81!
UFC® 81 BREAKING POINT - 02/02/2008
F. MIr B. Lesnar
No Hughes vs Serra
Dec 4, 2007 | 8:42 PM PST
Category:
Sports
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/OtherSports/2007/12/
01/4699455-sun.html
Hughes describes Serra, who was forced to withdraw from their Ultimate Fighting Championship title fight Dec. 29 due to injury, as a sub-par fighter who earned his title shot through a reality TV show and had one lucky scrap that made him champ.
Serra suffered two herniated disks in his lower back during training and Canadian Georges St. Pierre will now take his place at UFC 79: Nemesis at month's end.
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More like Serra cried to his dr to get him out of it.
Thats one of the reasons I wanted that PPV on new years eve. @#$%@!!!
Andy Garcia -- Taylor Saved My Niece!Posted Nov 29th 2007 11:40AM by TMZ Staff
Andy
Garcia is hailing NFL star Sean Taylor as a "hero" who lost his life
trying to protect Andy's niece Jackie, who was Taylor's girlfriend and
the mother of their baby. Yes--
that Andy Garcia.
Garcia tells the
Miami Herald
that Taylor's "heroic action" saved Jackie and daughter, also named
Jackie, and called the incident "a testament to his humanity and
courage." Taylor was shot when he grabbed a machete to confront an
intruder, while Jackie Garcia reportedly hid in the bedroom with the
18-month-old baby. Until now, Andy and his family had not given any
public comment on the killing.
"We will always remember him as a
caring and loving individual, especially to his new family," says Andy.
The couple met at Gulliver Prep School in Miami-Dade county.
This part I like:
Mark Cuban's HDNet Fights presents……
Reckless Abandon
Live - Exclusively On Time Warner Cable
Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 7pm CST
This intense event features the standoff between
Mixed-Martial-Arts star Jason "Mayhem" Miller and IFL standout Tim
Kennedy in the main event. The Miller vs. Kennedy fight will be one of
ten bouts on a card which also features former UFC and Pride star Frank
Trigg taking on Edwin Dewees.
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Here's the part I HATE:
HDnet was free with the service I had.. Til I saw this ad in email. Seems it was only free for awhile. Now I'm not authorized.. Half of the upper HD channels are not authorized now. Oh yea, I'll be calling Time Warner..
EDIT: I called TW and they resent the signal and I got it back! YAY! They aren't totally useless! LOL
Sean
Taylor, the Washington Redskins safety who was shot early Monday at his
home in Miami, has died, according to a family friend. He was just 24.
The
Pro Bowl safety had taken a bullet in his upper leg, reports the AP,
damaging an artery, causing serious blood loss and loss of
consciousness. According to his former lawyer, Richard Sharpstein,
Taylor seemed to show signs of recovery when he squeezed a nurse's hand
late Monday night, but never regained consciousness thereafter.
Miami-Dade
Police are investigating the attack, which occurred when an intruder
apparently entered Taylor's home, in what the cops are considering a
possibly burglary.
Couture is holding a press conference this afternoon live from the X-Treme Couture gym in Las Vegas,
Nevada at 1:30pm local time (4:30pm Eastern). The MMA legend will
answer “questions concerning his relationship with the UFC, future
plans, MMA as a sport and anything else pertaining to his resignation.”
Jeremy Williams
Jun 7, 2007 | 2:14 PM PST
Category:
Sports
from IFL.
Anyone heard what killed him? All I find is that he was found dead.
