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Indianapolis 500 Champion Dan Wheldon Dies From Las Vegas Crash
Four Months after turning 33, Daniel Clive “Dan” Wheldon, a British Indycar driver and a two time Indianapolis 500 champions back in 2005 and the 2011 race less than six months ago, died today after a fiery wreck at the Season Finale in Las Vegas.
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Aftermath of the Dawson – Hopkins Title Fight
Not much of a fight to talk of, with the clock showing two minutes in the second round when Chad Dawson pulled a move out of the WWE, body slamming Bernard Hopkins, dislocating the 46 year old’s shoulder and by bizarre decision winning by a TKO, ending up with the WBC and Ring Light Heavyweight title belts.
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McCaw’s Pack Simply Too Good (All Blacks vs Wallabies)
Cory Jane ruled the air, the forward pack won every scrum, Ma’a Nonu scored the only try early on and the All Blacks beat the Wallabies 20-6 in the second semi final, setting up a New Zealand – France Rugby Union World Cup Final.
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Kicking Accuracy is Everything (France vs Wales)
Morgan Parra scored all three penalties from France, while Wales, with 14 men (Sam Warburton Red Card) most of the match, couldn’t make most of their set pieces, losing 8-9 in the World Cup Semi Final despite an inspiring effort and Mike Phillips’ late and deceivingly optimistic try.
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Carl Froch and Andre Ward Trade Warnings
It moved from October to December, but at least we still got the fight, the final to the Super Six Super Middleweight tournament, between British Carl Froch, the WBC champion, and undefeated American Andre Ward, the WBA Super champion.
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Soccer Fans do it Better
American sports fans vs the World? No chance. With all due respect to College Sports and their enthusiastic fans, soccer fans in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia are louder, more passionate and just look and sound better on video and live than any College Football or Basketball fans outthere.
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On David Haye Retiring
Nothing left to prove? David Haye promised he would retire once he turned 31, and he has lived up to that promise, unlike the one he made to beat Wladimir Klitschko, a unification heavyweight title fight which he lost by a landslide.
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Manny Pacquiao’s Next Opponent to be Timothy Bradley?
Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, doesn’t think the Floyd Mayweather fight is going to happen in the near future. Instead, he thinks a fight against Timothy Bradley, Light Welterweight champion, who’s avoided Amir Khan (another Roach fighter), is the most likely fight.
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The Ohio University Marching 110 With LMFAO Party Rock Anthem
I’m not a big fan of marching bands, but every once in a while, some band does something really original, really fun, that’s actually worth listening to. Not some original composition, but something cool, fresh new, like the Ohio University Marching 110, with their version of LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem , the “Everyday I’m Sufflin” song.
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Thomas Hearns and 3 Legendary Fights
By the time it’s 2012, less than 3 months from now, Thomas “Hitman” Hearns, an eight time world champion in six different weight divisions, will be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.