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Usher To Play Sugar Ray Leonard In Upcoming Roberto Duran Biopic
Usher, or Urshur to his friends, is going full Ali and playing a boxer in an upcoming Roberto Duran biopic called Hands of Stone. He’ll be playing the role of nemesis Sugar Ray Leonard.
“You couldn’t find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard,” Usher said by telephone. “He was an incredible motion guy, the way he moved around the ring, and I think my dancing will...
Former Braves star Otis Nixon arrested on drug charges in Atlanta
Former Atlanta Braves star Otis Nixon spent 17 seasons in the MLB from 1983 – 1999. He’s also been married to three famous women – 70′s soul singer Candi Stanton in 2010, former singer and TLC manager Perri “Pebbles” Reid and boxer Sugar Ray Lenoard’s ex wife Juanita back in the 80′s. Nixon was celebrated for beating several drug addictions during that time.
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Today in Sports History : Sugar Ray Robinson Wins, Again
On this day in 1958, Sugar Ray Robinson became the first boxing champ to win five titles [middleweight].
To commemorate the record-setting achievement, we found a whole bunch of facts about Robinson. Here are, in our opinion, the five most interesting ones:
At age 14, he tried to enter a boxing tournament but did not have the required Amateur Athletic Union membership card. He...
Ray Williams — NBA star who lost it all — dead at 58
Former NBA star Ray Williams passed away today at Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Hospital after a long battle with colon cancer. The former New York Knicks guard, who had fallen on unbelievably hard times, was 58 when he died, reports the New York Post.
Williams' harrowing rags-to-riches-to-rags story is a cautionary tale for all athletes or anyone who thinks they have got...
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Camacho shot, in critical condition
Former boxing champion and showman Hector "Macho" Camacho was reportedly shot in Puerto Rico and is in critical condition.
Prayers for Kronk's Emanuel Steward
A group prayer will be held Sunday morning for legendary boxing figure Emanuel Steward, who founded the Kronk Boxing Team and guided it to world-wide prominence with a stable of talented fighters led by Thomas Hit Man Hearns, a world champion in six weight classes.
Steward has been battling health issues recently, and the prayer session -- at the Orchard Grove Community Church in...
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Ray Mancini The Good Son movie premiere: Photos, video & notes
The new documentary movie about the life of Ray Mancini debuted at the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. on Thursday night. Called "The Good Son", it's a documentary film based on the biography of the same name written by Mark Kriegel, previously the author of biographies on Pete Maravich and Joe Namath.
The premiere was hosted by Fight for Children, a Washington...
Ray Allen’s Top 5 Celtkicks #5
Ray Allen’s free agency could mark the end of an era in Boston. When Ray joined the Celtics, it marked the first time since Dee Brown pumped up his Reeboks that Boston was excited about a Celtic’s players shoes. During his time with the C’s Ray dazzled fans with his amazing shooting skills and incredible Air Jordans. Celtics green when mixed with classic Jordan silhouettes was...
Blue Rocks RHP Sugar Ray Marimon Gets Promoted to NW Arkansas
On the heels of being the winning pitcher for the Carolina All-Stars and the possibility the Blue Rocks' best player in the 1st half of the season, Sugar Ray Marimon (4-2, 2.12 ERA) was promoted to the AA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, the NW Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League. While many Rocks' fans are going to miss him, he definitely deserved to be called up...
Wilmington Blue Rocks Pitchers Sugar Ray Marimon and Yordano Ventura Named to Carolina League All Star Roster
The one sure strong point for the Blue Rocks this season has been its pitching and that was reflected in Sugar Ray Marimon and Yordano Ventura being selected for the 2012 Carolina League All Star roster that will play against California League All Stars June 19, 2012 in Winston Salem, NC
Sugar Ray, who was named an All Star last year at Low A Kane County, has a record...
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