I suppose there is a lesson to be learned: When you agree to fight Manny Pacquiao, think twice about pushing him down.
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Overcoming substantial odds, Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks rode into Los Angeles and twice beat the Lakers senseless. Even Nowitzki admitted the feat was hard to believe.
The elephant in the room is shrinking. He is news only when others boo him at sporting events or the next story about his legal issues hits the Internet or he tweets a picture of a winning sports gaming ticket for amounts that many people don’t earn in a year.
Aside from Ray Allen’s sweet shooting stroke, which is as good as ever, there are several reasons to sour on the Boston Celtics as it becomes more apparent their time near the top is expiring.
A high-risk decision was made by the Carolina Panthers to select Cam Newton with the NFL’s No. 1 draft pick. The Panthers, of course, wound up in that spot as a result of several poor decisions.
Some view them as a forbidden fruit, an object of great desire whose appeal is a direct result of knowledge that can’t or shouldn’t be obtained.