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FLOYD MAYWEATHER NAMED FIGHTER OF THE YEAR The Ring is pleased to announce that world welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather has been selected as Fighter of the Year for 2007. Mayweather fought twice in ’07, winning a 12-round decision over Oscar De La Hoya on May 5 in Las Vegas to capture the...

By Helen Briggs Science reporter, BBC News The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence. Remains found in the Kashmir region of India suggest the fox-sized mammal is the long-sought land-based ancestor of whales, dolphins and...

Was inspired by the Mike Tyson thread... sraf1P2oiBY This is one of my favorite Tommy Hearns moments, he was so fuckin explosive those two short rounds, a true beat down in every sense, starting at about 1:30. The punch to the gut at about 2:50 literally takes duran off his feet! And then...

I found this article very interesting. Snippet: The media oligopolies, together with the rest of big business, are at the forefront of a campaign to change class relations in America and internationally. The attack on the writers is part of a multi-front assault on the working class and its...

Finally a heavyweight unification match. Tight that it's at MSG, I'm sure it will sell out no problem. Sultan Ibragimov 22 (KO 17) - 0 6′ 2″ 76" reach Wladimir Klitschko 49 (KO 44) - 3 6′ 6½″ 81“ reach

This is a couple days old. Any further details? When do the bombs start to drop? :::: :::: TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has completely stopped selling any of its oil for U.S. dollars, an Iranian news agency reported on Saturday, citing the oil minister of the world's fourth-largest crude producer...

Humans have moved into the evolutionary fast lane and are becoming increasing different, a genetic study suggests. In the past 5,000 years, genetic change has occurred at a rate roughly 100 times higher than any other period, say scientists in the US. This is in contrast with the widely-held...

2K Signs Don King To Develop Video Game Not sure wtf Don King can offer but all I care about is a new boxing game... :::: :::: By Mark Vester 2K Sports announced on Monday, that they have signed promoter Don King to help develop a new boxing video game to challenge the popular Fight Night...

Finland and South Korea remain among the superpowers of education, according to a major international study. The three-yearly Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) shows that the two countries are in the top five for reading and maths. South Korea has made rapid progress since...

His leg looked like it snapped. That was pretty nasty. Feel bad for the guy, he's been playin a lot better.... Its got to be a broken leg or torn something.

Summary: There is something so smugly superior in the way we talk about suicide bombers and the cultures that produce them. But here is an unsettling thought. In 2005, 6,256 American veterans took their own lives. That same year, there were about 130 documented deaths of suicide bombers in...

damn, this might be the worst game in the history of football, but I keep watching in case Miami wins or if the game ends tied 0-0.

Well, he finally started to do a little better the last couple weeks and now he's out for the season. Chicago is left with two RB's - Adrian Peterson and Wolfe. Maybe they should put Hester as 3rd?! They're going to need to pick up someone thats for sure. Never should have let Jones go...

Pacquiao vs Marquez REMATCH 3/15!! [official!!!] Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao has called the bluff of WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and has agreed to face the last Mexican standing in a rematch tentatively scheduled for March 15 next year. Pacquiao who arrived from...

Scientists say they may be on the brink of translating into words the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak, after a pioneering experiment. Electrodes have been implanted in the brain of Eric Ramsay, who has been "locked in" - conscious but paralysed - since a car crash eight years ago...

Judah will make his debut at 154. Not sure what channel this will be on, but looks like an entertaining card, the Peterson brothers are fun to watch. The 1,500-seat Gus Lightbourne Sports Complex on the Caribbean Island of Turks & Caicos will be the host on Saturday when former world champion...

Surprised there aren't any threads on this. anyone play it? I thought the previews looked pretty sick....