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Kevin Johnson, Maloofs Lacking Communication Over Kings Relocation
By Sam Amick - AOL NewsSACRAMENTO, Calif. - With so many signs continuing to point toward a Kings exodus to Anaheim, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson on Thursday admonished the owners of his city's only professional sports team for the way in which they've handled the ongoing process. Johnson, the former NBA player who is so uniquely positioned in this attempt to retain the Capital City's basketball team, was reacting to an announcement from the NBA that Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof had requested an extension on the March 1 deadline to file for relocation. Johnson, who said he learned of the news through a ...
Albert Sosnowski Will 'Shock the World' Against Vitali Klitschko
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsWhen Ukrainian-born WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko looks to defend his crown against Polish-born Albert Sosnowski of Brentwood, Essex, England on May 29, he can look forward to one thing: A loss. For the 31-year-old, 6-foot-3 Sosnowski vows to that he will "Shock the world" when he meets the 38-year-old, nearly 6-foot-8 Klitschko at the 61,000 capacity, Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Klitschko (39-2, 37 knockouts) is coming off of December's unanimous decision over 30-year-old American contender Kevin Johnson (22-1-1, nine KOs) of Atlanta. Klitschko ...
Vitali Klitschko to Defend Title Against Albert Sosnowski
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsUkrainian-born, 38-year-old nearly 6-foot-8 WBC heavyweight champion, Vitali Klitschko, will defend his crown against 31-year-old, Polish-born, nearly 6-3, Albert Sosnowski of Brentwood Essex England on May 29 at Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, his promotional company, K2 announced on Tuesday. Klitschko (39-2, 37 knockouts) is coming off of December's unanimous decision over 30-year-old American contender Kevin Johnson (22-1-1, nine KOs), of Atlanta, whom Klitschko simply outworked over the course of 12 rounds. In facing Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KOs), Klitschko will ...
Will Holyfield Ultimately Face Klitschko?
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsInitially, Evander Holyfield was supposed to fight New York's Derric Rossy on Nov. 8 on Jeju Island in South Korea, but the bout was subsequently canceled. Then, Holyfield (pictured at right), a former four-time heavyweight champion, was slated to face South African Francois Botha on Dec. 19 in Uganda. Another rescheduling had Holyfield-Botha bench-marked for Jan. 16, and then yet another delay moved their bout to Feb. 20 at Nelson Mandela Memorial Stadium in Kampala, Uganda. The latest news, however, has the 47-year-old Holyfield (42-10-2, 27 knockouts) first meeting the 41-year-old Botha ...
NBA Drops One Ambitious Kings Arena Plan for Another
By Tom Ziller - AOL NewsThe Sacramento Bee reports NBA officials will hold a press conference this evening announcing support for a proposal to build a new entertainment complex in downtown Sacramento, replete with an arena for the barn-addled Kings. The NBA had previously thrown its considerable weight behind a plan to develop an arena on state-owned land in another part of the city. But Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson -- the local boy turned NBA All-Star -- has repeatedly pushed for a downtown project, and it's hard to imagine the glitz-minded Maloof family disagreeing.The Maloofs had actually attempted in 2006 to ...
Disappearing Arenas Could Have Consequences
By Bethlehem Shoals - AOL NewsThere's nothing funny about Josef Stalin's awful reign over the U.S.S.R. But when you have a demented tyrant doing whatever he can to maintain absolute power, weird things happen. That's how you end up with a book like David King's The Comissarr Vanishes, which tracks the devolution of Stalin-era photographs over time. When the man in charge decided, often without good reason, that someone had become an enemy, they were scrubbed from the archive. It was like they had never existed. I'm by no means comparing the Wizards front office to a totalitarian regime. Yet reading Michael Wilbon's latest ...
Boxing 'Analyst' Ron Artest Breaks Down Jermain Taylor
By Elie Seckbach - AOL NewsNBA star Ron Artest is a big boxing fan and now he's blogging about the sport, right here at FanHouse. In this post Ron shares his thoughts on boxing star Jermain Taylor. Artest: I remember I would be in the locker room with Corliss Williamson and he was high on this one boxer from Arkansas, Jermain Taylor. I knew who the boxer was from a while back because I watched him come up and build his celebrity, along with building up his wins. I wasn't into his style after the first couple fights because it seemed a little weird, but I also didn't think he would lose fights the way he lost them. For ...
Juan Diaz vs. Paulie Malignaggi: Live Round-by-Round Updates
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsFanHouse has a Juan Diaz vs. Paulie Malignaggi live blog for the main event as well as undercard updates for their 12-round, HBO-televised title bout. The HBO broadcast begins at 10:30 p.m. ET, with the main event beginning at approximately 11:20, ET. Diaz is 35-2, with 17 knockouts, and Malignaggi is 26-3, with five KOs: Refresh this page often for minute-by-minute updates.Round 1: Malignaggi comes forward behind his jab, Diaz's hands are high around his head. Diaz jabs his way in, but Malignaggi clinches. Malignaggi looks bigger. Malingnaggi's movement is troubling Diaz, who is backing up. ...
Vitali Klitschko Wins Unanimous Decision Over Johnson
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsBERN, Switzerland -- Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title on Saturday night with a unanimous decision over American contender Kevin Johnson.The 38-year-old Ukrainian kept Johnson against the ropes for much of the fight but landed few heavy shots to hurt the 30-year-old challenger. Johnson proved a durable opponent and did his best work with counterattacking straight left jabs.Klitschko (39-2) was making his third defense of the belt he reclaimed in October last year, following a four-year break to recover from injuries. He opted to take the fight just 11 weeks after beating Cris ...
Nagy Aguilera KO's Oleg Maskaev in First Round
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsDomincan-born heavyweight Nagy Aguilera dropped Oleg Maskaev once in the initial round, and later fired a number of unanswered blows that forced the referee to stop their bout on the way to a first-round knockout of the former WBC heavyweight champion on Friday night at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, Calif.The loss likely spells the end of a career for the Russian-born 40-year-old Maskaev (36-7, 27 knockouts), and breathes life into that of the 23-year-old Aguilera (15-2), who scored his 10th knockout and his second straight in the first round."I'm not sure that I remember clearly, but I ...
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