After years of fighting to get this story of boxer brothers Dicky Eklund and Micky Ward from a hardscrabble town of Lowell, Massachusetts off the canvas, actor/producer Mark Wahlberg triumphed with The Fighter scoring a one-two punch at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony held at Kodak Theater in downtown Los Angeles Sunday night. [...]
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Charlie Sheen, the star of Two and a Half Men is out, suspended for at least the remainder of the year, but reports are he is a key component likely to return to the bullpen in a popular baseball film franchise. [...] In a day of records where crashes had drivers seeing too much yellow, Trevor Bayne, a 20 year-old rookie was the first to see the black and white of the checkered flag to take NASCAR’s biggest race earlier today at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [...] Authors Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim present an intriguing guide to a wide array of both complex and heretofore seemingly mundane topics that go far beyond the scoreboard to help fans get at the truths of sports [...] One of sports’ most iconic venues is appropriately given all-star treatment in celebrating its 100th anniversary in this compelling and picturesque book. [...] He couldn’t run pass patterns like Shannon Sharpe. His speed in the 40 didn’t come close to Marshall Faulk or Deion Sanders nor could he fight through to pressure quarterbacks like Richard Dent, but Ed Sabol’s talent is certainly just as deserving of a place in pro football’s hall of fame. [...] “Vince Lombardi is coming back to Green Bay,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said as the silver trophy was handed to the Packer team that had just beaten Pittsburgh, 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV. [...] |
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