If you're like millions of Americans, chances are you will soon visit your favorite travel website to secure holiday reservations. Even now, you may be sitting by your computer, beverage in hand (but not too close to the keyboard), trying to make sure you don't forget something on your hotel checklist: Room with a view? Check! Around-the-clock room service? Check! Heated pool and spa? Check! You might...
Even Hispanics and Filipinos aren't supposed to use the word "negro"? We read: "A civil rights group has chided Dionisia Pacquiao, mother of famed Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, for using the word "Negro" in a public statement. The Color People Advancement Community (CPAC), a small Las Vegas-based ethnic rights group, was reacting to statements made by Mrs. Pacquiao after her...
By Rob Annicelli. Simon Corporation, Cordish Cos., and Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold are now engaging in a full scale public relations blitz to try and rescue their collective proposal to place a slots casino in a shopping center. With less than three weeks to go until what would appear to be the final hearing on zoning legislation which would permit a slots parlor in the county, these...
Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Review-Journal spoke with Diddy when he was in town for the recent Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto boxing match at the MGM Grand. They talked about a handful of random subjects including Diddy's own casino (in the futu...
If you closed your eyes last Saturday night in Las Vegas, it felt like another era. Throughout the MGM Grand Garden Arena, iconic athletes (Derek Jeter and Magic Johnson) mixed easily with A-List (Sean "Diddy" Combs, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) and B-list (Jon Seda, Kevin Dillon) celebrities. The ringside parade of fighters included legitimate boldfaced names -- Roberto Duran, Thomas...
LAS VEGAS - Yes, Manny Pacquiao appeared at the Mandalay Bay late Saturday night, microphone in hand. "Eight songs," he said, before he left the MGM Grand. "But...
Miguel Cotto is determined to halt Manny Pacquiao’s march towards the history books at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when he defends his WBO welterweight title against the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter on Saturday night. Yet Pacquiao is the man with momentum and he could rewrite the history books by becoming the only prize [...]
Manny Pacquiao had barely won his latest world title, at a seventh different weight, in Las Vegas in the early hours of this morning when the boxing world turned its attention to the next challenge facing the Filipino many were prepared to call the "greatest ever" after his stunning victory over a brave but outclassed welterweight champion, Miguel Cotto. "We want Floyd,'' chanted the...
LAS VEGAS – On a cold Saturday evening, Manny Pacquiao put on the hottest performance of his life, winning an unprecedented seventh world title in different weight classes, and this time making sure that he’ll be remembered forever as the greatest of them all. It was nine degrees outside when the 30-year-old Filipino superstar waged war against the bigger Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico at...
Outpunching a taller and heavier opponent yet again, Manny Pacquiao this time needed all 12 rounds to win by technical knockout (TKO) over a bloodied Miguel Cotto in their “Firepower" match Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada. Earning his seventh weight division title and still peaking at age 30, the national icon cemented his status as one of the greatest...
MANILA, Philippines - It took a lot of guts to do what Manny Pacquiao did in beating Miguel Cotto for his seventh world boxing championship in seven different weight divisions at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last Saturday night (yesterday morning, Manila). Pacquiao, a 3-1 favorite, realized from the onset that Cotto’s power left jab – the same weapon he used in scoring a unanimous...
Who says Jews can't fight? From USA TODAY: LAS VEGAS — Yuri Foreman, the fighting rabbi-to-be, remained undefeated and made history Saturday night when he became the first Israeli to hold a major boxing belt, defeating Daniel Santos by unanimous decision for the WBA super welterweight title at the MGM Grand Arena. Despite his unblemished record, Foreman came in as the underdog to Puerto Rican...
As BuddyTV reported last month, the match between UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and undefeated MMA fighter Shane Carwin has been postponed to early next year, possibly for UFC 108 on January 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The delay of what was supposed to be UFC 106, scheduled to commence on November 21, is due to Lesnar's illness--- something that has kept him from...
Jessica Simpson is helping sister Ashlee Simpson-Wentz celebrate her 25th birthday which is today! Happy Birthday Ashlee! Ashlee’s husband, Peter Wentz was also there of course. They’re celebrating at Wet Republic at the MGM Grand Casino in Vegas. Pictures here
The fight is on! Boxing fans are excited by the news that one of the biggest contests of the years is finally happening. After the delay, the much awaited come back fight of the former pound for pound king Floyd "The Pretty Boy" Mayweather against the technician boxer Juan Manuel Marquez is now set. The clash billed as "Number One/Numero Uno," is scheduled on September 19, 2009 at the MGM Grand, Las
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez: Full Fight Expectations Former welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who retired as boxing's mythical pound-for-pound titlist in 2007, is fighting current lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez at a catchweight of 144 pounds on Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Since the 32-year-old Mayweather left the sport after an impressive 10th-round
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