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Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie are likely not the hugging pair anymore. Last weekend
Adebayor showed the world that he is in fact a "mindless and malicious" player as his former
teammate van Persie pointed out. And Adebayor likely deserves a severe ban for his
unprofessional actions.
If the USMNT learned anything on Sunday it was this, you can't let a good team off the ropes. Just
like in boxing when you have an opponent ready to fall, you have to keep pounding away until
someone tells you to stop. Brazil is a good fighter and after a first half spent working them over
for the knockout, the U.
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football news - The good, the bad and the ugly
Andrei Arshavin's fantastic display against Liverpool, AZ Alkmaar, the Wembley pitch and Serie A
all feature on this week's good, the bad and the ugly section feature in this week's Good, the Bad
and the Ugly section of languagecaster's football podcast.
Karyn Kusama's (gorgeous) film Girlfight climaxes with a "gender blind" boxing match, in which the
film's central character gets into the ring and boxes her boyfriend. This has got to be one of the
most fascinating scenes in a sports movie.
Before I go any farther, let me just say that the New York State Boxing Commission has never
authorized gender-blind boxing for men and women in the same weight class.
Jackie vs. Audrey, Ohkay Casino, 2006
Delilah Montoya
I just read 8 reasons women should take up boxing on Lisa Bedsoe's blog, The Glowing Edge, and
thought I'd comment briefly on my very recent encounters with boxing.
I've just started to learn some kickboxing/boxing basics as part of my work with personal
trainer/performance artist Heather Cassils.
Remember a few months back when the rights to broadcast English Premier League games was being
negotiated. Many people figured ESPN was a shoo-in to score the rights and establish itself as the
continent's primary football network. Then the news came in February that premium cable provider
Setanta failed to hold on to its rights to broadcast a significant number of EPL matches; the EPL
being the primary subscription driver for Setanta.
The matches to watch after you realize that Carles Puyol and Raul Albiol pretending to box
neither pumps you up for El Clasico nor does it help the image of footballers as pansies.
Saturday
Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park Prediction: Spurs won't win 9-1 like they
did last week against Wigan and Jermain Defoe won't score five goals all by himself.
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