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JUGGLING TRAINERSChanging trainers isn't necessarily bad, says Top Rank Inc. matchmaker Bruce Trampler.Trampler noted that such champions as Sugar Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson changed trainers more than once. FULL TEXT Fight fuels pay-per-view frenzyThe Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad welterweight championship fight is selling as fast on pay-per-view as the quickest punches of either fighter.Boxing fans are readily anteing up the $49.95 to watch De La Hoya put his World Boxing Council title on the line Saturday against Trinidad, who will risk his International Boxing Federation title. FULL TEXT
Veteran Willy T. Ribbs is returning to the racetrack. Ribbs, the first black American to compete in the Indianapolis 500, will become the first black to compete in the Indy Racing League when he starts in the Sept. COLUMN: Jeff Wolf Welcome to the court of Judge Tread. From the courts of the National Tennis Center in New York City, to the court of racetrack appeals in one week. COLUMN: Royce Feour It was amusing to hear promoters Bob Arum and Don King compliment each other at the final news conference for the Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad fight. Chaparral to test surging Silverado The conversation in the preseason went something like this. When local prep football coaches were asked who would be the top teams around town, they named the usual powers -- Cimarron-Memorial, Cheyenne, Western, Las Vegas. Tyson: `I have no one to blame but myself' Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was generally mellow and philosophical at a news conference Thursday to announce his fight against Orlin Norris on Oct. UNLV cornerback now a big-play man UNLV's Kevin Thomas already had established himself as one of the Mountain West Conference's top cornerbacks before this football season. Wildcats claw their way back to top Chaparral in volleyball Review-Journal Las Vegas' girls volleyball team was one point away from losing in the fourth game Thursday night at Chaparral, but the Wildcats rallied from a 14-9 deficit to win 16-14 and force a fifth and deciding game. Soccer teams experimenting during early games Review-Journal There is plenty of hype surrounding UNLV with its football team off to its best start in recent years. IRL fans get chances to mingle with drivers Racing fans will have plenty of opportunities to meet Indy Racing League drivers next week during a weeklong schedule of activities leading to the last major race weekend of the year in Southern Nevada. JUGGLING TRAINERS Changing trainers isn't necessarily bad, says Top Rank Inc. matchmaker Bruce Trampler. Trampler noted that such champions as Sugar Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson changed trainers more than once. Trinidad Sr. also fought great Latin Felix Trinidad has been in the ring before with a great boxer of Mexican descent. On Saturday, Trinidad will fight Oscar De La Hoya, a Mexican-American, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center for two-thirds of the world welterweight title. Junior welterweight Diaz chases shot at big time There is no shortage of great fighters in the junior welterweight division. World Boxing Council champion Kostya Tszyu is a feared puncher. Sheltered Trinidad set to go The elevator to Felix Trinidad's suite at the Las Vegas Hilton is located in the center of the hotel. Robinson says revised stadium will 'wow' fans The unveiling of the new Sam Boyd Stadium is only a day away. And while the suite holders who dropped $45,000 might not be overly ecstatic with some of the improvements that still need to be done, the typical UNLV football fan should be quite impressed with the $18 million upgrade. De La Hoya Notes Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was angry, to say the least, that a news conference formally announcing the Mike Tyson-Orlin Norris fight for Oct. Fight fuels pay-per-view frenzy The Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad welterweight championship fight is selling as fast on pay-per-view as the quickest punches of either fighter. | |||||||
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