LOS ANGELES – A pair of former light heavyweight champions emerged victorious from the Ultimate Fighting Championship event on Fox on Saturday night at Staples Center and will now wait to see which one gets another chance at the title. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Lyoto Machida earned knockout victories in the main and co-main events.
CHICAGO – Police evacuated tens of thousands of concertgoers from the Lollapalooza music festival on Saturday before a powerful thunderstorm swept into downtown Chicago and pelted the outdoor venue with rain.
Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday blamed Republicans for blocking a budget deal and risking automatic Pentagon cuts. But he promised a veterans group that America’s fighting men and women won’t suffer and will be guaranteed the best medical care for life.
BALTIMORE – A man whose life was the focus of “The Corner,” a book about a year on a drug-plagued Baltimore street corner, has died.
From the Irish pubs of Stockholm to bustling Koreatown in Los Angeles, expat Olympic fans around the world are following – or trying to follow – their favorite back-home athletes, an often lonely and difficult pursuit in our otherwise connected world.
Kobe Bryant was at Wimbledon on Friday, taking in the epic semifinal match between Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro and signing autographs between games. His day off was unscheduled, but there was really no need for the U.S. basketball team to practice when that’s about all it did the night before against Nigeria.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.
