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Gilas Pilipinas won against India. 85-76 in the 2014 Asian Games

<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4640007019043px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gilas Pilipinas opened its bid for Asian Games gold with an 85-76 victory over India, Tuesday afternoon at the Hwaseong Sports Complex Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea.</span></span><br />
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Gilas Pilipinas won against India. 85-76 in the 2014 Asian Games

Gilas Pilipinas opened its bid for Asian Games gold with an 85-76 victory over India, Tuesday afternoon at the Hwaseong Sports Complex Gymna...

Watch Master Game Face Challenge 2014 replay here!

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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Marc Pingris failed to get two of two Saturday night at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum as his squad lost to Chris Tiu’s team during the Master Game Face Challenge, 135-110.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After helping out the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers win Game 2 of their semifinals duel with the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters earlier in the night, Pingris acted as Team Marc’s coach during the all-star event that featured Kevin Love joining both teams for a Three-Point Shootout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chris Ellis led all scorers and helped Team Chris get the victory. The high-flying member of the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings dropped 31 points, shooting 15 of 22 from the field. He also added eight rebounds and two steals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Backing him up for Team Chris were Mike Tolomia with 20, Cliff Hodge and Chris Newsome with 13 each, and Mark Cruz with 12.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Team Marc on the other hand was led by Greg Slaughter with 27 points, nine rebounds, and three assists. Slaughter nailed three of five triples in the second quarter to keep his squad on the game but Team Chris was just too good in the second half. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">JC Intal added 20 for Team Marc while RR Garcia added 17. Amateurs Andre Paras and Jericho Cruz combined for 22.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greg Slaughter, Cliff Hodge, Mark Cruz, Mike Tolomia, and Chris Ellis were named the Mythical Five of the all star game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Among the five, Slaughter won the game's Most Valuable Player Award even if he was from the losing side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The youngsters started the game for both squads as only NCAA and UAAP players were in the first five. Although Team Marc got the first lead after a basket from Andre Paras, Team Chris quickly wrested the control of the game with their fast breaks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back to back threes from Greg Slaughter cut Team Chris’ lead somewhat to 53-35. The big guy added another three and a floater off a gorgeous sidestep move to inch Team Marc closer at 55-43.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After being down by a mile, Team Marc was only down by eight points, 59-51, at the half.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Team Marc inched even closer in the third quarter as a triple from Jared Dillinger slide their deficit to two points at 65-63. However, Team Chris flashed its might in later on featuring an aerial attack from Chris Ellis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Team Chris also won the Three-Point Shootout as Chris Tiu scored 17 points while Love added 15. Kevin Ferrer and Jeff Chan both scored 13 points for Team Chris to beat Team Marc representatives Jeric Teng, Roi Sumang, Gary David, and Love.</span></div>

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Kawhi Leonard NBA Finals MVP

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kawhi Leonard was named Finals MVP as the Spurs captured their fifth title in franchise history by defeating the Heat 104-87 at the AT&T Center on Sunday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 22-year-old small forward was quiet in Games 1 and 2, but he took over the rest of the way, keying three straight Spurs victories to clinch the Finals series in five games.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Right now it’s just surreal to me,” Leonard said. ” I had a great group of guys behind me, just pushing me, just wanting me to just be aggressive in the game … “</span><br />
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Kawhi Leonard NBA Finals MVP

Kawhi Leonard was named Finals MVP as the Spurs captured their fifth title in franchise history by defeating the Heat 104-87 at the AT&T...

San Antonio is back again, winning their 5th NBA title over miami 104-87 in game 5

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Spurs finished off a dominant run to their fifth NBA championship Sunday night, ending the Heat's two-year title reign with a 104-87 victory that wrapped up the series in five games.
A year after their heartbreaking seven-game defeat, their only loss in six finals appearances, the Spurs won four routs to deny Miami's quest for a third straight championship. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.375200271606445px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The San Antonio Spurs Tony Parker (9), Tim Duncan (21), Matt Bonner, and Patty Mills (8) celebrate in the final moments at Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals against the Miami Heat on Sunday, June 15, 2014, in San Antonio. The Spurs won the NBA championship 104-87.</span></span></td></tr>
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San Antonio is back again, winning their 5th NBA title over miami 104-87 in game 5

The Spurs finished off a dominant run to their fifth NBA championship Sunday night, ending the Heat's two-year title reign with a 104-87...

Carmelo Anthony will leave New York Knicks?

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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is leaning toward leaving in pursuit of immediate championship contention, and awaits the Chicago Bulls and Houston Rockets to clear the necessary salary-cap space to sign him in free agency, league sources told Yahoo Sports.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As re-signing with the Knicks continues to fade as his priority, Chicago and Houston have emerged as the clear frontrunners to acquire Anthony, league sources told Yahoo Sports.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anthony's meeting with Knicks officials on Friday night had little impact on his state of mind, league sources said, because there remain too many uncertainties about how quickly president Phil Jackson can reshape the team into a championship contender.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chicago and Houston front-office executives are working diligently on contingencies to clear the space to sign Anthony outright – or engage sign-and-trade scenarios with New York, sources said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"His heart is in New York," one source familiar with Anthony's thinking told Yahoo Sports, "but he wants a chance to win now."</span></div>

Carmelo Anthony will leave New York Knicks?

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Watch NBA Game 5 Online Live Stream Free!

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Miami Heat will play the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals 2014 Game 5 on Sunday with LeBron James and the Heat looking to fight off elimination and take the series to a Game 6. Tonight's game will take place at the AT&T Center in Texas and has a scheduled start time of 8 p.m. ET. The game can be watched on TV on the ABC network or online through free live stream.</span><br />
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LeBron James tweet to filipino HEAT haters is circulating online ( Fake or Real? )

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The NBA Finals is approaching. And we all know whenever Miami heat reaches the finals, sudden waves of Heat supporters and haters will clash on many social media sites. Especially here in the Philippines. After losing to spurs this morning(Manila Time), Miami heat bashers went berserk on LeBron's twitter. And the "KING" replied with a really "BURNING" tweet. </span><br />
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"To all filipino Heat Haters, stop tweeting me "TANGINA MO LEBRON". We all know you are heat fans whenever we win"</span><br />
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LeBron James tweet to filipino HEAT haters is circulating online ( Fake or Real? )

The NBA Finals is approaching. And we all know whenever Miami heat reaches the finals, sudden waves of Heat supporters and haters will clash...

Return of Derrick Rose!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After being out for over a year, former league MVP Derrick Rose made his  way back on to a NBA court and showed off his healthy knee. Rose  finished with 13 points in 21 minutes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs61UOb3u9H6-Hq90LMC1H3OtQFL7RV7G8Gu5HJC6xpoaHWJ9rTouXK1yZQuDpxQxSlrCrW1BU9vulJ4lodWfLnc7omZxQOGMnhrI3f-PG9weDGvK_Nh4rYvlzACPw6LCSKI4l-dsPRmo/s1600/DROSE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs61UOb3u9H6-Hq90LMC1H3OtQFL7RV7G8Gu5HJC6xpoaHWJ9rTouXK1yZQuDpxQxSlrCrW1BU9vulJ4lodWfLnc7omZxQOGMnhrI3f-PG9weDGvK_Nh4rYvlzACPw6LCSKI4l-dsPRmo/s320/DROSE.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About the NBA: <br />The NBA  is the premier professional basketball league in the United States and  Canada. The league is truly global, with games and programming in 215  countries and territories in 47 languages, as well as rosters that  currently feature 85 international players from 36 countries and  territories. For the 2013-14 season, each of the league's 30 teams will  play 82 regular-season games, followed by a postseason for those that  qualify. <br /><br />The NBA consists of the following teams: Atlanta Hawks;  Boston Celtics; Brooklyn Nets; Charlotte Bobcats; Chicago Bulls;  Cleveland Cavaliers; Dallas Mavericks; Denver Nuggets; Detroit Pistons;  Golden State Warriors; Houston Rockets; Indiana Pacers; Los Angeles  Clippers; Los Angeles Lakers; Memphis Grizzlies; Miami Heat; Milwaukee  Bucks; Minnesota Timberwolves; New Orleans Pelicans; New York Knicks;  Oklahoma City Thunder; Orlando Magic; Philadelphia 76ers; Phoenix Suns;  Portland Trail Blazers; Sacramento Kings; San Antonio Spurs; Toronto  Raptors; Utah Jazz; Washington Wizards. <br /><br />The NBA offers real time  access to live regular season NBA games with a subscription to NBA  LEAGUE PASS, available globally for TV, broadband, and mobile.   Real-time Stats, Scores, Highlights and more are available to fans on  web and mobile with NBA Game Time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch Video below :</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uNScJsrob2Y" width="420"></iframe> </div>

Return of Derrick Rose!

After being out for over a year, former league MVP Derrick Rose made his way back on to a NBA court and showed off his healthy knee. Rose ...

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Insidious: Chapter 2 is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan . It is a ...

Orcollo and Corteza ( Philippines ) 2013 World Cup of Pool Champions

<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><p>DENNIS Orcollo and Lee Van Corteza brought the World Cup of Pool title back to the Philippines after trouncing the Dutch pair of Neils Feijen and Nick Van den Berg in the race-to-10 final in London early Monday morning (Manila time).</p></span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Filipino pair won it by scores of 10-8, winning the last two racks to pull away from a tight 8-8 contest.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0PQ8Gtg53N9YWgFaD7NdVd9_JOGoPUZSAMFCXgMPukRbZFeWg_h8JmzgJVBZW65UCRqy2QjeVEcng2wyn_Jnaea-_nb_kkTC73nYsv0PIixxkJlf0v8gWmiEE7ZIGPX6-wKj1piSROU/s1600/CORTEZA-and-ORCOLLO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0PQ8Gtg53N9YWgFaD7NdVd9_JOGoPUZSAMFCXgMPukRbZFeWg_h8JmzgJVBZW65UCRqy2QjeVEcng2wyn_Jnaea-_nb_kkTC73nYsv0PIixxkJlf0v8gWmiEE7ZIGPX6-wKj1piSROU/s640/CORTEZA-and-ORCOLLO.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They became the third Filipino duo to win the annual single-elimination tournament for doubles team in nine-ball competition after legends Efren `Bata’ Reyes and Francisco `Django’ Bustamante won the inaugural event in 2006 and then repeated in 2009.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Filipinos won the top prize of $60,000.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the way to the championship match, Orcollo and Corteza beat the Chinese Taipei pair of Chang Jung-lin and Ko Pin-yi, 9-7, in the semis.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch Full Video below :</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/POJfGdhxxCk?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Orcollo and Corteza ( Philippines ) 2013 World Cup of Pool Champions

DENNIS Orcollo and Lee Van Corteza brought the World Cup of Pool title back to the Philippines after trouncing the Dutch pair of Neils Feije...

Will Pacquaio vs. Mayweather happen?

<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After Floyd Mayweather’s ridiculously one-sided dismantling over the over over-hyped Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a fight which looked more like a mismatch except in the eyes of judge CJ Ross who inexplicably scored the fight a 114-114 draw, the obvious question is who’s a credible opponent to test the pound-for-pound king.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few names have been mentioned but except for one – “Fighter of the Decade</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">” Manny Pacquiao – no other makes real sense if indeed the fights are to be contests, not as Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has classified as fights designed to appreciate how good Floyd is.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXTUqr_mdqa1rjpLdkHm0Trhby5w7KJtvDFpjUeZ-7ZStG7Rl47xyuytDI8Z4xPT6qfckgFHzX2QxolQ42ScE_qxPtSJfLszppZ9j3p0Ae_lV948iswQGW65M1U1tnCm_-3yLl7sxNTc/s1600/Mayweather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXTUqr_mdqa1rjpLdkHm0Trhby5w7KJtvDFpjUeZ-7ZStG7Rl47xyuytDI8Z4xPT6qfckgFHzX2QxolQ42ScE_qxPtSJfLszppZ9j3p0Ae_lV948iswQGW65M1U1tnCm_-3yLl7sxNTc/s320/Mayweather.jpg" width="240" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman sent Yahoo Philippines a pre-fight assessment he candidly admitted that the Mayweather-Alvarez title fight was the best fight that could be made at this particular time.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reading into his subsequent comments you get the impression that Sulaiman expected Mayweather to win despite the fact that there were those who felt that the youth of Alvarez who is 13 years younger than Mayweather and his power would be a major factor.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sulaiman , in his comments on the WBC website cautioned “ it would be a grave mistake to discount Floyd Mayweather due to his age” pointing out that “Floyd has taken care of himself very well, always being in optimum condition. He's weathered his career well, receiving scant punishment in fights, which haven't transformed into wars, due to his superb boxing skills and more than sound defense.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sulaiman stressed "Floyd is at the best moment of his career. There's a combination of power, intelligence and boxing quality."<br />Sulaiman, while remaining tactful, felt that Canelo Alvarez “would have greatly benefited from two or three more fights before this mega-fight” and he was clearly vindicated by what happened in the fight itself.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interestingly, despite his hugely controversial split decision loss to Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley and his stunning 6th round knockout by Juan Manuel Marquez last December 8, Sulaiman told us in a pre-fight statement for a Viva Sports TV special that the winner of the Mayweather –Alvarez showdown should fight Pacquiao next.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The WBC president said, “I sincerely hope that the winner will meet Manny Pacquiao. Manny is my idol, whatever happens I will always feel very, very proud of him as he was a WBC champion and I still believe that he is.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is evident that a Pacquiao-Alvarez fight would be almost impossible to arrange since Canelo reluctantly came down to the catch-weight of 152 pounds to face Mayweather while Pacquiao has said he is comfortable at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds and there’s no way Canelo, even if he won over Mayweather by some miracle, would have agreed to fight Pacquiao at 147.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_5TCZQYAj8CeJJZkKYkiPDQyfvIgt2tP-sKk8CPorbA8LuCH4gdUpgZxSP4Uc_Y7KwPIrG4W0G6Mfsrb-LXg71kdt7r0dgHWpeOQbfCmdXRncLMzVZSuFQom3MMh1lq3s093YAuAVBA/s1600/clash-in-cotai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_5TCZQYAj8CeJJZkKYkiPDQyfvIgt2tP-sKk8CPorbA8LuCH4gdUpgZxSP4Uc_Y7KwPIrG4W0G6Mfsrb-LXg71kdt7r0dgHWpeOQbfCmdXRncLMzVZSuFQom3MMh1lq3s093YAuAVBA/s320/clash-in-cotai.jpg" width="213" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pacquiao himself was grateful to Sulaiman f0r his comments and in resp</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">onse to the WBC president’s belief that the Mayweather-Alvarez should fight Pacquiao, said “that will be good.”</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mayweather still has four fights remaining in the last two years of his reported $200 million contract with Showtime.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Respected Los Angeles Times columnist Lance Pugmire reported that when Mayweather was asked who could possibly beat him, he said, "Um . . ."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to Pugmire “The ensuing silence took minds to another name….Manny Pacquiao” who is scheduled to face former world champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios at the C otai Arena in Macau on November 24.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mayweather appeared to leave a slight opening for a fight to be negotiated in the future when he said "At this point, Manny Pacquiao is not in my plans." Emphasis should be placed on "at this point."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few people around Pacquiao would still wish to see a Mayweather fight happen despite the fact that past negotiations have failed with Mayweather accused of using a variety of reasons to duck a Pacquiao fight and to instead pick and choose opponents he can easily handle such as his last two opponents - Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and Alvarez.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One individual who had wanted a Pacquiao-Mayweather battle was celebrated trainer Freddie Roach who maintained that if Pacquiao trained hard, was in good physical condition and didn’t have training camp distractions was capable of beating Mayweather. Whether Roach has changed his mind after the master-class put on by Floyd against Canelo is not yet known.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The one thing that stands out is that Mayweather hasn’t stopped an opponent in five of his last six fights with only a dubious 4th round knockout of Victor Ortiz the exception.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pacquiao is certainly quicker than Alvarez or any of Floyd’s last six opponents and hits harder because his speed accentuates his power and just about everybody knows that Mayweather doesn’t like facing southpaws.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their comparative records with the exception of the Marquez fight, speak for themselves. Mayweather went the distance with Oscar De La Hoya and won a somewhat controversial split decision while Pacquiao pulverized "The Golden Boy" who quit after eight rounds.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mayweather took ten rounds before he stopped Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton while Pacquiao destroyed Hatton in two rounds while Miguel Cotto went the distance with Mayweather but was battered into submission in twelve rounds by Pacquiao.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The one man who would have what Pugmire considers “a powerful voice” in talks about a possible Pacquiao fight is the vice president of Showtime sports Stephen Espinoza who has been quoted as saying "I don't consider anything un-doable. If Floyd ultimately has any interest in it, I have no problem putting all of our efforts into making that fight. We would do that as long as we're not chasing our tail."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Within the Pacquiao camp one man who claims he does have a voice and has effectively withstood all sorts of maneuvers to get him out is adviser Michael Koncz.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pacquiao himself told us publicly that he trusts Koncz who is loyal to him and does what he is told to do.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since Koncz himself was involved in talks with Mayweather at his Las Vegas Gym to try and get a Pacquiao fight done and in fact the two men at times exchanged text messages while Floyd and Manny spoke on the phone in a conversation arranged by Koncz, the adviser told us Pacquiao “is concerned about Rios and is not thinking of Mayweather” even as he emphasized that they are “not underestimating Rios.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a conversation we had with Pacquiao last August 26, he said he was excited to enter the ring against Rios because “it’s a good fight, a good test and my opponent is good and very aggressive.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we asked Manny whether he still considers himself an elite fighter, Pacquiao replied “that’s what I’m trying to prove to the people on November 24. It's hard to say right now but I’m doing my best in training to show it to them.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.453125px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe, if Pacquiao does put on an impressive performance against the exciting Rios, Mayweather may be forced to alter his assessment that Pacquiao is a has-been after his KO at the hands of Marquez. Fight fans around the world who have, over the past three years, wanted the fight to happen may renew their campaign which Mayweather may find difficult to ignore amidst claims he picks opponents whom he could handily defeat.</span></div>

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Derrick Rose in Manila Video 2013

<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.15625px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MANILA, Philippines — NBA superstar Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls came back to this city like he never left.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.15625px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rose, who played exhibition games here back in 2011, is back for a two-day Adidas tour.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.15625px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“It feels great to be back here. I’m happy to be here,” said Rose, who arrived Saturday.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.15625px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 24-year-old Rose drew a packed crowd at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Sunday as fans, many donning Rose’s Bulls jersey, welcomed the three-time All-star with deafening cheers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.15625px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rose, who unfortunately sat out last season due to an ACL tear, will be at the SM Mall of Asia on Monday for the final stop of his visit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDlIBDy7gz44Ve685ZiTyfRYn8kpp2uioBZ4BmPBWVfTCLl7HcTwYtvq7calArzydAhBOwPIlBPvcQQU6yrwvwUGXbz0fQDT23VNLBh8uEIfegnQBSeINbPHv4iNhbZ2XJpv9AIvReFg/s1600/derrick-rose-live-in-manila-2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDlIBDy7gz44Ve685ZiTyfRYn8kpp2uioBZ4BmPBWVfTCLl7HcTwYtvq7calArzydAhBOwPIlBPvcQQU6yrwvwUGXbz0fQDT23VNLBh8uEIfegnQBSeINbPHv4iNhbZ2XJpv9AIvReFg/s320/derrick-rose-live-in-manila-2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch Derrick Rose Live in Manila below :</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://adf.ly/4800162/d-rose-on-manila">http://adf.ly/4800162/d-rose-on-manila</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

Derrick Rose in Manila Video 2013

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Floyd Mayweather beats Alvares

<h2 id="yui_3_9_1_1_1379258302417_1051"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGwRyE4-E5XDcYWFwYwxKRDwEgSvn_U0_4prDHVNeBv-XbWeWV3gY7hQdCCdlGDROZ_cMWm_iqgiZ6gZbRs2UWkDFbwzX7W43DReLQNhxqDjfbNneMG2WRnsRu1hvpDgD0DkzD-Xm4qk/s1600/Floyd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGwRyE4-E5XDcYWFwYwxKRDwEgSvn_U0_4prDHVNeBv-XbWeWV3gY7hQdCCdlGDROZ_cMWm_iqgiZ6gZbRs2UWkDFbwzX7W43DReLQNhxqDjfbNneMG2WRnsRu1hvpDgD0DkzD-Xm4qk/s400/Floyd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></h2><h2 id="yui_3_9_1_1_1379258302417_1051"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 14:  Floyd Mayweather Jr. celebrates his majority decision victory against  Canelo Alvarez in their WBC/WBA 154-pound title fight at the MGM Grand  Garden Arena on September 14, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al  Bello/Getty Images)</span></span></span></h2>

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Mayweather lives the life with $41 million payday

<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LAS VEGAS (AP) -- By now, most people who care know as much about Floyd Mayweather Jr. as they'll ever need to know, thanks to the reality TV shows he stars in for every big fight.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's the fleet of exotic cars in three different cities, and the mansion where Mayweather and his entourage hang out. Rappers and other boxers drop in occasionally, and on payday Mayweather hands out stacks of $100 bills to the considerable number of people in his employ.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's big, flashy, and about as real as reality TV gets. But as Mayweather prepares for Saturday night's fight against undefeated Mexican star Canelo Alvarez, we've learned even more.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here's a few tidbits about Mayweather you may not have known:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- He likes cheeseburgers. At 3 in the morning on the Las Vegas Strip, he and the posse can often be found throwing a few down at Fatburger.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />- He can lose at the sports book. Mayweather loves to post pictures on Twitter with six-figure wins on his bets, but acknowledged this week he lost a big bet Monday night on the Houston Texans.- He gets sad sometimes watching kids box in his gym when his sons have no interest in the sport. ''Does that hurt me?'' he asks. ''Absolutely.''</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- He can name every car on duPont Registry, his favorite online shopping site. He owns many of them, almost all in white and in fleets at homes in Las Vegas, Miami and Los Angeles.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- He spends big money, sometimes as much as $200,000, for handbags for his female friends. Then he buys them something called Baginizers to make sure everything inside is organized.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- He's in business with a Chinese company that manufactures his The Money Team apparel. 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Alva …</span></div></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mayweather has a nickname, too, though it's different than the one he had when he first started boxing professionally 17 years ago. He was Pretty Boy Floyd then, before America discovered him as the villain they would pay to watch and before he had the cars and the mansion on a golf course.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He's Money May now, and he's the highest paid athlete in the country. On Saturday night he'll make at least $41 million to fight Alvarez, bringing his take for the year in two fights to a whopping $73 million.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's a lot of cheeseburgers, and a lot of handbags. But Mayweather earns it because he has delivered wins in all 44 of his fights. People who don't like him will pay to see if he'll lose, and his fans will reach into their pockets to cheer him on for another win.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pay-per-view will cost a record $75 this time, leading promoters to boast that this could be the richest fight ever, surpassing the 2007 bout between Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya. That may or may not happen, but the idea that Alvarez might be the one fighter with the stuff to finally beat Mayweather has made this one of the most anticipated fights in years.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mayweather was a less-than-fashionable 37 minutes late to the final prefight press conference Wednesday at the MGM Grand hotel casino, not that it mattered. It was such a low-key affair that even those on the dais seemed to want to be somewhere else.</span></div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image landscape get-lbdata-from-dom  onesize go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="9" data-uuid="2447257e-d3ce-3a53-847e-4091448be881" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/mayweather-lives-life-41-million-photo-233705288--box.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Mayweather lives the life with $41 million payday"></a><br /><div class="img-wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; height: 258px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image landscape get-lbdata-from-dom  onesize go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="9" data-uuid="2447257e-d3ce-3a53-847e-4091448be881" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/mayweather-lives-life-41-million-photo-233705288--box.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Mayweather lives the life with $41 million payday"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View gallery</span></span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">."</span></span></a></div><a class="body-related-link body-related-image landscape get-lbdata-from-dom  onesize go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="9" data-uuid="2447257e-d3ce-3a53-847e-4091448be881" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/mayweather-lives-life-41-million-photo-233705288--box.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Mayweather lives the life with $41 million payday"><img alt="Mayweather lives the life with $41 million payday" class="body-related-thumb" height="258px" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1R0sSvslpbbJGGYeQguuyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTI1ODtxPTg1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201309111734632509564" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; max-height: none; max-width: none; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; visibility: visible !important;" title="" width="300px" /></a></div><a class="body-related-link body-related-image landscape get-lbdata-from-dom  onesize go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="9" data-uuid="2447257e-d3ce-3a53-847e-4091448be881" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/mayweather-lives-life-41-million-photo-233705288--box.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Mayweather lives the life with $41 million payday"><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boxers Floyd Mayweather, left, and Canelo Alvarez pose during a press conference in Las Vegas, Wedne …</span></div></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">''I've been here before. I know what it takes,'' Mayweather said. ''I was born to be here, born to be at this level.''</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oddsmakers make Mayweather a 2 1/2-1 favorite against Alvarez, the 23-year-old redhead who is Mexico's biggest sporting hero. He's undefeated in 42 fights, but the level of his competition is nowhere near that of Mayweather and he will be fighting at a catch weight of 152 pounds, 2 pounds below the 154-pound mark where he holds his title belts.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">''I've studied a lot of his fights,'' Alvarez said. ''I'm not just ready, I'm ready to win.''</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mayweather's whopping guarantee is made possible by pay-per-view sales, and ringside seats that sell for $2,000. Still, promoters say they hope to get near the 2 million mark from pay TV,, helped largely by the Hispanic market backing Alvarez.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the end, though, it is Mayweather who is the star of this fight, just as he has been for almost every fight of his career.</span></div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image landscape get-lbdata-from-dom  onesize go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="10" data-uuid="8b994658-2dd9-3ef7-bf96-78d1138ed33e" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/mayweather-lives-life-41-million-photo-233705264--box.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Mayweather lives the life with $41 million payday"></a><br /><div class="img-wrap" style="margin: 0px; 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cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Mayweather lives the life with $41 million payday"><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boxers Floyd Mayweather, left, and Canelo Alvarez pose during a press conference in Las Vegas, Wedne …</span></div></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">''I feel like I'm the last of my breed,'' Mayweather said. ''I earned it the hard way.''</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source : <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mayweather-lives-life-41-million-233705121--box.html" target="_blank">Yahoo</a></span></div></div>

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New Brooklyn Net Jason Terry laughs off J.R. Smith’s championship guarantee for the New York Knicks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSR_wGIIO9MYJeRr2PXZYBgVTJzv5Oyo0VUFgm-QoMGii_gyQLxi7CPRkY9lqqqxkyK8A7gIvLaTcDEEIPjlbYvX6ZFDTCZ-YdvV3KjttSq8eFxqoSemDXYUvqSFVpM1c235xE-VrU0o/s1600/JRSJT91113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSR_wGIIO9MYJeRr2PXZYBgVTJzv5Oyo0VUFgm-QoMGii_gyQLxi7CPRkY9lqqqxkyK8A7gIvLaTcDEEIPjlbYvX6ZFDTCZ-YdvV3KjttSq8eFxqoSemDXYUvqSFVpM1c235xE-VrU0o/s400/JRSJT91113.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="13" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/bro" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">Brooklyn Nets</a> guard Jason Terry is, infamously, no stranger to championship guarantees. His 2010-11 <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="14" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/dal" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">Dallas Mavericks</a> were hardly considered a championship contender – a great team, but nowhere near a Finals lock – entering that particular season, and yet <a data-rapid_p="15" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Jason-Terry-got-a-tattoo-of-the-championship-tro?urn=nba-wp3909" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">Terry decided to get the Lawrence O’Brien trophy tattooed onto his arm before that championship season even started</a>. It was a bold move, and one that preceded Jet doubling down on his new but aging <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="16" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/bos" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">Boston Celtics</a> club with <a data-rapid_p="17" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/jason-terry-boston-celtics-themed-nba-championship-assuming-130409135--nba.html" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">yet another daring trophy tattoo last summer</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a data-rapid_p="18" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/boston-celtics-gone-till-november-150544446.html" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">That one didn’t work out that well</a>. Terry has since been traded to those Nets, and he’s found himself smack in the middle of a contentious back and forth between New York’s newest team in Brooklyn, and the famed (if championship-starved) <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="19" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/nyk" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">New York Knicks</a>. Perhaps mindful of his one-tattoo losing streak and .500 record in at championship guarantees, Terry took a pretty dismissive swipe at Knick guard J.R. Smith’s contention that his squad would win the title in 2013-14.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a data-rapid_p="20" href="http://dimemag.com/2013/09/dime-qa-jason-terry-on-the-new-reebok-pumpspective-omni-the-battle-for-nyc/2/" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">From an interview with Matt Gibson at Dime Magazine</a>:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="more-49877"></span></span></div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(116, 116, 116); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; color: #747474; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 13.33333px; padding: 0px 13.33333px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;">Dime:</strong> <em>Speaking of this upcoming season, you recently said that you guys have “the formula” to knock off the 2013 NBA champions, the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="21" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/mia" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">Miami Heat</a>. But there’s also another team in New York with championship aspirations after</em><strong style="font-style: normal;"><em style="font-weight: normal;">J.R. Smith</em></strong><em> recently guaranteed that the Knicks would be crowned in 2014. Talk about the hype going into this new found rivalry.</em></span></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;"></strong></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(116, 116, 116); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; color: #747474; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 13.33333px; padding: 0px 13.33333px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;">JT:</strong> They would win what? What did he guarantee? They would win what? I didn’t hear that.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(116, 116, 116); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; color: #747474; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 13.33333px; padding: 0px 13.33333px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;">Dime:</strong> <em>The championship.</em></span></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;"></strong></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(116, 116, 116); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; color: #747474; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 13.33333px; padding: 0px 13.33333px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;">JT:</strong> They would win the championship?</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(116, 116, 116); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; color: #747474; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 13.33333px; padding: 0px 13.33333px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;">Dime:</strong> <em>Yeah, he said 100 percent guarantee.</em></span></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;"></strong></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(116, 116, 116); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; color: #747474; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 13.33333px; padding: 0px 13.33333px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;">JT:</strong> The NBA championship?</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(116, 116, 116); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; color: #747474; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 13.33333px; padding: 0px 13.33333px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;">Dime:</strong> <em>Yup.</em></span></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;"></strong></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(116, 116, 116); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; color: #747474; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 13.33333px; padding: 0px 13.33333px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal;">JT:</strong> Right. Maybe the Rucker Park Championship. I don’t know, not the NBA championship.</span></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Knicks have their merits, and the team <a data-rapid_p="22" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/roy-hibbert-hanging-pictures-huge-block-carmelo-anthony-205430661.html" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">was one posterization away</a> from forcing a Game 7 at home last year for a shot at the Eastern Conference finals, but few have the team on the championship radar heading into 2013-14. Shades of Dallas in 2010-11, I suppose.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Related: <a data-rapid_p="23" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--nba-to-suspend-knicks-guard-j-r--smith-123233149.html" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">Knicks guard J.R. Smith suspended</a>]</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Terry’s diss also serves a dual purpose. The famed Rucker League is an entertaining watch, but it’s also a bastion of one-on-one ball, with plenty of showboating and mean mugging to go around. It’s fantastic to behold in person, but it’s mainly a summertime exercise.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Knicks are at their best when they’re utilizing elements of Mike Woodson’s motion offense, but too often the team either shoots itself in or out of games with isolation plays from Smith or All-Star Carmelo Anthony. This works, sometimes, but it’s a dangerous proposition to rely on, and one of the bigger reasons the Knicks have been dumped out of the second round last year and out of the first two rounds the prior two seasons. Smart defenses can load up on the low percentage shot that they know is coming.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Terry’s no stranger to low percentage shots himself, or long range looks early in a possession that can drive both coaches and teammates batty. <a data-rapid_p="24" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/j-r-smith-suspended-game-4-york-boston-012557444.html" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">He’s also had his run-ins with Smith before</a>, one that led directly to an eight-game playoff swoon that saw J.R.<a data-rapid_p="25" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3835/gamelog/?season=2012_3" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">shoot just 25 percent from the field</a>. There’s history, <a data-rapid_p="26" href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/04/30/knicks-smith-jason-terry-who/nW1K1AGz7fltcHF05pOsdL/story.html" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">here</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe, on his third team in 16 months, in the wake of J.R. Smith’s silliness, Jason Terry has grown a bit. Maybe, as the years move along, he’s dialing back the braggadocio back a little.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nah. Hopefully not, at least. The Knicks and Nets play four times this season. We wish the NBA could double that number.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source : <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/brooklyn-net-jason-terry-laughs-off-j-r-170935542--nba.html" target="_blank">Yahoo</a></span></div>

New Brooklyn Net Jason Terry laughs off J.R. Smith’s championship guarantee for the New York Knicks

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Robocop 2014 Review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jBeSfnIT_Bw?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://screenrant.com/tag/robocop/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong><em>Robocop</em></strong></a><em> </em>remake has been a point of contention amongst fans of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven film – as far back as the remake’s announcement over half a decade ago. The road to theaters has been just as bumpy, with Brazilian director Jose Padilha (<em>Elite Squad</em>) having to <a href="http://screenrant.com/robocop-remake-director-jose-padilha-controversy-problems/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battle studio demands</a> in order to shape his vision of a modern-day Robocop story. Now fans are getting their first look at the <em>Robocop </em>remake trailer, but the reaction is likely to remain the same, given the footage. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While you may be familiar with the original, be sure to read the following synopsis for 2014 version, which will explore things from a different angle: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">I</span><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">n RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine, pursuing justice.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span><br /><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">The 1987 <em>Robocop </em>is one of those films that  people can watch and take away very different interpretations and experiences. Like many of Verhoeven’s films, it was a finely-tuned mix of conventional action movie tropes, gleefully trashy exploitation, and scathing social commentary and/or satire. It’s that latter bit that some people overlook: Verhoeven’s condemnation of American consumer culture, the rise of corporate oligarchy and an over-indulgence of violence within media entertainment is as relevant now as it was 26 years ago(!); however, Jose Padilha’s film seems to be a different sort of machine.<br /><br /></div><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: #373230; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #e2e2e2;">THE TWO PHASES OF ROBOCOP</div><div style="color: #e2e2e2;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e2e2e2; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQ2eLoGNFJMZozh2MOiRf8Qo3O7zJd6uD2z6TY2mb-uqcuuI3RQsdnmj2en1T0G40wumXEERQ5Q-Erhwc2in0gvseVjah5fpDXXRYdIBdZ_8Gi0LS18L0yNGxu-IiT06qeUi-Uq5TDCc/s1600/Robocop-Official.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQ2eLoGNFJMZozh2MOiRf8Qo3O7zJd6uD2z6TY2mb-uqcuuI3RQsdnmj2en1T0G40wumXEERQ5Q-Erhwc2in0gvseVjah5fpDXXRYdIBdZ_8Gi0LS18L0yNGxu-IiT06qeUi-Uq5TDCc/s320/Robocop-Official.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #e2e2e2;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e2e2e2; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78VvWrzhl-QKPtVt032gDvcm5F4OQdT_RPtpmiR-XLj8CIaoWWVJAylCX-2XXCN8idQCvgj6t1qwZQIYnMjEC2yzIN09PCafi54mgczEFBrq0ibbLb-K8CJL9eUnX9ZOQXewCSYNJMEo/s1600/Robocop-Trailer2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78VvWrzhl-QKPtVt032gDvcm5F4OQdT_RPtpmiR-XLj8CIaoWWVJAylCX-2XXCN8idQCvgj6t1qwZQIYnMjEC2yzIN09PCafi54mgczEFBrq0ibbLb-K8CJL9eUnX9ZOQXewCSYNJMEo/s320/Robocop-Trailer2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e2e2e2; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #e2e2e2;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you couldn’t tell from the trailer, the 2014 <em>Robocop </em>is a more philosophical tale, centering on the question of the nature of the soul, and what makes us “human.” While Alex Murphy’s fight to override central command programming was a minor plot-point in the original, it looks to be the major focal point of this new film. So the <em>Robocop </em>remake isn’t without a brain – it’s just a brain that is pondering thoughts and themes that other films – many other films – have covered before.</div></div><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">…And there doesn’t seem to be anything revolutionary or new about how this new film will cover that material. Given that we’re nearly 30 years on from the release of the original, it’s somewhat disappointing to see that this trailer doesn’t really offer anything new or interesting on either the visual, technological or directorial fronts. There are no neat concepts or thrilling action sequences introduced at all – beyond a Robocop armor upgrade we already knew was coming – and even appearances from actors like Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish (<em>Sucker Punch</em>), Jay Baruchel (<em>This Is the End</em>), Gary Oldman or Jackie Earle Haley (<em>Watchmen</em>) inspire more “<em>How did he/she lands in this?</em>” question than excitement. (PS – Joel Kinnaman is not going to be able to touch the iconic performance of Peter Weller, if this trailer is anything to judge by…)</div></div><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Unless they’re holding back something great,  this new <em>Robocop </em>feels like it will be yet another unnecessary remake (see also: the recent butchering of Verhoeven’s<a href="http://screenrant.com/tag/total-recall/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><em>Total Recall</em>)</a>. By the way: Did you know <a href="http://screenrant.com/robocop-movie-reboot-rating-pg-13-origin-story-details/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the new Robocop comes with wifi and a PG-13 rating</a>?</div></div><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">SILVER LINING: the original film will get dusted off and paraded around again as this remake nears theaters – so we can at least enjoy that much.</div></div><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>Robocop</em></strong><em> </em>will be in theaters on February 7th, 2014 (not a good sign).</div></div><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Source: MGM</div></div></div>

Robocop 2014 Review

The Robocop remake has been a point of contention amongst fans of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven film – as far back as the remake’s announcement...

Rodman planning return to N. Korea with other ex-players

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8bx-vXAcnEiwx0arIwUkRGtHnZC99JOcpyXzpYKpoGvpfGq4IKjUIu1XglMJjIZJ8UEnwsISdxRng04EiBV33gDJoxE6AlQDQnEoV-Yx3VBc28DHaG6_1h7ueUBPyOL-0hoZhPCyeYs/s1600/dennis_rodman_AP538918842743_620x350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8bx-vXAcnEiwx0arIwUkRGtHnZC99JOcpyXzpYKpoGvpfGq4IKjUIu1XglMJjIZJ8UEnwsISdxRng04EiBV33gDJoxE6AlQDQnEoV-Yx3VBc28DHaG6_1h7ueUBPyOL-0hoZhPCyeYs/s400/dennis_rodman_AP538918842743_620x350.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Days after returning from his second trip to visit Kim Jong Un -- in  which he said he became the first foreigner to hold the leader's  newborn daughter -- Rodman announced plans Monday to stage two  exhibition games in North Korea in January.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The first will be Jan. 8 -- Kim's birthday -- with another to follow two days later.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Rodman's friendship with the autocratic leader has been criticized -  and led to a couple of testy exchanges during his Manhattan news  conference. But Rodman insists Kim is a good person, wants to have  better relations with the United States and that he's the one who can  help make it happen with his plan for "basketball diplomacy."</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Why North Korea? It'll open doors," Rodman said.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Touting his friendship with Kim and taunting President Barack Obama for  not talking to him, Rodman said he will go back to North Korea for a  week in December to help select local players for the game. He hopes to  have stars such as former Chicago teammate Scottie Pippen and Karl  Malone.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Michael Jordan, he won't do it, because he's Michael Jordan," Rodman said.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Rodman, holding a cigar and wearing the shirt of a vodka company and a  hat of a betting company that is funding the event, said Kim has asked  him to train his players to compete in the 2016 Olympics and offered to  allow the Hall of Famer to write a book about him.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Though  looking like a billboard, Rodman said he's not doing the event for  money. He said the Irish betting company Paddy Power would put up $3.5  million. Power later said finances hadn't been determined.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> And  Rodman, who joked that he hadn't drawn such a crowd in New York since he  wore a wedding dress to a book signing, was adamant that this venture  was serious -- "groundbreaking," in Rodman's words.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "People think this is a gimmick. I would love to make this a gimmick ... but it's not about the money," he said.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> He rarely referred to Kim by name, frequently calling him "the  marshal." Rodman first met Kim, a basketball fan, when traveling to  North Korea in February for a film project.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Though saying he  didn't want to discuss politics, Rodman raised his voice when answering a  questioner about Kim's human rights record and portrayed himself as the  person who could make outsiders see the young leader as different than  his father and grandfather.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "He has to do his job but he's a very good guy," Rodman said.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "If he wanted to bomb anybody in the world, he would have done it."</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Instead, Rodman had harder words for Obama, whom he spoke angrily of  while talking to reporters last week after his trip. He talked around a  question about American citizen and Christian missionary Kenneth Bae,  who was arrested in November and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for  what Pyongyang described as hostile acts against the state. Kim has the  power to grant special pardons under the North's constitution.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">  Rodman said lobbying for the release of a prisoner wasn't his job,  blaming the president for not reaching out to ease tensions between the  countries.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Why Obama, are you afraid to talk to Dennis Rodman?"  Rodman said, his voice rising as if he were a professional wrestler --  another former pursuit -- calling out an opponent. "You're not afraid to  talk to Beyonce and Jay-Z, why not me? Why not me? I'm pretty important  now, right?"</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Rodman also said he would interview Kim on live TV during the trip. Organizers said details would be provided at a later date.</span></span>

Rodman planning return to N. Korea with other ex-players

Days after returning from his second trip to visit Kim Jong Un -- in which he said he became the first foreigner to hold the leader's ...