Floyd Mayweather Jr. is retired from boxing, but that doesn’t mean he’s retired from talking. The outspoken pugilist gave the first interview of his post-boxing life to The Grand Rapids Press and covered a wide range of topics.

Money Mayweather says he loved playing the role of the villain, and he’s really retired from boxing. His […]

Bethany Hamilton, the young surfer girl that lost her left arm to a shark attack in 2003 and won the heart of a nation with her survival and bravery in the face of loss, has turned out quite well, thank you very much. Just ask the HONOLULU ADVERTISER: “Today, Bethany has lost her braces, […]

With the rise of the so-called genre of action sports, a lot of snowboards are rising to mainstream recognition after having some success in competitions like the X-Games, and so forth.

(Whoa, dude. She looks 18 from up here)
And if that doesn’t work, you could always score some ink in the police blotter by allegedly […]

Jerry Marszalek’s contract as head wrestling coach at Fordson High School in Dearborn, MI, has not been renewed because one of his long-time assistants, Rev. Trey Hancock, has an extensive history of attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity and has become a polarizing figure in the area.

It’s not clear Hancock ever attempted to convert any […]

World judo champion Yurisel Laborde disappeared in Miami after winning a gold in the Pan American Championships last week. The Cuban athlete left a note of explanation and took all her belongings with her. (We imagine that’s a short note: “Guess. Later!”)

(We suspect she can take care of herself)
She stood to be […]

Pete Thomas of the LOS ANGELES TIMES has the enviable task of writing a piece on Brazilian surfing beauty Maya Gabeira.

Gabeira, who turned just 21 yesterday, is among the hottest female surfers on the planet - in more ways than one.

MMA posterboy and former UCF light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell has cast himself in the role of “dismissive established star” in the real life movie of the ascent of Kimbo Slice. Apparently Liddell isn’t keen on sharing the limelight with the popular upstart, bemoaning in an interview with THE SUN that Slice “hasn’t done anything” […]

Britain’s SPORTS MAGAZINE has an update on the motocross career of someone named Sophia Paull. Apparently Ms. Paull, in addition to being a nudie model, was a prominent rider in England who moved to Spain to train for the Women’s Motocross World Championship.

Though not quite big enough yet, it seems, for her to make […]

John McCain could really use a young and vital person as his running mate to offset one of his main perceived flaws: being 71 years young. For example, how about a Navy Midshipman linebacker that went to Iraq as a Marine officer and was awarded the Silver Star? That sounds like a winner, […]

In something that seems like it should have started a long time ago, Hawaii will hold the state’s first official high school surfing meet, as reported by the HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN.

Contest officials, coaches and students, some who have been pushing for years to have the Department of Education embrace the sport, say surfing should get the […]