Raging Belle: London’s EVENING STANDARD introduces Charles Jones, an Englishman who bills himself as the world’s first openly gay boxer.
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Boxing has a rich tradition of nicknames and Jones is no exception. The Balham native is better known as "The Pink Pounder."
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Ken Rosenthal of THE SPORTING NEWS on Jose Canseco’s charge that MLB players used steroids: "Don’t focus on the messenger, focus on the message. We know 5-7% of MLB players have been known to use steroids. Clearly someone’s doing it. The denials are laughable."
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Canseco’s appearance on CBS’ "60 Minutes" also featured his new surgically-altered nose, along with a lipstick n’ makeup job that’d make Michael Jackson blush (if he still could).







