8:06 PMChris Mannix of SI.com receives a statement from Floyd Mayweather in which Mayweather claims Manny Pacquiao is afraid to fight him. Or more specifically, has never said himself he wan't to fight him. And so the posturings and semantics have begun.
7:33 PM The Austin American-Stateman reports that the Aug. 7 death of the mother of Drew Brees, 59-year-old Mina Brees, has been ruled a suicide: "Autopsy and investigation found her death was attributed to ingestion of a large quantity of prescription medications." Ms. Brees died at a friend's house.
7:16 PMNorm Clarke of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports, "Manny Pacquiao would be 8-5 favorite against Floyd Mayweather, according to Art Manteris, Station Casinos VP of sports book operations."
Music is important to the outcome of sporting events. Look no further than the Boston Celtics, who used Republica’s “Ready To Go” (on the rooftops shouting out!) as their theme in 2007 … and not in 2008. Worked out pretty well for them.
So, yeah, entrance music, coupled with a really strong desire to win, is what makes your team a winner. All jokes aside though, NC State is making a huge mistake with the way they are handling music at 2008 football games. 850 THE BUZZ brings the noise that the Wolfpack are having an online poll as to what should be played, and you’ll never believe it, but that dastardly Rick Astley is back up to his old tricks. Read more…
A nation slept soundly knowing that a small group of fans watching the Montana State-Eastern Washington womens basketball game was reassured by 80s musical troubadour Rick Astley that he would never give them up, let them down, run around, or desert them — among other promises. Because, see, we had video evidence:
