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Montero CHICAGO -- Highly regarded pitching prospect Rafael Montero has been promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas, apparently for a Monday spot start on his normal day to pitch. Binghamton manager Pedro Lopez told the Press & Sun-Bulletin that Monte...

It was billed as the grand finale to a topsy-turvy season for Wigan Athletic. The home match with fellow strugglers, Aston Villa, was to be crucial in determining Latics' future in the Premier League. But sometimes things just don't work out as you h...

DALLAS -- Juan Manuel Lopez says he has learned his lesson. Two defeats against Mexico's Orlando Salido -- and worse, the loss of his featherweight title -- left a mark that the Puerto Rican star hopes to carry with him as a reminder for the rest ...

After former featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez got knocked out by Orlando Salido in a world title fight for the second time in March 2012, it seemed like Lopez was poised to make the move to junior lightweight. He had talked about issues mak...

There have been a lot of good fight cards over the past couple of months and there are more to come. One of the shows I like the best, even though it won't get as much attention as some of the others, is Golden Boy's tripleheader on June 8. That S...

On Wednesday's episode of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," there is a sports question. Who was once a golf caddie for O.J. Simpson and competed against Tiger Woods in the American Junior Golf Association? A: Mario Lopez B: Nick Lachey C: Set...

Actor Billy Baldwin, who grew up wrestling in Massapequa, N.Y., will be in New York City Wednesday to rally support in the battle to save Olympic wrestling. Baldwin, who starred in "Backdraft" and "Sliver," wrestled on his high school team and th...

Real Madrid's 1-1 tie in Cornella-El Prat against Espanyol handed the title to Barcelona with three weeks of the season remaining, but it was in essence merely a case of Jose Mourinho's side popping a cyanide pill before facing the firing squad. ...

Some news and notes from the boxing world: • Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer said Thursday that the post-fight drug tests for Floyd Mayweather Jr., Robert Guerrero, Abner Mares and Daniel Ponce De Leon al...

You know, I've got problems of my own. I can't always be the lovable sidekick on the Manny Show. Did you even notice I'm binge eating? Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany will be deposed by the attorneys representing Ed O'Bannon and others in the ant...

As evidenced by Sir Alex Ferguson's fascinating decision, this is the time of year when football's men and women turn their minds to change, challenge, personal ambitions and tough decisions. We always want this column to be all-embracing -- welc...

A little of this and a little of that from the boxing world: • Middleweight contender Andy Lee (29-2, 20 KOs), 28, of Ireland, gets back in action May 15 on promoter Lou DiBella's Broadway Boxing card at B.B. King Blues Club in New Yor...

So here I am semi-live-blogging the Ender's Game trailer. Why? Call it the triumph of hope against my surefire knowledge that Hollywood would love to do nothing more than transmute every childhood memory I once held dear into a printing press that co...

Atletico Madrid striker Adrian Lopez insists the Copa del Rey final against capital rivals Real Madrid will not distract them from securing a third place finish in the Primera Division.The two Madrid sides will meet at the Bernabeu on May 17 in the c...

Atletico Madrid striker Adrian Lopez insists the Copa del Rey final against capital rivals Real Madrid will not distract them from securing a third place finish in the Primera Division.The two Madrid sides will meet at the Bernabeu on May 17 in the c...

Big wave surfing legend, and Mt. Bachelor local, Gerry Lopez has created a course filled with wave-like features for a snowboard contest like nothing you've ever seen