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There is nothing quite so fascinating as a boxer who has game-changing hands, true weapons that can render a foe slumped and twitching in a blink. The fight game hasn't had an excess of those natural-born lobotomizers in recent years, as the top t...

The San Francisco Giants put Ryan Vogelsong on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and prepared to be without their right-hander for two months in yet another challenge for their struggling starting rotation.

It's Rankings Week at TideNation. Every day we'll rank some facet of the Alabama football program heading in 2013. Today we're ranking the top 10 offensive players the Tide will face this season. On Wednesday we'll rank the top 10 defensive players A...

Matt Glantz and Allen Bari share their best picks and fantasy strategy for the upcoming World Series of Poker.

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On a night the Washington Nationals welcomed back slugger Bryce Harper, the team learned it will be without reliever Ryan Mattheus after he broke his hand punching a locker.

DETROIT -- The Chicago Blackhawks may as well have thrown their hands up into the air after losing 3-1 to the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series on Monday. The Blackhawks came out with a game plan to be more off...

Wrapping up his position-by-position look at the top prospects for the 2014 NFL draft, ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. broke down the top offensive linemen and defensive tackles. While none of the Pac-12's offensive linemen rank in the top five overall , whe...

Normally the smell of old produce can be unpleasant, but I can't tell you how happy I was to see the Onion Knight again. And it wasn't merely because Ser Davos, the fingerless former right-hand man of Stannis, appears to have as much trouble reading ...

Welterweight titlist Devon Alexander thought he had suffered a broken left hand in the first round of his first defense, which came against Lee Purdy on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., and he was right.

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From now until the start of training camps in late July, I will take some time off. This week will be one where I'll be leaving the blog in the capable hands of our editors, who will keep you informed with all the latest news. When I return, I wil...

Brewers-Cardinals Preview

Lucas Matthysse's power prevailed again Saturday in Atlantic City, N.J., but rather than a right hand, it was a series of left hooks that claimed Lamont Peterson as Matthysse's latest TKO victim.

Devon Alexander injured his left hand Saturday, but he did so by throwing lots of punches, earning him a TKO over Lee Purdy and proving he can excite.