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Jose Canseco and Lenny Dykstra Will Fight in Celebrity Boxing Match
Two former baseball stars will duke it out in the ring on Saturday in a celebrity boxing match. Lenny Dykstra, 48, and Jose Canseco, 47, will square off in a match that’s left many observers shaking their heads. “Canseco ruined my career by spreading lies,” Dykstra said.
Frank McCourt Agrees to Sell Los Angeles Dodgers
After a turbulent seven years as Los Angeles Dodgers owner, Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the team, in consultation with Major League Baseball.
They intend to auction the team, Dodger Stadium, and the surrounding parking lots in the coming months. McCourt paid $421 million in 2004, but the package is valued much higher.
Shaq Reveals That He Once Threatened to Kill Kobe Bryant in New Book, ‘Shaq Uncut: My Story’
The Shaquille O’Neal-Kobe Bryant rift in Los Angeles is well documented, but now The Big Diesel explains how heated it really got between the two men in a new book ‘Shaq Uncut: My Story.’
Kevin Durant Played in an Intramural Flag Football Game at Oklahoma State [VIDEO]
Some Oklahoma State fraternity members got a welcome surprise to their flag football roster on Monday night when Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant showed up for the game.
Durant tweeted on Monday saying, “This lockout is really boring. Anybody playing flag football in OKC. I need to run around or something!”
‘Field of Dreams’ Property in Iowa Sold, Will Be Preserved
The baseball diamond immortalized in the 1989 film ‘Field of Dreams’ is being sold, but it will remain intact, thanks to Go the Distance Baseball LLC, which will turn the Dyersville, Iowa, property into a baseball and softball complex.
St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa Retires After Winning World Series
Just days after earning his third career World Series title, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announced Monday that he is retiring.
He managed for 33 seasons, with stints with the White Sox and Athletics before joining the Cardinals in 1996. La Russa, 67, is third all-time in post-season wins and third in regular season wins.
Baseball Fan Wins $375,000 on Cardinals’ World Series Title Run
One man celebrated along with the St Louis Cardinals this weekend after their World Series win made him more than $300K richer.
Red Sox Pitcher John Lackey to Miss All of 2012 After Tommy John Surgery
After a mediocre year with the Red Sox, John Lackey will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair his elbow that will sideline him for all of the 2012 season.
Lackey disappointed Sox fans in his second year with the team posting a 12-12 record with a 6.41 ERA.
Terrell Owens Gets an Offer — From an Arena Football League Team
Terrell Owens is so desperate to get back to football that, trying to make an impression on an NFL team, he held a televised workout on Tuesday.
While no NFL teams bit, Owens did get one offer: from the Arena Football League’s Chicago Rush, at $400 per week.
Former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein Says Farewell to Boston in Newspaper Editorial
As the Boston Red Sox are expected to name Ben Cherington their next general manager on Thursday, the man who used to occupy that position, Theo Epstein, gave his final farewell to the team’s fans on Tuesday morning in a letter in the Boston Globe.
He reminisced on his lifelong love for the Sox and how happy he was to see the team win twice during his reign.