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May 27, 2007
By WSM Africa

On the night of Saturday 16 December 2000 the crowd at the Sheffield Arena must have been stunned when Paul Ingle’s corner forced him back to the centre of the ring to be savagely crushed by his opponent Mbulelo Botile of South Africa. Even one of the commentators remarked that the decision of Ingle’s...
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Who are your Heroes?

March 25, 2005
By Cali Kid

Well, over 1,000,000 homes watched the congressional hearings on steroid use in baseball earlier this month, which I guess puts the steroid issue in the category of important issue. For me, this is only another controversy during spring training, which means that the regular season is just around the corner (I got my tickets...
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I HATE Jose Canseco!

February 17, 2005
By Cali Kid

The date, October 1988. I am 12 years old and I see on TV Kirk Gibson hit the amazing pinch-hit homerun against the Oakland Athletics at Dodger Stadium to win the first game of the 1988 World Series. While I have always been a Dodger fan, I for a long time have hated Jose...
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Billionare Hardball

October 26, 1994
By WSPUS

The summer of 1994 saw “America’s pastime” jettisoned at mid-season. This marked a most bizarre, and even to this day, unpredictable turn of events. Compounding the confusion and bitter bewilderment of baseball...
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