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06/02/10
Don King Congratulates Miguel Acosta On Victory; Venezuelan Becomes WBA Lightweight Champion
Promoter Notes That His Contract with Acosta Remains In Force
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—Boxing promoter Don King was ecstatic after learning on Saturday of Miguel Acosta’s win over previously undefeated World Boxing Association lightweight champion Paulus Moses (25-1, 17 KOs) in Moses’ home country of Namibia.
Acosta (27-9-2, 21 KOs), from Caracas, Venezuela, came in as the underdog WBA interim champion and scored a sixth-round knockout to leave as the outright WBA lightweight champion.
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06:44:20 pm SKY BLUE FC SIGNS ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM CAPTAIN PATRIZIA PANICO
Panico Has Tallied 80 International Goals in 145 Appearances
Somerset, N.J. (Wednesday, June 2, 2010) - Sky Blue FC officially announced today that the team has come to terms with Italian National Team captain Patrizia "il Bomber" Panico, who is the all-time leading goal scorer in her nation's history with 80 notches in 145 international appearances. Panico is also a nine-time Serie A goal scoring champion, registering over 400 total goals while playing in her native country.
06:41:45 pm 04/28/10
Edouard in Panama, Friday, April 30
Press Release -- Daniel "The Haitian Sensation" Edouard (22-2-2 KOs 13) makes his return to action Friday, April 30 at the illustrious Hotel Melia Panama Canal, Colon City, Panama. Edouard, whose last fight was nearly a year ago, has been a constant presence in the boxing gym and feels he is in supreme condition.
04:17:50 pm 4Sportsmen Draft Recap and grades
We have Brady Tinker from ESPN Dallas and DFW Sportsbeat on Fox Sports South West as our guest to talk Dallas draft and then we will be talking AFC East and NFC East draft. We may have to hear my co-hosts, Miguel (Lenny Dykstra) Orama and Alex (Wally Backman) Pagnetti talk some first place Mets!
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04:13:48 pm 04/22/10
4Sportsmen Radio Draft Special!
Check out our 4Sportsmen Radio's NFL Draft special! Rich Cirminiello of www.collegefootballnews.com was gracious enough to give us over a 30 minutes to pick his brain on prospect after prospect who will be drafted over the next 3 days! We are hoping he becomes a regular! Miguel and Harry J complete their mock draft one day before the best day of the year! The real NFL Draft!
01:09:32 am 01/14/10
Around the NFL
Divisional Playoff Round!
Well 3 for 4 and it took a fluke OT play for my GB pick to be wrong.
We saw the fall of an evil empire in New England, we saw the best performance by a rookie QB in NFL playoff history with Marky Mark Sanchez. We saw a monkey being removed off of a franchise’s back in Dallas and we saw a pin ball game in the desert! You just have to love the playoffs!
I am sure Belichick almost deep down likes that he actually has a challenge ahead of him to get the Pats back prominence, and is actually under scrutiny for a change. I think they may have to take a step back for a year and build this team back up, but you can never count that coach and that QB out. Keep in mind Brady was just back after missing last year with the knee injury, these injuries generally take until the 2nd year to feel right.
The Ravens look like a scary mirror image of the old Ravens in New England. What if I told you they would go to New England and Flacco would only complete 4 passes? What would you predict Pats 44- Ravens 3. How about 33-14 ravens! Bizarre game. But as I said last week, they would go to New England Beat Brady and Moss up, and that is exactly what they did. I said watch 2nd year sensation Ray Rice, all he did was rush for 159 yards and 2 TD’s on 22 carries and a little 83 yarder to open the game and send a message that it would be a long day for the Pats! How about the job John Harbaugh is doing? He seems to really have them playing like they did 6-7 years ago.
How bout them J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets! That was a Rex Ryan Brian Schottenhiemer masterpiece in Cincinnati! Although the stat sheet says the Jets had only 3 sacks, believe me they gave Palmer a beating and fits. Holding him to 50% completions and making Ocho a non factor for the second week in a row. NFL let me introduce Mr. Revis the best shut down corner in the business. How about Shonn Greene (and yes that is how he spells Shawn)? 135 yards and a TD for a rookie RB. How exciting is it for a Jets fan to see that from both their rookie RB and rookie QB? Now if Mr. Edwards decided to contribute to the offense and CATCH some passes they would really be scary!
12:29:36 pm 12/28/09
Around the NFL
Monday, December 28, 2009
Crazy week 16!
Ok, so the NFC players are in place even if the seeds aren’t quite set. The saints are looking like the 07 Cowboys just a little bit. They hit their peak against New England on national TV, just as the Cowboys did against Green bay in 07. And just like that Dallas team they have yet to look like that team again. Minnesota and their QB Terrell Owens, oops I mean Brett Favre are having issues coddling the 40 year old player with the biggest ego in all of sports. Green Bay looks like a top team offensively but that D let Big Ben throw for half a thousand 2 weeks ago without an int. Not good. Philly and Dallas are similar in that they can look unbeatable one week and look VERY beatable the following week. As much as I am an NFC guy, it is hard for me to imagine this years champs coming out of this conference.
06:36:05 pm 12/20/09
Week 15...things are heating up!
WHO DAT? Ok, enough of that. But I am still jacked over the big win in the Big Easy. This is the type of win that can put a mentally shaky team like Dallas over the top. We will see. Just part of the rollercoaster ride that is Dallas fandom..
How about the Mulligan Stew that is the AFC playoff race?!?! With 2 weeks to go, not 7, 8 or 9 teams in the hunt but how about 12!!! That is right there are 12 teams that are VERY much in the hunt with 2 to go.
1 Indy has the 1 seed locked up at 14-0 (home NYJ and at Bills)
2 S.D Is pretty much solid at the #2 11-3 (at Tenn and skins at home)
3 New England sits at the 3 at 9-5 and can win the AFC East next week at home against the Jags (Jags at home and at Houston)
4 The Bengals sit currently but not comfortably at the 4 seed at 9-5 but the Ravens are right on their heels at 8-6 (KC at home and at Jets)
1st Wild Card spot Ravens at 8-6 (at Pitt at Oak)
2nd Wild Card spot Denver 8-6 (at Philly and home KC)
11:23:44 pm 12/14/09
Around the NFL
Monday, December 14, 2009
Week 14 thoughts...
The AFC Playoff Race.
With every team aside from the colts seemingly at 7-6, should make for a great stretch run! With Cincy losing you have to feel pretty solid with the 10-3 Chargers in the 2 seed. The Bengals with a 2 game lead and 3 to play are probably pretty safe as the 3 seed and the AFC North winner. The AFC East now, that is gonna be fun. The Fins and Jets at 7-6 are not only in the wild card hunt but they are very much still in the Division hunt only 1 game behind the Pats who are a shell of teams past. Here is what remains for these teams
Pats @ Buffalo, sounds easy , but it took a flurry of a finish to comeback and beat Buffalo early in the year in New England, Jacksonville at home, a team with plenty to play for and clinging to the last wild card spot and finally @ Houston a team that will play well because they always do once they are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
05:03:55 pm 11/23/09
Around the NFL
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Being a Dallas fan= painful
What a pain in the neck team to root for! A last drive TD to beat a washed out Redskins team…..pathetic! Is this the same team that demolished the Falcons and went into Philly and stole one on the road? Who do you blame for such a lackluster performance? The head coach? Sounds right, but his defense saved the day and was very solid all day and really has been since allowing the late game tying TD to Kansas City with 24 seconds left. Jason Garett? I am not loving the play calling. He heard all week that he did not run enough against the Packers, so he comes out in this game and runs every play to start the game. This was successful until Marion Barber fumbled it away. But the point is, can you not make a game plan that keeps a defense off balance? Not all runs after a week that you called all passes??
01:02:46 am 06/19/09
IRONMEN OFFICIALLY LAUNCH SOCIAL NETWORKING PAGES
Team Unveils Pages for Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and YouTube
Newark, N.J. (Friday, June 19, 2009) - With the explosion of social networking websites taking the world by storm, the New Jersey Ironmen formally announced today their official pages for Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and YouTube. The Ironmen encourage all of their fans to add the team on each service so they will be able to network and interact through those various social networking sites.
"Without a doubt, social networking websites have seen exponential growth over the past few years," Ironmen General Manager Tony Novo commented. "We are pleased to announce our own official page on each site so fans and followers of the Ironmen have another avenue to keep up with us."
06:35:21 pm 02/10/09
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI TO SERVE AS IRONMEN HONORARY CAPTAIN
"The Magic Man" Being Honored Prior to Thursday Night Showdown Against the Storm
Newark, N.J. (Tuesday, February 10, 2009) - The New Jersey Ironmen announced today that former IBF World Junior Welterweight champion Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi will serve as the honorary captain for the team when they host the Chicago Storm on Thursday, February 18th. Malignaggi will do the honors of putting the first kick into motion during the Ironmen opening ceremonies at Prudential Center prior to their 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
"The Magic Man has been very supportive of the Ironmen, and we are happy to welcome him back to Prudential Center," Ironmen General Manager Tony Novo commented. "Good things seem to happen when he is in the arena, so we are looking for him to bring us some good luck for this match."
01:55:13 pm 07/04/08
Goalkeeper Tony Meola Returns Home to Kearny to Open Camp Schedule
Newark, N.J. (Thursday, July 3, 2008) - The New Jersey Ironmen head into the heated months of summer with a full slate of summer camps throughout the region, and the schedule got underway last week in a very fitting location. In their first camp in team history, Ironmen goalkeeper Tony Meola returned to his hometown of Kearny to headline a week-long camp at his high school alma mater.
"It's always great to return to my hometown," Meola commented. "The people of Kearny have always supported me throughout my entire life and playing career, and I will always have a strong bond to this community."
Alongside Meola, key organizers of the week-long camp were Kearny High School Head Coach Billy Garka, Ironmen Goalkeeper Coach Sal Rosamilia and 2008 College Draft selection of the New Jersey Ironmen, Matt Sleece. Meola and Rosamilia both received All-State accolades while playing for the Kardinals in high school.
06:18:42 pm 05/21/08
ED KALEGI GOES HOLLYWOOD "VOICE OF THE IRONMEN" LENDS VOCALS IN TWO UPCOMING FILMS
Newark, N.J. (Tuesday, May 20, 2008) - New Jersey Ironmen public address announcer, Ed Kalegi, has been selected to perform vocal roles in two movies set to debut later this year. Kalegi will provide his voice in the upcoming baseball motion picture Sugar and the animated film The Champion.
12:21:01 pm 04/29/08
TONY MEOLA TO BE "PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY"
Newark, N.J. (Tuesday, April 29, 2008) - The Newark Public Schools System will be holding their 12th Annual Principal for a Day Program this Friday, May 2, and the New Jersey Ironmen are pleased to announce that goalkeeper Tony Meola will be the honorary principal at Rafael Hernandez School. The event serves as a day in which business, civic and community leaders actively participate in the day-to-day activities of a school principal while interacting with students and teachers.
"I am excited to take part in this event," Meola stated. "It is always nice to be able to participate in events that involve the youth of the local community."
05:31:59 pm 04/27/08
2008 NFL Draft Results
First Round
1. Miami - Jake Long, OT Michigan
2. St. Louis - Chris Long, DE Virginia
3. Atlanta - Matt Ryan, QB Boston College
4. Oakland - Darren McFadden, RB Arkansas
5. Kansas City - Glen Dorsey, DT LSU
6. NY Jets - Vernon Gholston, DE Ohio State
7. New Orleans (From 49ers through Patriots)- Sedrick Ellis, DT USC
8. Jacksonville (From Ravens)- Derrick Harvey, DE Florida
9. Cincinnati - Keith Rivers, LB USC
10. New England (From Saints)- Jerod Mayo, LB Tennessee
11. Buffalo - Leotis McKelvin, CB Troy
12. Denver - Ryan Clady, OT Boise State
13. Carolina - Jonathan Stewart, RB Oregon
14. Chicago - Chris Williams, OT Vanderbilt
15. Kansas City (From Lions)- Branden Albert, G Virginia
16. Arizona - Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, CB Tennessee State
17. Detroit (From Vikings through Chiefs)- Gosder Cherilus, OT Boston College
18. Baltimore (From Texans)- Joe Flacco, QB Delaware
19. Carolina (From Eagles)- Jeff Otah, OT Pittsburgh
20. Tampa Bay - Aqib Talib, CB Kansas
21. Atlanta (From Redskins)- Sam Baker, OT USC
22. Dallas (From Browns)- Felix Jones, RB Arkansas
23. Pittsburgh - Rashard Mendenhall, RB Illinois
24. Tennessee - Chris Johnson, RB East Carolina
25. Dallas (From Seahawks)- Mike Jenkins, CB South Florida
26. Houston (From Jaguars through Ravens)- Duane Brown, OT Virginia Tech
27. San Diego - Antoine Cason, CB Arizona
28. Seattle (From Cowboys)- Lawrence Jackson, DE USC
29. San Francisco (From Colts)- Kentwan Balmer, DT North Carolina
30. NY Jets (From Packers)- Dustin Keller, TE Purdue
31. NY Giants - Kenny Phillips, S Miami (FL)
09:46:58 pm 04/10/08
MISL PLAYOFFS '08: IRONMEN DROP FIRST-EVER PLAYOFF GAME AT BALTIMORE
Baltimore, Md. (Thursday, April 10, 2008)- The New Jersey Ironmen hit the road today for 1st Mariner Arena to play their first-ever postseason game, a quarterfinal match-up against the Baltimore Blast. Despite scoring the first goal of the contest, New Jersey would come out on the wrong end of a 22-10 decision. The series now heads to Prudential Center this Saturday when the Ironmen play host to the Blast at 7:00 p.m.
09:47:28 pm 02/03/08
18 Wins and 1 Giant Loss!!!
By: Christopher Roche
Whether it is Arturo Gatti, Bobby Czyz or the 2007 Giants, the state of New Jersey is used to being the underdog.
Well, this year we pulled off the impossible. The New York Football Giants (who play in NJ) upset the New England Patriots by a final score of 17-14 in Super Bowl 42.
Bill Belichick (Defensive Coordinator) and Tom Coughlin (Wide-Receivers) were both coaches on the 1990-91 Super Bowl winning Giants, but when Bill Parcells resigned so late in the year, it was too late for the Giants to retain one of those greats as head coach. Belichick went to the Browns, and Coughlin went to Boston College. The Giants were set back at least five years because of the Tuna's actions.
Fortunately, Coughlin eventually came back.
11:02:40 pm 01/28/08
EARLY DEFICIT TOO MUCH FOR IRONMEN TO OVERCOME;NEW JERSEY DROPS 17-13 LOSS TO KiXX
PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 27, 2008)- The New Jersey Ironmen (10-6) hit the road for Philadelphia today, looking for a key victory against the defending MISL champion KiXX. The stars would not align in favor of New Jersey, and the club dropped a 17-13 defeat. The match up was the second of a two-game weekend for the Ironmen who came up short in a tight 14-10 loss to La Raza de Monterrey Friday night at Prudential Center.
12:45:26 am IBF JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION PAULIE MALIGNAGGI VISIT'S THE BRICKCIY'S IRONMEN
All Photos By: Raquel Gonzalez Photography
Copyright: Brickcityboxing & Raquel Gonzalez Photography
By: Danny Serratelli
Despite the fact that The New Jersey Ironmen (10-6) were upset by La Raza de Monterrey, and lost 17-12 loss (6-10), the fans at the Prudential Arena were treated to an exciting game and definately got their money's worth. The Brick City fans welcomed special guest and honorary captain IBF Junior Welterweight Champion, Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi to Newark.
Malignaggi gladly made the trip over to the Brick City with promoter Lou DiBella and his team from Brooklyn to serve as honary captain and to kick out the ceremonial first kick to Ironmen goalkeeper, another local guy who is almost legendary, Kearny New Jersey's Tony Meola. Malignaggi, a huge soccer enthusiast, recently spent a week in Italy training with A.C. Milan in preparation for his most recent title defense in which he won an exciting unanimous decision over Herman Ngoudjo.
12:02:26 am 01/26/08
LA RAZA UPSETS IRONMEN
NEWARK, NJ-The New Jersey Ironmen (10-6) fell short in the final contest of a four-game home stand at Prudential Center, dropping a 17-12 loss to La Raza de Monterrey (6-10). Kicking out the ceremonial first kick as the Ironmen honorary captain was IBF World Junior Welterweight Champion, Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi. (More info about Malignaggi's appearance coming soon to Brickcityboxing.com)
Brazilian forward Tiguinho opened the scoring at 8:00 of the first stanza when he finished off a Dizzy Antoniuk assist, giving the Ironmen a 2-0 advantage. A Mauricio Salles to Lazo Alavanja goal extended the New Jersey lead to 4-0 at 10:22, and Salles then netted a score of his own at 12:47 to make it a six point advantage. Rutgers-New Brunswick graduate Donny Gray registered the assist.
09:05:15 pm 01/24/08
MISL Sets 2008 College Draft for Tuesday, January 29
WESTPORT, Conn. (Thursday, January 24, 2008) - The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) announced today that the 2008 MISL College Draft will be held via teleconference on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. EST. The Draft will consist of one (1) Territorial Round and four (4) Numerical Rounds. The order of selection was based on each team's win-loss percentage from their last completed regular season (2006-07), plus their win-loss percentage through games of Sunday, January 20, 2008. The draft order is as follows:
05:22:25 pm 01/20/08
Giants Have a Super Date!
By: Christopher Roche
The New York Football Giants have conquered the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field. The Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers for their tenth straight road win, and they will meet the New England Patriots for the Super Bowl Title in Glendale, Arizona.
The Giants pulled out the win in overtime 23-20, off of a Lawrence Tynes 47 yard field goal. Eli Manning played great tonight, in the subzero temperatures, as he went 21-40 for 254 yards. He also suffered several drops, as the football was rock hard.
Brickcityboxing.com congratulates Eli Manning, Tom Coughlin and the New York Football Giants!
10:43:23 pm 01/13/08
Giants Knock off Cowboys 21-17: NFC Title Game Awaits
By: Christopher Roche
ESPN.com is declaring that there is a "new sherriff in town" as Eli Manning has led the New York Football Giants to the NFC Championship game. Eli was 12-18, 2 TD's, and he made several clutch throws, especially in the final minute of the first half, when the Giants scored a touchdown with seconds remaining.
After going into Dallas and stopping the Cowboys, Manning and the Giants will now travel to the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field in Green Bay to face the Packers.
To read the ESPN.com recap, click here.
10:58:17 pm 01/08/08
In Defense of the Bowl System, Plus One
By: Christopher Roche
The final NFL week in New York brought two NFL storylines: 1) “Giants’ Fans are Selling Their Tickets for the Regular Season Finale” and 2) “Should the Giants rest their starters because they cannot improve their playoff position?” Despite the Giants playing the undefeated Patriots, the game lacks any urgency beyond the symbolic.
Those two storylines exemplify a huge credibility problem for the League’s regular season, and most of this week’s games are completely meaningless. Unless your rooting interest lies in New Orleans, Cleveland, Tennessee or Washington D.C., week 16 feels like the last week of the preseason.
College Football’s Bowl Subdivision (Division 1) is the only major sport where every single contest has potential life or death meaning, and regular season victories are the gold standard. While this season has been wild, the importance of maintaining the Bowl system is evident, because under the current system, every game is must win, and losing one or two games clouds a team’s destiny and could prove fatal to title hopes.
10:38:09 pm 10/06/07
Giants vs. Jets
From Giants.com newsletter
GAME INFO
Date: October 7, 2007
Kickoff: 1:00 PM (EST)
Site: Giants Stadium
Surface: Field Turf
TV
CBS (Channel 2 in New York)
Play-by-Play: Dick Enberg
Color Commentator: Randy Cross
03:07:59 pm 09/29/07
Giants vs. Eagles Game Info and Broadcast Schedule
From Giants.com Newsletter
Giants (1-2) vs. Eagles (1-2)
SERIES HISTORY - The Giants are 76-66-2 in the regular season series against Philadelphia, which began in 1933, and 2-1 in the postseason series. Last year the two teams split their regular season series for just the third time in 22 years. The Giants won, 30-24 in overtime, in Philadelphia on Sept. 17. Three months later, on Dec. 17, the Eagles picked up a 36-22 victory in Giants Stadium. It was the first time since 1983 that the visiting team won both games in the series. The two teams met up in the first round of the 2006 playoffs in Philadelphia where the Eagles won, 23-20. The Giants are 14-17 against the Eagles in Giants Stadium.
11:59:11 am Former Giant Joe Morris to Appear in Rahway
COORS 4:53 to Happy Hour
Come join Giants Former Player, Joe Morris, and Coors Light at The Waiting Room in Rahway, NJ on October 5th to celebrate 4:53 to Happy Hour. Giants Fans will be able to meet Joe Morris and party with cold, refreshing Coors Lights. The party begins at 6pm.
11:57:44 am 09/26/07
REED WALK-OFF SINGLE GIVES BEARS 2-1 SERIES LEAD
NEWARK, NJ – September 23, 2007 – Centerfielder Keith Reed hit a walk-off single to give the Newark Bears a 5-4 victory over the Somerset Patriots in Game 3 of the Atlantic League Championship Series on Sunday night at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium. The win gives the Bears a 2-1 series lead and a chance to clinch their second championship in franchise history on Monday night.
02:35:56 am 09/24/07
BEARS TAKE HOME MULTIPLE POST-SEASON AWARDS
NEWARK, NJ– The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball announced its post-season awards today with General Manager of the Year going to the Newark Bears’ John Brandt and the Bears’ Victor Rodriguez being voted co-Player of the Year, sharing the honor with Jesse Hoorelbeke of the Bridgeport Bluefish. The Bears also had four players, the most in franchise history, voted to the Atlantic League All-Star team and Corey Smith was selected as the Player of the Month for September.
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