Writing the Pine

Naazim Richardson Saw a Side of Floyd Mayweather No One Else Did

It was dubbed the fight of the year – the fight that would be the biggest threat to Floyd Mayweather’s undefeated career. Instead, Saturday night just another walk in the park for the man who calls himself “Money.” We saw a different side of Mayweather, however, during his destruction of “Sugar” Shane Mosley. While [...]

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Implications of the Pacquiao-Cotto fight

Following Pacquiao’s complete decimation of Miguel Cotto in yesterday’s “fight”, the thought of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has the casual fight fan absolutely crazed right now. Pacquiao has been absolutely ruthless since his second victory over Juan Manuel Marquez back in 2008. In the past year and a half, Pac-man has been tearing through big-name opponents [...]

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Mayweather-Marquez Scorecards (sort of)

OK, so this article started out as a round-by-round analysis of the fight. YJ and I were going to keep our own scorecards and turn that into an article. Mid-way through the fight, I realized how ridiculous this was, because our scorecards (and everyone else’s who was watching the fight) would look exactly the same [...]

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K-Rod and Bruney Get Into It

K-Rod better hope the Governator doesn’t come to Bruney’s rescue. #1 – Who the hell are you Brian Bruney? According to his Wikipedia page, he was an extra in Kindergarten Cop. He’s probably more known for that than being a Major League reliever.  As a matter of fact, I was talking to my friend about the [...]

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