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Imprisoned Vick
Files for
Bankruptcy Protection
(Video)
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Michael VickImprisoned quarterback Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection while serving time for federal dogfighting charges, saying he owes between $10 million and $50 million to creditors. Vick filed Chapter 11 papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newport News on Monday. The seven largest creditors listed in the court papers are owed a total of about $12.8 million. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback hopes he "can, after the conclusion of the bankruptcy case, rebuild his life on a personal and spiritual level, resurrect his image as a public figure, and resolve matters with the NFL such that he can resume his career," according to the filings. [Read More.]

Pacman Praying for
Don Imus
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Pacman Jones/Don ImusAt least Don Imus can take comfort in knowing that he has Adam (Don't Call Me Pacman -- Or Else) Jones' spiritual support. Imus, the syndicated radio host who was fired for making racially and sexually insensitive remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team last year, set off another firestorm Monday by asking "What color is he?" after hearing Jones' lengthy rap sheet. Told that the Cowboys cornerback is African American, Imus said: "Well, there you go. Now we know."  [Read More.]

Shaq Fired by Tough Sheriff over Racist Remark in Rap
about Kobe Bryant
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ShaqShaquille O'Neal will lose his special deputy's badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center's use of a racially derogatory word and other foul language left him no choice. Arpaio made Shaq a special deputy in 2006 and promoted him to colonel of his largely ceremonial posse later that year. [Read More]

Home of Adam
'Pacman' Jones
up for Foreclosure
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Pacman JonesA foreclosure sale has been published involving the home of former Tennessee Titan Adam "Pacman" Jones. Jones has defaulted on the terms and conditions of a mortgage with U.S. Bank, according to a notice of foreclosure sale published Thursday in The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville. The home and 30 acres, located in a Nashville suburb, will be sold June 27 on the steps of the old Williamson County Courthouse. [Read More]


 

Colts Coach Dungy challenges Pastors
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Tony Dungy at SBCTony Dungy, coach of the Super Bowl-champion Indianapolis Colts, addressed the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference June 9 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, saying it was "a pleasure and an honor to be here" and "it is great to welcome you to our city." Dungy's pastor, Ken Whitten of the Tampa-area Idlewild Baptist Church, introduced the coach. "Let me tell you, if you ever get the opportunity to be senior pastor of an NFL coach, you just pray that God lets you be the pastor to a man, and a family, like Tony Dungy," Whitten said. [Read More]

Celtics Bring it Back Home One More Time
(Video)
Read More: NBA

Celtics WinWith Russell and Havlicek sitting courtside, and Red surely lighting up a victory cigar somewhere, these Boston Celtics returned to glory like the great teams before them. Dominant in every way. On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners hung in the rafters two decades back, the Celtics won their 17th NBA title and a first one — at last — for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen — their Big Three for a new generation. [Read More]

Tiger Wins US Open
(Video)
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Tiger Wins US OpenWith a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all. One shot behind after a collapse no one saw coming, Woods birdied the 18th hole to force sudden death at Torrey Pines against a journeyman with a creaky back who simply wouldn't go away. [Read More]


 

Evander Holyfield's Mansion Under Foreclosure, Child Support Payments Late
(Video)
Read More: Evander Holyfield, foreclosure, child support

Maybe now we know why former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield wants to keep fighting at age 45. The "Real Deal" appears real broke. His $10 million estate in suburban Atlanta is under foreclosure, the mother of one of his children is suing for unpaid child support, and a Utah consulting company has gone to court claiming the boxer failed to pay back more than a half million dollars for landscaping. [Read More]

NBA Superstar, Dwayne Wade, Buys his Mother a Church Building
(Video)
Read More: Dwayne Wade, NBA, church, Miami Heat

Dwayne Wade and mother cut ribbon at new churchDwyane Wade sat in the first pew Sunday afternoon, looked at his mother, and simply couldn't hide his emotions. She had made him cry often before. This time, it was different. "This is tears of joy," he said, beaming. "Tears of joy for my mother." Before she was known as the mother of the Miami Heat superstar and 2006 NBA Finals MVP, Jolinda Wade was known as an inmate, a fugitive, a drug user and drug seller. Her life turned around seven years ago when, after years of urging by her children, she got help and got clean. Along the way, she devoted her life to spreading the word of God, starting her first ministry while doing time in state prison. [Read More]

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