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What made the victory ever more remarkable is that Williams was seeded 14th entering the tournament and she achieved another record by being the lowest-seeded victor to date. Moreover, at one point in the second set she stared down the barrel of defeat when Davenport was serving for the match. Not only did Williams break Davenport’s serve in straight points, she went on to win three of the first point in the tiebreaker, eventually forcing a third set. She proved to herself and to the world, that she has a lion’s heart.

T.O alleges that other Eagles see Donovan as a company man willing to front for the organization. Duh! McNabb has a $100-plus million contract. For that amount money, if my boss asked me to shine his shoes, I’d do so gladly, and offer to iron his shirt and dust his office, too. The silly accusations being circulated suggest that Donovan is a modern-day house Negro who has no problem enriching himself at the expense of the rest of the brothers

The Riverdale Soccer club celebrated the birthday of their assistant coach, Pat Murphy, this past Sunday, and the game could not have been a better birthday gift in my opinion. Both teams played with great heart and bravado. I was invited to observe what turned out to be an exciting classic soccer match between Daly’s ‘Kelly’s Heroes’ and the ‘Manhattan Metro Stars’ at Van Cortland Park located in the West Bronx.

Judah asked promoter Don King for a second chance. One more shot at Cory Spinks. "Not only will I win," said Zab, " I’m going to knock him out." In front of a capacity crowd of 22,370, a record for an indoor boxing match, Judah delivered. A left to the face of Cory Spinks sent him into a tailspin. Juda seized the WBC/WBA/IBF belts with a 9th round stoppage. Judah, king of the Welterweights, brings all the titles back home to Brooklyn, New York.

Here is something else you didn’t know, Kendall Gill, NBA superstar, is embarking upon a three fight boxing career. The classy Gill (one of sports best dressed and intelligent athletes) called me early two Mondays ago. He was giving me an exclusive. Gill said he has always loved the "Sweet Science."

My deepest Sympathy to the family of Reggie White from all our staff
here. Reggie was a champion in life as well as on the football field. He
was also a devout Christian. One of my greatest compliments came from the late, great lens man Carl Nesfield, who mentioned me in the same vein with White.

Terrell Owens, made two super duper catches in the third quarter of the Eagles division winning game against the Giants. One, he came back to catch. The other he stretched forward to simply grab the ball out of the air. Giants held him catchless for the first half but we all knew that would not last forever. The Eagles have now won their fourth division title in a row.

Tiger Woods is still the world’s number one golfer, ranking or no ranking. Woods is a little upset that his good buddy Mark O’Meara didn’t get named to be captain of the 2006 Ryder Cup. Seems the snub could be due to O’Meara (along with Woods, Phil Mickelson and David DuVal) who back in 1999 pressured the PBA Into donating a share of their profits to a charity of each player’s choice.

At the pre-fight press conference Hasim Rahman said “ I will be the best heavyweight fighter on the card� He also told the media they could go home after his bout because he was going to put on a performance better then anyone fighting that night. Hasim “The Rock� Rahman backed his words up the way he backed Kali Meehan up, destroying the newcomer Meehan in four rounds.

New York Giants football season slipping away. After the win over Giants Sunday, Cardinals head coach, Dennis Green, now has victory number 101. The New York Jets aren’t returning home until Dec. 5th. The season will be determined on this two-game road trip. Time is working against Jets last two weeks. First end goal on the four with 50 seconds and down by three, Jets should have gotten into the end zone or at least taken better shots to attempt to do so. November is usually a good month for Jets head coach Herman Edwards.