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I've been a boxing fan for more than 30 years.That means I've seen most of my generation's nominees for the greatest fight of all time, most notably the first Pryor-Arguello duel in 1982, the Hagler- Hearns mini-masterpiece in 1985 and the epic to-and-fro between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo exactly two decades later.Gun to my head... the last of those three matches is the best I've ever seen.Of course, over that same time frame, there have been eagerly anticipated fights that turned out to be duds, and clashes that were barely noticed on the front end before winding up as classics.We could all fill notebooks with varieties of both.But over the last few weeks, I've heard the initial stages of rumbling for a fight that's got me as intrigued as any I can remember encountering in either 36 years as a fan or 25 years as a professional journalist.And the winner is: Bernard Hopkins vs. Carl Froch.On the surface, I'll concede it's no Gatti/Ward.Hopkins has long been the antithesis of...
The San Diego Chargers placed defensive end Luis Castillo on injured reserve Wednesday.Castillo injured his tibia in the Chargers' season-opening victory over the Mi...
The San Diego Chargers resigned veteran defensive end Luis Castillo to a one-year contract on Wednesday.Castillo was placed on injured reserve after he injured his t...
The Philadelphia Phillies released 35-year-old second baseman Luis Castillo on Wednesday, cutting him after his brief tryout as a fill-in for injured star Chase Utle...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Mets released struggling second baseman Luis Castillo even though they owed the three-time All-Star $6 million this season, the tea...
"Hey, didn't you used to be the San Diego Chargers?"That phrase probably wasn't uttered, but the brass surrounding the NFL's southernmost team in California couldn't...
R.A. Dickey's last start ended up with the knuckleballer losing for just the third time this season.The New York Mets hope their right-handed stopper can salvage the...
R.A. Dickey went the distance and Andres Torres fell a single shy of the cycle as the New York Mets avoided a sweep with a 6-1 decision over Miami in the finale of a...
The New York Mets can pretty much forget about making a dent in the National league East at 14 games off the pace.With less than two months to go in the regular seas...
The Miami Marlins may be struggling, but shortstop Jose Reyes is seeing the ball rather well at the plate.Reyes and the Marlins will invade Citi Field tonight for th...
Russell Martin and the homer-happy New York Yankees appeared a little out of practice when it came to celebrating a game-winning homer.Martin led off the ninth with ...
A federal jury in Virginia convicted a former Costa Rican insurance executive on Monday of all counts in a $485 million fraud scheme in which he was accused of lying...
Leave it to New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco to take the spotlight away from Tom Brady's masterpiece in last Monday's demolition of the Miami Dolphi...
The Philadelphia Phillies signed three-time All-Star second baseman Luis Castillo to a minor league contract on Monday.Castillo will report to camp as a non-roster p...
The New York Mets released second baseman Luis Castillo on Friday despite still owing him $6 million, cutting ties with a three-time All-Star linked to one of the mo...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Infielder Luis Castillo is expected to join the New York Mets when they open a three-game series at the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday and left-...
Luis Castillo hit a game-ending single with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the New York Mets to a 6-5 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night.Castil...
Luis Castillo needs more days like this if he hopes to be the New York Mets second baseman this season.Castillo reached base all three times he batted and scored a r...
New Chargers coach Mike McCoy arrives in America's most Beautiful City as the architect of the reclamation product called Philip Rivers.Rivers is obviously talented ...
The San Diego Chargers released veteran defensive end Luis Castillo Thursday.Castillo has spent his entire seven-year career with San Diego after the team selected h...