The Weekly Shakedown
Aug 3rd 2007eBoxing/MMA & College Football & MLB & NBA & Weekly Shakedown
(Every week there are a number of stories slip through the cracks here at ShakedownSports. These are just a few of them.)
Six days before his 45th birthday, Evander Holyfield will travel to Moscow to fight Sultan Ibragimov for the WBO Championship. While many are questioning whether a man of Holyfield’s age and physical fitness can win the fight, Holyfield has assured is doubters he is adhering to a top notch training regimen that includes watching Rocky IV three times a day.
The NBA released its 2007-2008 schedule this week and the Cleveland Cavaliers are scheduled to appear on national television a whopping 31 times. The news comes as a disappointment Cavs; they had hoped it would be all 82 games so they could save money by not hiring their own set of broadcasters.
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops announced that this the team’s jerseys will once again have players’ names on the back after going one season without them. The decision was made so it will be easier for the both the team and police to identify players who commit crimes while wearing their jerseys.
Although his scheduled rehab start was rained out, yesterday Pedro Martinez returned to the mound and pitched 5 1/3 innings of simulated game. Martinez then left the game with a simulated shoulder injury.
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