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Sports: Bolt, Powell, Gay To Compete In 100; Browns’ Braylon Edwards Offers Homeless Youths Help; Actress Denies Pregnancy Rumors

September 5th, 2008

 

Bolt, Powell, Gay to compete in 100. World record-holding Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt faces off with sprinters Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay tonight at the Van Damme Memorial in Brussels, Belgium. Powell recently matched the second-fastest 100 sprint time ever, while Gay is a world champion in the event. The race, which will be Bolt’s last of the season, airs at 11 p.m. on the ESPN Classic network and again Sunday on ESPN2 at 3:30 p.m. “I’m definitely going out there to compete at my best,” Bolt says. The three runners are regarded as the fastest men of all time, with the 10 fastest times in the 100 on their collective resume. “This has never happened before,” meet organizer Wilfried Meert says of the race. Gay, however, says it’s possible that he’ll skip the race, depending on the state of his lingering hamstring injury.

 

 

Browns’ Braylon Edwards offers help to homeless youths. Cleveland Browns star wide receiver Braylon Edwards plans to score big, both on and off the field, for 4,000 homeless students in the community. Beginning at Sunday’s first Browns’ game of the season, the player says he’ll give $1,000 per each touchdown reception he scores to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District Project’s ACT (Action for Children and Youth in Transition) program. “All children deserve to receive a quality education,” says Edwards. “It’s vitally important that we, as adults and community leaders, recognize the need to support those who are hindered by circumstances of basic survival when they leave class each day.” A Pro Bowl receiver, Edwards caught 80 passes last season alone.

 

 

Actress denies pregnancy rumors. NBA All-star Tony Parker may be Eva Longoria Parker’s husband, but he’s not her babydaddy. The actress denies that her recent change in appearance has anything to do with a little Tony or Toni. “I’m not pregnant. I’m just fat,” she says. “I gained five pounds over the summer, so instead of a size zero, I’m a size one.” Hopefully, Longoria Parker will come clean whenever it’s time to start calling her favorite point guard “papa.”

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Entertainment News: Americans, Jamaican Compete In British Grand Prix; Damon Dash Dropped From Deal

September 1st, 2008

Americans, Jamaican compete in British Grand Prix.

Tyson Gay 

Tyson Gay has won the 200-meter dash in 20.26 seconds, while Asafa Powell grabbed a 9.87 victory in the 100 at the British Grand Prix. The sprinters, who both missed individual golds at the recent Beijing Olympics, shined during Sunday’s competition in London . Powell had anchored Jamaica ’s world-record-breaking, gold relay team in China , but was disappointed with his fifth-place finish in the 100. American Lauryn Williams, who was involved in the baton-dropping fiasco of the women’s 4×100 relay at Beijing , beat Olympics champ Shelly-Ann Fraser in the Grand Prix’s 100, a race that featured five Beijing finalists.

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Damon Dash dropped from deal.

Damon Dash 

More bad news for the Roc-a-Fella Records co-founder who recently had news of his pending home foreclosure hit headlines: Damon Dash recently lost his licensing agreement with Pro-Keds. Dash had actually given the impression that he bought the old-school sneaker company. He spoke of plans to make the lesser-name brand hip for a new generation. But now the brand has terminated Dash’s deal. The entrepreneur has yet to strike gold as he did when he helped found the record label that helped make his ex-partner, Jay-Z, a superstar.

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Sports: Sprinters Face-Off For Highly Anticipated Rematch; Tony Dungy Predicts Timely Manning Recovery

July 23rd, 2008

Sprinters face-off for highly anticipated rematch
Asafa Powell has beaten world-record-holding sprinter Usain Bolt by one-hundredth of a second at the DN Galan meet in Stockholm, Sweden. Powell raced to the finish line in 9.88 seconds against his fellow Jamaican. Powell had previously lost to Bolt at the Olympic Trials last month. Bolt then went on to break Powell’s world record of 9.74 seconds by running a 9.72-second race in New York on May 31.

Tony Dungy predicts timely Manning recovery

Tony Dungy
NFL coach Tony Dungy’s confident that his quarterback will be ready to start for the Indianapolis Colts in their season-opener, despite a knee injury. It’s even possible that Peyton Manning could compete during the pre-season, adds Tony Dungy. Manning recently underwent surgery that was projected to have him sidelined for six weeks. “I have talked to Peyton, and we’re just following the doctor’s instructions right now,” Dungy says. “I’m hoping for four weeks, but if he’s truly out six weeks, I think it will be hard to keep him out. However it goes, he’ll be ready when he comes back.”

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