Damon draws ovation in return to Yankee Stadium

Damon draws ovation in return to Yankee Stadium
Johnny Damon has drawn a standing ovation in his return to Yankee Stadium. The crowd began cheering when Damon came to the plate for the Detroit Tigers in the first inning on Monday night. Damon waved his helmet to the fans and turned to the New York dugout, where the Yankees applauded. Damon starred for the Yankees during the past four years and helped them win the World Series last season.
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Yankees-Tigers: Austin Jackson Makes Yankee Stadium Debut
Much of the attention will be on Johnny Damon when the Tigers open up a four-game series Monday night in the Bronx, but there’s another Detroit outfielder with something to prove this week. Austin Jackson is set to make his Yankee Stadium debut in a Tigers uniform, not in the pinstripes many believed they’d see him wearing for many years to come when he was touted as a top prospect in New York’s …
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Miguel Cotto Surprisingly Effective in Slugfest Against Yuri Foreman at Yankee Stadium

Miguel Cotto Surprisingly Effective in Slugfest Against Yuri Foreman at Yankee Stadium
On a normal Saturday in June, Yankee Stadium is home to one of the best offensive teams in baseball. However, last Saturday, the fairly new ballpark may have boasted more hitting than all the Yankees’ games thus far. Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KOs) squared off against Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KOs) in the first fight at the new Yankee Stadium, the first at a Yankees park in 34 years. Entering this fight …
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Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium

Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK (AP) – Miguel Cotto shone brightly once again, this time under the twinkling lights of Yankee Stadium. The pride of Puerto Rico stopped a game Yuri Foreman in the ninth round Saturday night to win the junior middleweight title, delighting thousands of his flag-waving fans in the first fight at the Bronx ballpark in more than three decades. It didn’t come without a bit of controversy, or …
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Cotto downs hobbled Foreman at Yankee Stadium
Miguel Cotto, the pride of Puerto Rico, stopped a game Yuri Foreman in the ninth round Saturday night to win the junior middleweight title, delighting thousands of fans in the first fight at Yankee Stadium in more than three decades.
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Doug Gardner: Building, boating and flying, he pushed further
His last flight was in the RV-8 kit plane that he worked on for eight years in his free time.
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Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium

Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium
Miguel Cotto watched the white towel fly into the ring, the universal sign of surrender, and thought he’d won the first main event at Yankee Stadium in more than three decades. Dozens of people flooded through the ropes while Yuri Foreman limped around and… Yuri Foreman – Miguel Cotto – Puerto Rico – Yankee Stadium – Boxing
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Arum says Mayweather ‘just babbling’
MANILA, Philippines – Top Rank, Inc. head honcho Bob Arum, the promoter of Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao, has shrugged off reports that undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr. was planning to go into retirement again.
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Pacquiao again honored as Fighter of the Year
NEW YORK (AP) – Manny Pacquiao seems to win something, whether it’s a fight or an award, just about every time he makes the long trip to the United States.The pound-for-pound king and newly elected congressman from the Philippines accepted his third Fighter of the Year award Friday night at the Roosevelt Hotel, while his trainer Freddie Roach was honored for the fourth time by the Boxing Writers …
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Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium

Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium
Miguel Cotto watched the white towel fly into the ring, the universal sign of surrender, and thought he’d won the first main event atYankee Stadium in more than three decades.
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Cotto wins ballpark brawl, title
NEW YORK (AP) Miguel Cotto shone brightly once again, this time under the twinkling lights of Yankee Stadium.
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Foreman-Cotto set for Yankee Stadium date

Foreman-Cotto set for Yankee Stadium date
NEW YORK – There is a familiar saying that speaks to the art of successfully peddling a possibly defective product: “If you can’t sell the steak, sell the sizzle.”
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Mundine: I can beat Mayweather
Anthony Mundine has declared he is the only man who can beat Floyd Mayweather.
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Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium

Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium
Miguel Cotto watched the white towel fly into the ring, the universal sign of surrender, and thought he’d won the first main event at Yankee Stadium in morethan three decades.
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Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium
Miguel Cotto watched the white towel fly into the ring, the universal sign of surrender, and thought he’d won the first main event at Yankee Stadium in morethan three decades.
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Cotto stops Foreman to win at Yankee Stadium
Miguel Cotto watched the white towel fly into the ring, the universal sign of surrender, and thought he’d won the first main event atYankee Stadium in more than three decades.
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