Morgan Campbell
41 articles · thestar.com (CA)
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Five sports stories to follow 2015
Like the universe after the Big Bang, the sports industry continues to expand in all directions. It?s taking up more space on your cable listings, where TSN added four feeds and Al-Jazeera?s…
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Sportonomics: Mayweather powers boxing’s economy, but for how long?
VERONA, N.Y.?The bodyguard appears first. Alfonso Redic is the 7?1?, 430-pound megalith of a man strolling into the auditorium at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino ahead of three other men who…
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How an athlete in a declining sport became a global brand
Marketing agent Lucia McKelvey would like to finish a phone interview but first she has to click over to a call from another potential sponsor seeking a deal with boxing superstar Manny…
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Sugar Ray on Pacquiao, Money May: “I’d knock ’em both out.”
Of course, he was kidding when he said that...sort of. Sugar Ray Leonard may be one of the best to ever lace on gloves, an Olympic gold medalist and six-division world champ…
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Mayweather next? Pacquiao wins biggest if they don’t fight
Saturday night at Texas Stadium Manny Pacquiao faced the most daunting challenge of his career and conquered it with style. You could argue (And I would -- loudly) that Antonio Margarito deserved…
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Will the hits keep on coming from multi-tasking Manny Pacquiao?
If you need further proof that boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has gone from a star in his sport to just plain famous here it is: There?s a parody of him at the…
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Hurricane Julaton wins split decision at Rama
RAMA, ONT.?As heavyweights Neven Pajkic and Greg Kielsa trudged through their post-fight news conference Maria Elena Villalobos, loser of Wednesday?s co-feature, sat in the back row, munching on popcorn. Minutes later Ana…
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Pacquiao set to call Mayweather?s bluff, trainer says
Trainer Freddie Roach says pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao is ready to drop his objections to pre-fight blood testing and set up a November superfight with Floyd Mayweather. While Mayweather?s detractors have suggested…
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Ana (Hurricane) Julaton fighting for world title at Rumble at Rama XII
Ana (Hurricane) Julaton returns to Casino Rama on June 30, and when she faces Mexico?s Maria Elena Villalobos in the co-main event of Rumble at Rama XII, she?ll be competing for much…
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The Sweetest Scientist? Money Mayweather
I can't even say I told you so. Heading into Saturday's welterweight superfight between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley most of us knew certain events would unfold. We knew, for example, that…
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Lisa Brown wins signature victory
RAMA, Ont. ? The ticker tape parade will have to wait, as will the meeting with California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. And there?s no word on whether ESPN will go ahead with the…
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Hurricane Ana hopes to take boxing world by storm
When super bantamweight champion Ana (The Hurricane) Julaton enters the ring, heads turn. In 2006, she caught Manny Pacquiao's attention when the then-featherweight champion spotted her at an amateur tournament in California…
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Pacquiao’s performance put in perspective
Pacquiao's performance put in perspective If you're looking for evidence that Manny Pacquiao isn't just the world's hottest fighter, but a legitimate welterweight capable of taking down full-grown 147-pounders, the Pac-Man provided…
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Body shot topples Sonsona’s big plans
On a frigid evening in February 2007 I leaned on the apron of a blood-spattered ring at Chris Johnson's Fighting Alliance and stood alongside Johnson as he supervised a sparring session between…
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Superfight looms this summer — we hope
You might not know it by perusing the mainstream media (this blog included, sadly), but pro boxing has divisions beyond welterweight. Seriously. And if you're as disappointed as I am about the…
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Set your PVRs…..
...For Pacquiao-Clottey. And if we're lucky, we might get Mayweather-Malignaggi in the same month. What a wondrous time to be a fight fan. Now, as of Friday Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach conceded…
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12 Rounds with Shane Mosley
New feature alert: 12 Rounds, the first in a recurring series in which we spend some quality time with some of the biggest names in the fight game, then post the MP3…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao: He said, He said
So the fight of the century is off, and it's all Floyd Mayweather's fault. Like the coward Bob Arum says he is, Mayweather rejected a reasonable drug testing compromise because he's afraid…
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Sonsona finishes with flurry to take title
Young Filipino star puts on great show at Rama; Molitor clobbers Azuaga RAMA, Ont.–Before the bell rang to start the 12th round, Marvin Sonsona strolled near the ropes as a few hundred…
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Molitor gets ready for his boxing close-up
Tomorrow night at Casino Rama, Steve (The Canadian Kid) Molitor plans to tune up and branch out. As the former IBF 122-pound champ awaits another title shot, he'll stay busy against Paraguayan…
