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Tiger Woods Drops Out Of Golf's Top 100
In The Gym With Floyd Mayweather: The Sounds Of Serious Preparation
Boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, pose for pho- tos after a news conference, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Los Angeles. The two are sched- uled to fight in Las Vegas on May 2.
The latest offering from Floyd Mayweather's crack video crew is reminiscent of a classic Reggie Jackson quote. Reggie once said of Tom Seaver, "Blind people come to the park just to listen to him pitch." Well, if blind people wanted to get a sense of how intensely May- weather is training for his bout against Manny Pac- quiao, they would only need to listen to the soundtrack of the video.
But the combination of the video and audio provides a visceral feeling of being in the gym combined with an ac- knowledgement of how big the fight on May 2 is going to
be. His video team has been cranking out clips on regular basis, such as the wood chop- ping bit that went viral, and posting to them May- weather's Facebook page.
Floyd Mayweather Cracked Up Zab Judah In Early Sparring For Manny Pacquiao, Uncle Says
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CHELSEA LEE
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Is Tiger Woods done?
For the first time in his il- lustrious career, Tiger Woods is no longer consid- ered one of the world's top 100 golfers.
The 14-time major cham- pion, who has spent a total of 683 weeks at the top of the sport's official rankings, has now dropped to 104.
Woods is currently side- lined with injury -- a recurring theme in recent years -- and last played on the PGA Tour
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in early February.
The 39-year-old says he
remains hopeful of participat- ing in the year's first major, the Masters at Augusta, that begins on April 9.
Panthers Claim Jonathan Martin Off Waivers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers claimed former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Jonathan Martin off waivers on Friday.
Martin, who was waived by the 49ers on Thursday, was the player at the center of the Richie Incognito bullying scandal in Miami.
Martin played only one season for San Francisco, ap- pearing in 15 games, starting nine at right tackle. He was set to count roughly $1 mil- lion against the 2015 salary cap, which the Panthers will now pick up.
Martin spent his first two NFL seasons with Miami, leaving in October 2013 after the bullying controversy be- came public.
It was determined through an NFL investigation that three Miami linemen -- In- cognito, John Jerry and Mike Pouncey -- engaged in a pattern of harassment di- rected at Martin and another
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young offensive lineman iden- tified as Player A in the Ted Wells report.
Player A has since been identified as Andrew Mc- Donald, who was with Car- olina last season.
Martin (6-5, 315) has started 32 of 38 games in three seasons since Miami se- lected him in the second round of the 2012 draft.
Carolina earlier in March signed Michael Oher to re- place Byron Bell as the starting left tackle. Oher be- came a free agent after being released by the Tennessee Ti- tans.
Cavaliers Squeak By 76ers
Floyd Mayweather has sparred once with Zab Judah this training camp, and according to one not completely impartial ob- server, the results were telling.
Mayweather beat Judah in three lopsided five-minute rounds last week, according to Jeff Mayweather, uncle of the pound-for-pound king who is concluding his third week of training for a May 2 super fight against Manny Pac- quiao in Las Vegas.
"Just beat the (bleep) out of him," Jeff Mayweather said. "He beat Judah so bad, Judah was scared to let his hands go."
Floyd Mayweather has an array of sparring partners in training camp, all of them left-handed, most of them up-and-comers, but also two of his own former oppo- nents: Judah, whom he de- feated in a 2006 welterweight title bout; and DeMarcus "Chop Chop"
Corley, whom he defeated in a 2004 junior welter- weight non-title bout.
Most of Mayweather's sparring thus far has been against the younger boxers, so the Judah session was hotly anticipated at May- weather Boxing Club in Las Vegas.
"Everybody was just hyped because they thought
Judah was going to be something different, but Judah was worse than the other guys," Jeff May- weather said. "It seemed like Floyd had something personal against him. He beat the (bleep) out of him. So then he quit, he let Judah off the hook, because Judah's got a fight coming up and he messed his eye up.
CLEVELAND -- Not only did the Cleveland Cavaliers stave off an upset scare in their 87-86 win over the lowly Philadelphia 76ers on Sun- day, they also appear to have avoided major injuries to two of their key contributors.
Both Kevin Love (lower back) and Iman Shumpert (left ankle) were forced to exit the game early without re- turning to action. However, Cavs coach David Blatt down- played the severity of their in- juries moving forward.
"Kev took an elbow to the back and he was experiencing some real discomfort, so we took him out," Blatt said. "We didn't want to push it. Hope- fully, he'll be OK. And Iman jammed his ankle. You saw he took sort of a funny step be- fore he attempted to dunk that ball and he jammed his ankle. Also, I think he wanted to come back in there, but we held him out for precaution- ary reasons. I believe he'll be OK."
Love, who finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds in 31 minutes, missed a layup with 7:16 remaining in the fourth quarter when the con- tact to his back occurred. Cleveland called timeout shortly thereafter, and Love went straight to the locker room for treatment.
Shumpert, who finished with nine points and three steals in 11 minutes, missed an open fast-break dunk with 4:30 remaining in the second quarter after his leg appeared to buckle as he gathered him- self to jump. The four-year veteran asked out of the game after the play and was tended to on the bench by Cavs trainer Stephen Spiro be- fore retreating to the locker room under his own power for further examination.
The Cavs don't play again until Thursday, when they host the Miami Heat, giving the players two days off before resuming practice on Wednesday.
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