After beating Oscar De La Hoya in the Dream Match (nightmare for the Golden Boy), Manny Pacquiao can sit back, relax and start counting his earnings from that lopsided fight in Las Vegas.
Pay-per-view (PPV) figures indicate that Pacman is now richer by $11.2 million.
That amount, which exceeds his guaranteed prize, is the minimum that Pacquiao will get. He stands to earn more from his share of live gate receipts and merchandise sales from the Dec. 6 match at the MGM Grand.
According to the numbers released by HBO, Pacquiao’s fight with …

Chicago Bulls rookie Derrick Rose missed Monday’s practice after he needed 10 stitches to close a wound suffered in bed while — slicing an apple.
How silly was that?!
The Bull’s No.1 pick is off to an exceptional start. Rose is averaging 18 points and six assists so far in his rookie year and he’s already become the firm foundation of the Chicago Bulls.
“It was a silly incident,” Rose said. “I was cutting up some food and I laid on a knife getting lazy in bed. I went to go get a …

The Saturday night clash in Las Vegas, Nevada between two of the greatest fighters became so lopsided as Manny Pacquiao emerged as the victor.

Get ready for The Dream Match.
On December 6, 2008, boxing’s Golden Boy faces the pound-for-pound champion of the world at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The two will meet in the middle – at welterweight (147 pounds) – a match up many have long anticipated.
Oscar De La Hoya hasn’t fought at welterweight since 2001 and Manny Pacquiao, who started his career at 106 pounds, has never fought at welterweight.
In this historical battle that is on its way to producing the second highest-grossing gate in Las Vegas, Team De …

Sean Avery has always been known to be an annoying presence in the NHL. His attitude in the locker room is known to make teams want to get rid of him. But of all the spiteful comments and other antics he pulled on the way to becoming the biggest pest in hockey, never had he gone so far that the NHL suspended him–until Tuesday.
According to the Associated Press, Avery was suspended indefinitely by commissioner Gary Bettman for using a crude term about his former girlfriends now dating other hockey players.
Avery, …

Lance Armstrong confirmed Monday that he would ride in the 2009 Tour de France.
The seven-time Tour champion made the announcement on his Web site from Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where he is training with Team Astana.

According to Washington Post, Armstrong acknowledged his body might not perform at the same level it did when he last won the Tour in 2005.
“If you’ve been away for three or four years, it would be silly for anybody to think I could pick up where I left off,” Armstrong said in a telephone …

New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress, accidentally shot himself in the leg at a night club Friday night, FOXSports.com reported.
Burress, 31, spent the evening in the hospital with the injuries, which aren’t life threatening, the Web site said.
A spokesman for the Giants on Saturday told PA SportsTicker that the team had no comment, although they acknowledged they are aware there was an incident.
Burress had already been ruled out of Sunday’s game against Washington Redskins after aggravating a hamstring injury last week in the game against the Arizona Cardinals.
It has already …

World’s top two players, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will unlock the 2009 ATP season by playing at the Qatar Open.
Qatar tennis federation president Nasser al-Kholiafi says Andy Murray and Andy Roddick will also take part in the hard-court tournament, which starts Jan. 5.
The competition in Doha is one of three to start the 2009 tennis season, along with the Brisbane International in Australia, and the Chennai Open in India.
Nadal recently succeeded Federer as the World’s No. 1 tennis player.
So who do you think will dominate the tournament? I can’t …

Dwight Howard scored 26 points and added 14 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic in a 105-90 victory over the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center.
Hedo Turkoglu had 20 points and a season-high 10 rebounds for the Magic, who has won eight of its last nine games and six in a row on the road.
Howard collected six points in the first two minutes of play as the Magic stormed ahead before they put it into cruise control at the end of the quarter as Rashard Lewis, JJ Redick and Courtney …

LONDON: Cricket’s Middlesex captain Shaun Udal has said the English county would not be going to Mumbai as planned after the terror attacks hit the Indian city.
The team were due to fly to Mumbai on Thursday for the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League but former England off-spinner Udal told Sky Sports: “All we know is our flight has been cancelled in the morning.”
Udal added he understood the tournament, involving the domestic Twenty20 finalists from England, Australia, South Africa and the Indian Premier League (IPL), would continue but with the Mumbai matches …

FC Barcelona locked their way to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League as winners of Group C after beating Sporting Lisbon 5-2.
With the two teams having already qualified for the knockout stage, unbeaten Barca took their points tally to 13 with one game still to play, four points ahead of the Lisbon team.
The opening of the match was quite cold, though Barcelona had more ball possession; they weren’t able to break Sporting defense until Lionel Messi started running the show to assist Thierry Henry, who opened the score.
Gerard …