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Champ Rahman Might Fight For Title Here In December
Mr. Speaker, negotiations have been advanced towards the possibility of a heavyweight title fight with champion Hassim Rahman being staged here in December. That was a communication by Minister of Youth Sports and Housing Hon Neville Wisdom in the House of Assembly earlier this week. .Summer vacation, minus the sticker shock
My mother's relatives are having a family reunion in Puerto Rico next month. Being a typical procrastinator, I waited until the last minute, assuming my husband and I would have no problem getting a cheap fare and hotel room during the Caribbean's typical off-season.Boy, was I wrong.
The cheapest airfare I could find online was $750 per person. And no beachfront hotel in San Juan had a room below $130, a far cry from summers past when resorts offered double-digit rates in July and August, with a free pia colada thrown in. Now I have to consider the possibility of camping out at my grandfather's house, where the guest room has one of those lumpy sofa beds with a bar that runs right across my back.
Either that, or spend the summer in my current residence of Fresno, located right in the heart of the triple-digit furnace of California's Central Valley.
The Heat is on as Miami wins first-ever
Dallas, TX (Basketball News) - Dwyane Wade poured in 36 points and drilled four key free throws with under 30 seconds remaining to lead the Miami Heat to the franchise's first NBA championship with a 95-92 win over Dallas in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at American Airlines Center.The Heat won the series 4-2 and became only the third team in league history to come back from a 2-0 deficit to win the title. The 1968-69 Boston Celtics and the 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers also turned the trick.
Down by three entering the fourth quarter, Dallas played with a sense of urgency but had a tough time catching the Heat. They finally managed to deadlock things at 79 after a pair of Josh Howard free throws with 7:06 left.
The Heat responded, however. Udonis Haslem buried a jumper from inside the top of the key and Wade, who was named the NBA Finals' MVP, drained a pair from the line to give Miami an 83-79 cushion with 5:09 remaining.
Strong thunderstorms reported over north Miami-Dade, south Broward
A series of strong thunderstorms were moving across northern Miami-Dade County into south Broward County Wednesday afternoon, said the National Weather Service in Miami.At 11:55 a.m., a band of strong thunderstorms was moving north around 10 mph. The storms extended from Krome Avenue across Doral to Hialeah and Opa-locka. It will move through Miami Lakes, North Miami Beach, Carol City and Aventura and into south Broward around Hallandale Beach and Miramar. This band of storms is producing wind gusts as high as 40 mph along with brief heavy rains and occasional lightning strikes.
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