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Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., trainer Freddie Roach is in the middle of it all these days, and loving every minute. He was ringside for the unbelievable Manny Pacquiao decision, but we chose to look ahead -- and talk about Roach's life after HBO's "24/7".

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Reflecting some of boxing's brightest lights, El Paso's bling sparkled that much brighter Wednesday.

The Plaza Theater's organ belted out old time movie music as the grand old theater itself provided an artistic backdrop to what is usually a testosterone-drenched affair -- a boxing press conference. It was an interesting departure from the sterile conference rooms where these events are usually held.

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Under pressure, UT System Chancellor, Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, allowed the Chavez-Lee championship fight to go on in the Sun Bowl, but oddly banned the sale of beer in the stadium. If the threat of violence from the cartels was real, just what does Dr. Cigarroa think banning beer will do to stop them?

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To say the Oklahoma City Thunder have a passionate fan base would be a massive understatement, and there was bound to be a musician or two in the mix. Count Chris and his gang among that group. Everyone's doing a "Call Me Maybe" lip-sync these days, but Chris and Co. took the next step -- a full-on parody of the song honoring OKC's star player, Kevin Durant.

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Every sport has its celebrations -- T.O.'s Sharpie in the sock, Ron Artest's elbow to the head -- but these days soccer players take the cake. You can get a yellow card if you take off your shirt after scoring a goal, but EVERYTHING else is fair game -- thumb-sucking (which I've never gotten), sambas, flips, 3-act plays...all these guys would need are some special effects. Hey, wait a minute...

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In the rest of the world, if your soccer team sucks badly enough, they send it to the minor leagues. It's called relegation, and it can be as harsh as it sounds. Big money, big TV, big player contracts -- all gone because you lost. Midfielder Rogier Meijer's team, De Graafschap, was relegated on the final day of the season. The catastrophic loss sent him to the turf...where his daughter came out to console her dad!

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(PATRIOT STADIUM, El Paso, TX) — Naoyas Aizawa sandwiched an assist between two goals, and while it wasn’t quite a feast for the El Paso Patriots, a 3-1 win over the North Texas Rayados was satisfying enough to whet their appetite for more in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

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The New York Rangers are in the Eastern Conference Finals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Their coach, John Tortorella, is well-known for giving very short post-game interviews and answers -- so well-known for it that ESPN's DJ Steve Porter made a video mashup about it.

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The English Premier League's 2012 season was voted its best-ever, and after the finish in it's most important season-ending game Sunday, it would be hard to argue. (Check this video while you can -- it might disappear!)

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Sunday night, Brandon Inge of the Oakland A's hit a huge homer that two fans will never forget -- because it hit the guy in the family jewels and the girl in the mouth. Ironically, if the guy could handle fly balls a little better, this would never have happened!

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