Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Tom Zbikowski, the Baltimore Ravens safety and former Notre Dame star who is boxing during the NFL lockout, won a hard-fought four-round decision against Caleb Grummet on Saturday night at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall. The fight was on the Yuriorkis Gamboa-Jorge Solis featherweight title fight card and drew in an excited crowd interested to see what a fighting football player could do in his first bout with Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward in his corner.
Man who killed UConn player Jasper Howard gets 18 years
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl The man who killed University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard during an on-campus fight in 2009 was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison during an emotional court hearing at which he and Howard’s mother wept.
NBA: Knicks fall to Bucks; Knicks 5th straight loss
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Maybe the Milwaukee Bucks shouldn’t limit their focus to trying to catch the No. 8 seed.  The way the New York Knicks are playing, seventh place might even be available. Brandon Jennings scored a season-high 37 points, 16 during Milwaukee’s second straight dominant start against New York, and the Bucks sent the Knicks to their fifth consecutive loss with a 102-96 victory Friday night.
NBA: Lakers beat Suns in Triple OT! Kobe Bryant had season high 42 pts, 12 reb, 9 ast
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl When the Los Angeles Lakers led Phoenix by 21 points in the third quarter, Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom were pretty sure their night would end briskly and tidily. After three overtimes, 276 combined points and a season’s worth of heart-stopping moments, Bryant and Odom were merely grateful to stagger out of Staples Center with a victory in a once-in-a-decade thriller.
Boxing: Jean Pascal to face Bernard Hopkins to defend title in Montreal
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl Bernard Hopkins is going back to Canada for his rematch with light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal. Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, Hopkins’ promoter, told ESPN.com on Tuesday night that the May 21 HBO fight will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The fight had been agreed to last month.
Boxing: Mike Tyson stars in ‘Taking on Tyson’ starting tonight at 10p on Animal Planet
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl – You know I’ll be tuned in! I’m excited to see this other side of Iron Mike! Heavyweight boxing legend and Brooklyn native Mike Tyson has always loved breeding and raising pigeons. These birds have been an integral part of his life since his childhood. In fact, Mike threw his first punch when a neighborhood bully killed one of his beloved pigeons and threw it in his face.
