Tag Archive | "Floyd Mayweather"

$5 Million in 140 Characters

Thursday, November 10, 2011

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$5 Million in 140 Characters

Shaquille O'Neal, Tony Hawk, and other professional athletes are finding that Twitter is a cash register filled with sponsors. All they need to do is tell their fans, in 140 characters or less, to buy Oreos, pick up their Madden video game, or go to a nightclub.

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The Golden Age of Sports Spats

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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The Golden Age of Sports Spats

Athletes have always feuded, but thanks in part to nifty new social-networking media, the amusement factor has reached record heights. MATT TAIBBI on his seven favorite tiffs.

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Q&A with Boxing Trainer Freddie Roach

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Q&A with Boxing Trainer Freddie Roach

Boxing trainer Freddie Roach takes us inside his and fighter Manny Pacquiao's strategy for Saturday's WBO welterweight championship and explains why his Parkinson’s is no obstacle as a trainer.

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