Some baseball signs are open to interpretation, but not pointing to the heavens

Signs, signs, everywhere the signs.

Some baseball signs are open to interpretation, but not pointing to the heavens

Signs, signs, everywhere the signs.

Manila’s poorest to its most powerful celebrate Manny Pacquiao’s latest boxing triumph

MANILA, Philippines — Huge crowds cheered Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao as a convoy paraded him from Manila’s squalid slums to the presidential palace in a government-declared national celebration Monday for his latest win.

Hungarian boxer Nagy dies at 23 after suffering brain injury while training in Australia

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian light-heavyweight boxer Andras Nagy has died after suffering a brain injury while training in Melbourne, Australia. He was 23.

Pacquiao to return home, ignores swine flu advice of Philippine health officials

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will return to Manila as scheduled, ignoring advice from Philippine health officials to observe self-quarantine in the United States to help prevent the spread of swine flu.

Family, friends gather to remember heavyweight champ injured in final fight

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Greg Page was remembered by family and friends as a champion inside and outside the ring, who saw the devastating injury that cut his life short as a chance to save other boxers.

Manny Pacquiao is the new king of boxing, and there’s a lot to like about that

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. took his daughter bowling Saturday night after announcing his return to the ring. Good thing, because if he had seen Manny Pacquiao fight he might have figured out what boxing fans now know — that the future of boxing lies in the furious fists of a most unlikely new superstar.

Pacquiao stops Hatton in the second round in a dominating performance

LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao was dominating. Ricky Hatton was left helpless.

Pacquiao moves from big underdog to big favorite as he takes on Ricky Hatton

LAS VEGAS — The last time Manny Pacquiao displayed his many talents he stopped Oscar De La Hoya in a fight no one thought he could win. The beating he administered that night not only sent De La Hoya into retirement, but cemented Pacquiao’s status as boxing’s newest star.

Fighter up! Canseco trades swings at the plate for cuts in the mixed martial arts world

Jose Canseco used his mammoth muscles to take pitchers deep and trade blows with Danny Bonaduce.

Jewish boxer who fought for his life in Auschwitz dead at 86

JERUSALEM — Salamo Arouch, a Jewish boxer who survived the Auschwitz death camp by fighting exhibition bouts for Nazi officers and inspired a Hollywood movie about his life, has died in Israel, the Haaretz newspaper reported Thursday. He was 86.

There’s only one Ricky Hatton, but only one pound-for-pound champion in Manny Pacquiao

LAS VEGAS — There’s only one Ricky Hatton, as his admirers constantly sing to anyone who will listen. Good thing, because if there were any more Ricky Hattons his devoted followers in England might never have time to do anything but sing.

Didn’t seem him fight? Now’s your chance to buy a ticket to see Mike Tyson on big screen

If anyone needed to be reminded about the danger in boxing, the death Monday of former heavyweight champion Greg Page illustrated it in a terribly sad way. Page went quietly at the age of 50, having never really recovered from a fight eight years ago that was to be his last.

One-time heavyweight boxing champ Greg Page, injured in 2001 fight, dies at Louisville home

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Greg Page, a former heavyweight boxing champion who suffered a severe brain injury in a 2001 fight, has died at his Louisville home. He was 50.

Former world boxing champ Kendall Holt pleads guilty to money laundering charge in New Jersey

PATERSON, N.J. — Former world boxing champion Kendall Holt has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in New Jersey.

British challenger Haye riles champion Klitschko, building support for June title fight

NEW YORK — One of heavyweight boxing’s harshest critics could end up being its savior.

Pacquiao has his own bobblehead, and boxing has someone to give a good fight

Willie Mays said hey to him, and a frenzied crowd at AT&T Park couldn’t get enough of him. Not a bad night for Manny Pacquiao, even if they did run out of his bobblehead dolls.

Donaire floors Martinez to keep IBF flyweight crown

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire knocked down American challenger Raul Martinez four times Sunday to win by technical knockout and retain his International Boxing Federation flyweight title.