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Somebody Called the Thought Police on Tyson Fury

Greater Manchester Police investigates heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury for a hate crime as a result of recent remarks about homosexuals, pedophiles, women, and abortion.

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Ronda Rousey: It Might Be Six Months Until I Can Eat an Apple

In an interview with ESPN the Magazine Ronda Rousey reveals that Holly Holm put her out on her feet in the first round of their UFC 193 fight, that she wants a rematch, and that she won’t switch trainers despite criticism of Edmond Tarverdyan from her mom.

The Associated Press

Guards Flag Aaron Hernandez for Prison Shank

Guards flagged convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez for allegedly possessing a shank in his cell at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

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UNLV Takes Its Stand, But Not in Dixie’s Land, for ‘Rebel’ Nickname

The University of Nevada-Las Vegas commissioned its chief diversity officer to conduct a study on whether the school’s “Rebels” nickname and “Hey Reb!” mascot constitutes institutional racism. The suggestions aired in the report include replacing “Hey Reb!” with “a non-human mascot” not “gendered and raced,” creating a “blended” family of mascots exhibiting “expanded skin tones” that one campus group rejected as “heteronormative,” and depicting “Hey Reb!” as a single parent of a character called “Baby Reb!”

Hey Reb! UNLV AP

Frankie Edgar, Chad Mendes Split on Waiting for a UFC Title Shot

Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes each want to fight for the featherweight title after beating the other. But they split on a willingness to wait should a rematch between champion Jose Aldo and interim titlist Conor McGregor delay the winner of Edgar-Mendes fighting for the belt.

Chad Mendes

Requiem for a Cruiserweight

The boxing ring, seen by spectators as a squared circle of sadistic brutality, strangely serves as a refuge from violence for many practitioners of the sweet science. O’Neil Bell, the former lineal cruiserweight champion of the world, serves as a case in point.

O'Neil Bell

Internet Brawler Takes on Former UFC Champ

Former YouTube brawler Jorge Masvidal faces his biggest test as a professional mixed-martial artist when he takes on onetime UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson in South Korea early Saturday morning. Seoul’s a long way from the backyards of Miami.

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Bashar al-Assad and the ‘Children of Monsters’

Breitbart News caught up to author Jay Nordlinger earlier this month. The dictator’s son commanding his attention also commands the world’s. The headlines call Bashar al-Assad a “butcher” and a “mass murderer.” Nordlinger calls him, or at least an earlier version of him, “shy” and “nerdy.”

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Rams Receiver Shot in the Head

St. Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey endured gunshot wounds to the head on Tuesday evening.

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CNN Airs Documentary Labeled ‘Defamation’ by Jameis Winston’s Lawyers on Record Day for QB

Jameis Winston enjoyed his best day as a pro on Sunday afternoon on Fox, throwing five touchdowns in a 45-17 road rout over the Philadelphia Eagles. On Sunday evening on CNN, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback endured a one-sided beatdown on The Hunting Ground, a documentary alleging an “epidemic” of campus sexual assault that supports the charge that Heisman Trophy-winner raped a woman while attending Florida State University.

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