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Donald Trump drops bid to regain control of casinos

(via Bloomberg News)

Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump ended their attempt to take control of bankrupt casino company Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. Donald Trump will receive common stock and warrants for 10 percent of the Atlantic City, New Jersey-based company if a reorganization plan he agreed to support is approved, according to an e-mailed statement today. The Trumps are dropping all litigation against an ad hoc committee of creditors, plan to release ...

Gorman grad and Warriors guard C.J. Watson may have swine flu

(via San Francisco Chronicle)

Bishop Gorman grad C.J. Watson, who currently is a guard for the NBA's Golden State Warriors, informed his fans via Twitter on Sunday that he may have the H1N1 virus, referred to as swine flu. "Just came back from the doctor. Suspected H1N1," Watson tweeted. "I have to wear this mask when I'm around people like I have SARS or ...

Silva, Belfort targeted for February

(via MMAjunkie.com)

The highly anticipated UFC middleweight title fight between current champ Anderson Silva and explosive challenger Vitor Belfort is now targeted for UFC 109. The UFC had originally hoped to feature the contest at UFC 108, but Silva's recovery process from elbow surgery forced a delay in the schedule. Belfort first released news of the new date to the Portugese-language Terra ...

Pacquiao-Mayweather at Yankee Stadium in May?

(via NY TIMES)

There's only one boxing match that makes fans of the sweet science salivate -- Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Yankee Stadium officials supposedly are more than interested in staging the mega bout in its glistening new cathedral next spring. Click on the headline for details.

Nogueira injured, Evans v. Silva to headline 108

(via MMAjunkie.com)

With Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira out of UFC 108, the Ultimate Fighting Championship today announced the event's scheduled co-headliner, Rashad Evans (13-1-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) vs. Thiago Silva (14-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), has been moved into the night's main-event slot. The light heavyweight contest headlines the Jan. 2 card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Although today's announcement ...

Deutsche Bank drowning in Vegas on Cosmopolitan

(via Bloomberg News)

Deutsche Bank AG’s Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino complex in Las Vegas, already the most expensive debacle in the city for a single lender, is now two years behind schedule, $2 billion over budget and under water -- literally, according to Bloomberg News. Deutsche Bank, the resort’s owner since it foreclosed on developer Ian Bruce Eichner last year, requires 24-hour pumps ...

Sands to open Macau resort by 2011, rooms to triple

(via Bloomberg News)

Sands China Ltd., the casino company seeking to raise as much as $5.15 billion, will open most of its stalled resort in Macau by December 2011, almost tripling its hotel rooms in the world’s biggest gambling hub. The project, an extension to the Venetian Macao, the world’s biggest casino, is a “quantum leap for Macau” as Las Vegas Sands Corp. ...

Dana White continues to push for event in Abu Dhabi

(via MMAjunkie.com)

Following the successful UFC 105 event in Manchester, England this weekend, UFC president Dana White addressed a desire he's made in the past about taking the organization to Abu Dhabi. White informed the media that he was sending a crew to Abu Dhabi this week and is 'confident' that an event can be organized. "We're sending some of our crew ...

Rumors of Matt Hughes v. Renzo Gracie

(via heavy.com)

A Web site named Heavy.com says it has confirmed with sources close to the UFC that a welterweight matchup between Renzo Gracie and Matt Hughes is in the works for UFC 109 in February. Gracie, 42, last appeared in a February 2007 disqualification victory over Frank Shamrock. Rumors have circulated over the last month that the legendary Gracie family member ...

Lobos soccer and Lambert continue to draw attention

(via The New York TImes)

New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's actions last week in a Mountain West Conference match against BYU made national headlines. She has been suspended indefinitely by her coach, and her physical play continues to draw attention. Click on the headline for further details.