Hinckley, MN – Queens-born, Minneapolis-based slugger Phil Williams lost a close fight to tough and wily veteran Matt Vanda tonight at Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota.
Williams (11-2 with 10 knockouts) boxed well, landing effective counters and hard single shots that occasionally thrilled the crowd, but Vanda prevailed by virtue of his unbreakable chin, [...]
NEW YORK – This was a day that couldn’t have happened last season, simply because the Los Angeles Lakers -barring a chance meeting in the NBA Finals- will only visit Madison Square Garden once. Which means that, for today, it was all about Kobe Bryant. Los Angeles [17-10], which entered with victories in seven of [...]