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Scientific American magazine has a great article on how to avoid choking under pressure.
There are quite a few athletes that might want to read that article, so pass it around if you are friends with some of them. And I’m not talking about Donovan McNabb because I think his “choking” is much [...]

The Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) recently turned down Sarah Blewden’s application because of a surgery she had in 2003 which enlarged her breasts to a beautiful, more-than-a-handful 32C.
“International rules forbid anyone with breast implants continuing to box because of risk of damage to the breast tissue,” said Tony Attwood, chairman of the ABAE.
“The [...]

Hello to all the new readers we’ve had the past few days. We hope we were sufficiently obnoxious/helpful/annoying/informative during that time. We’re here to serve you, the reader.
We’re working hard in the OTR newsroom to collect relevant sports information that you may or may not care about. Or flat-out don’t care about, [...]

Bob Costas has officially left HBO for MLB’s fledgling network that is aptly titled, MLB Network.
The move will not affect his relationship with NBC, where he has worked since 1980.
“No, we don’t have a problem,” NBC spokesman Brian Walker said.
Costas hosted the first-ever program on MLB Network, while HBO demanded cable exclusivity.
“Bob [...]

Sources close to OTR have told OTR that OTR will be no more. It’s just not the same anymore and it wouldn’t fair to our loyal readers to continue to just go through the motions. We did have a great run though. We broke the Asante Samuel signing. We were the [...]

Thanks to our friends at TMZ.com (they know who we are) for tipping us off on this one. Former boxer Floyd Cummings has filed a lawsuit against ESPN Classic for broadcasting his fight with Joe Frazier (Frazier’s last opponent).
In the suit, Cummings said that ESPN Classic sought to “annihilate and destroy the [...]

Last night in Atlantic City, NJ, 43-year old Bernard Hopkins won a 12-round decision over undefeated middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik.  It was a stunning one-sided decision that was scored 119-106, 118-108 and 117-109.
I didn’t watch this fight and there was no way I was going to watch this fight.  Watching Bernard Hopkins fight [...]

So Blast has a question for today and we thought we’d post it here. We all know the government proposed a $700 billion buyout for Wall St., but what would you do with $700 billion in the sports world? Here’s what I think some of our readers would do with it:
Pavlovic: Spend it all on [...]

Junior middleweight boxer Ronney Vargas was gunned down over the weekend in Bronx, NY after a dispute with a group of men, the Associated Press is reporting.
Vargas, 20, was an up and coming boxer that started his career as a professional at 8-0.  Ronney was also a three-time Golden Gloves champion. 
“He had a future,” said his [...]

In case you missed it a couple weeks ago, SI.com came out with a list of the top 50 highest-earning athletes in the U.S. I’m gonna take it a step further and out of those top 50 see what sport comes out on top. Let’s do this:
NBA: $584,570,587 (Highest-earning, Lebron James $40,455,000)
MLB: [...]

No, not a punch. A hit. Like, “I want so and so dead” type of hit.
A witness testified yesterday that Mike Tyson put up $50,000 (where did he get that? Seriously…where?) for a hit on members of a nasty Brooklyn drug gang.
Who is shocked and/or surprised? OTR isn’t either.
Dwayne “Thor” Meyers [...]

In a move that will cast some doubt as to whether or not De La Hoya/Mayweather II will take place, Floyd Mayweather retired.
“It is with a heavy heart that I write you this message today,” Mayweather said in a statement. “I have decided to permanently retire from boxing. This decision was not an easy one [...]

Celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman has schedule a bout between former Philadelphia Eagle Vai Sikahema and current super douche Jose Canseco. The match will take place in Atlantic City, NJ on July 12th.
Sikahema does have ring experience and is around 5 feet 9 inches, 195 pounds. Canseco is a douche and is around [...]

This isn’t sports related, but it is blog related, so I thought I’d post it. This article in Scientific American says that blogging is actually good for you. Check it out.

I’m waiting to get picked up to go to lunch, so I thought I’d post some sports bloopers. We can’t understand a single lyric of the song, but we imagine it has “sports bloopers” or “whoopsy daisy” in the chorus. Because then it would be relevant. Eat lunch at your desk and [...]

We can’t ignore the overwhelming support we are receiving from our biggest fan ‘barry.’ He is one of the main reasons that OTR is able to keep it going. His brilliant posting on comments and the respect he gives Micah and I is second to none. Furthermore, without hesitation we are giving [...]

I found this very interesting article on Bloomberg.com that is a must read. Before you click over and read it, let me provide an excerpt:
“Discoveries in genetics, physiology and nanotechnology are creating new challenges to definitions of cheating. Sports executives including Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay and former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound [...]

Without looking it up (c’mon, don’t be that guy), who was the first African American to participate in a PGA-sanctioned golf event?
If you saw the Joe Louis documentary on HBO (it ran again last night), you know the answer. Wait….dammit. I think I just gave away the answer. Maybe not though. Wait…don’t [...]

An odd thing happened over the past couple weeks. Famous people affiliated with sports (players, coaches, and analysts), started emailing me with questions and comments. It seems our fan base has spread across this great nation. I know all of you are pretty anxious to see exactly who emailed me, so let’s [...]

Leon had his $100 on the Pacquiao money line paying -200 (the safest bet out there). Translation: Betting $200 wins you $100. Therefore, Leon bet $100 to win $50 for a grand total of $150 Perry Dollars back in his pocket.
Current leader board:
Leon: $150
Everyone else: Flat broke

We’ve received a bunch of emails complaining that OTR wasn’t long enough and didn’t display enough stories. People were upset that they had to click the “Archives” button to see the stuff they missed. Well, your whiny complaints have been heard! We expanded our home page of the blog to include the [...]

Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao
Place your bets right here. And you might as well “create your own photo caption” with this one as well.
PHOTO CAPTION: “This round lasted over ten minutes. Pacquiao has stamina.”

This Saturday, March 15th in Las Vegas (and on HBO PPV) Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao will be battling for the Super Featherweight World Title. This is a rematch from 2004 when both fighters fought to a draw. It was one of the best fights that I have ever seen. I [...]

Tonight is the first heavyweight title fight ever in Cancun, Mexico. WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev will battle WBC interim heavyweight champ Samuel Pete this evening in the event titled “History in Cancun.”
“Putting all these important fights together, besides to the wide range of activities in Cancun, is a sign of the vision and [...]

I want to apologize for not getting Perry’s Mailbag up last Friday, especially to one of OTR’s dearest fans Lindsey. As most of you know, I was following the Asante Samuel story in Boston on Thursday night and continued my hot pursuit all day Friday until the early evening press conference around 5:00pm EST that [...]

Not a real exciting Saturday in sports, but definitely some things to talk about. Superman made an appearance in New Orleans, Pavlik prevailed, Syracuse pulled off a big win, and Ricky Bobby is getting ready to go fast again.
New Orleans is host to the NBA all-stars this weekend and last night Dwight Howard and Gerald [...]

I’ve been getting a ton of emails about how so much of the content goes off the main blog page so quickly because of new content. “My friend told me to check you’re stupid site because of some Brady Quinn gay story and nwo I can’t find it,” said one. Wow, that was [...]

Off the Record has a new feature, and it’s called Perry’s Mailbag. You can now email me directly with your thoughts on my sports opinions or just about anything you want. While I can’t answer every email, I will be addressing some of them on Off the Record. So, email away!
mperry_77@hotmail.com

This Saturday night on HBO PPV, the rematch between Kelly ‘The Ghost’ Pavlik, 32-0 (29 KOs) and Jermain Taylor, 27-1-1 (17 KOs) will take center stage. In their first battle last September, Pavlik defeated Taylor in the 7th round stripping him from his belt, becoming the 160 pound WBC/WBO middleweight champion. This time around, they [...]