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Reuters and the Reuterssphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group ofcompanies around the world.nLO687577 Italy. Ronaldinho's mooted transfer from Barcelona to AC Milan was looking doubtful on Sunday after Rossoneri president Silvio Berlusconi revealed that his club does not need the Brazilian.The 28-year-old, who is under contract with the Catalan side until 2010, has endured his worst season since joining from Paris St. Germain in 2003.The forward has been plagued by injury and fitness problems and has started only 13 league games. A summer transfer away from the Nou Camp seems inevitable, and Milan had been thought the most likely destination.But Berlusconi said on Sunday: "I have never been certain we needed Ronaldinho, and at the moment I don't really think we do."The 2006 FIFA Player of the Year has also been linked with Milan's city rivals Internazionale and Manchester City.One player who does appear to be on his way to the San Siro is Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini.AC Milan vice-president, Adriano Galliani, revealed after his club's 2-1 triumph over Internazionale that the Rossoneri are close to signing the French international. Flamini's contract with the Gunners ends this summer allowing him to join the Italian giants on a free transfer.Galliani has said, "Flamini will arrive tonight in Milan and will sign a four-year contract."Arsenal have been linked with Portsmouth's Niko Kranjcar as a possible replacement for Flamini. Pompey will be looking for a staggering £12 million in place of the Croatian midfielderWill Kranjcar go to the Emirates Stadium?If Ronaldinho does move from Barcelona, will he go to England? Will he go to Manchester City? To Shinawatra's madhouse?Some questions remain unanswered..
Kevin Ferguson (38) a.k.a. Kimbo Slice stands 6-foot-2 tall, tips the scale at 240, and hails from Miami, Florida. He is best known for his internet street fights and is currently slated to fight James "The Collosus" Thompson on May 31. This will be the first event held on a major US television network, but my question is why is Kevin in the main event and not the middleweight title bout between Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith.Kevin made his pro debut against Ray Mercer at Cage Fury Fighting Championships five on June 23, 2007. Kevin won this fight by guillotine choke at 1:12 of round No. 1. Ray Mercer was a professional boxer. Being a former WBO world heavyweight champion and United States Amateur Heavyweight champ, he clearly did not want the fight to go to the ground. Kevin caught Ray in a guillotine choke, which is one of the most basic moves in MMA. Ray could not get out, which shows how inexperienced he was in MMA.Kevin then co-headlined EliteXC Renegade, taking on (10-11) Bo Cantrell. The fight lasted 19 seconds in which Kevin landed one punch to the head of Bo causing Bo to dive to the mat only to tap out. So what does that prove? He beat a guy who has a .500 record, and I don't think Bo even wanted to fight Kevin.Then he takes on David "Tank" Abbott whose record is 9-14 Tank has won only one fight in 10 years. So how does that add any prestige to the name Kimbo Slice?In my opinion, Kevin is nothing but a backyard brawler, and he will always be a backyard brawler.
I've had people tell me that Bas Rutten said that Ferguson is learning quickly on the ground, and Kevin will never want to go to the ground. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.Now he is the person to grace the cover of ESPN magazine. How can you justify that? Why not put a Randy Couture, a Georges St Pierre, a Anderson Silva, or even a Jeremy Horn on the cover? At least, someone who has earned a magazine cover. Kevin won two MMA fights. People are already saying that if he went to the UFC, he'd be champ. He'd get his ass kicked by the D-class fighters in the UFC.Now with the upcoming EliteXC on CBS, Kevin gets the main event slot. There is a title fight on the card and a fight with Phil Baroni vs Joey Villasenor. That pisses me off.I don't care if you agree or disagree with what I had to say. I just felt the need to write this article.Thank you for taking the time to read this.. I guess you can call me lucky.After all, I did get to take in seven-and-a-third innings of vintage Roy Halladay ball, came the closest I've ever gotten to catching a foul ball, and was one of the first of 10,000 fans to enter the stadium meaning I took home my very own Aaron Hill Bobble Head doll.Pretty sweet, eh?Well, I hadn't seen Halladay pitch live since 1998 (the whole "no-hitter until two away in the ninth when Bobby Higginson hit the most worthwhile home run in his career" in the mind of this young Toronto fan) Needless to say my palms were sweating From the first inning, his stuff looked great.
The curve had great dip, the cutter was biting, and the splitter was doing its thing as the Good Doctor worked his way through the top of the first, striking out the side. Needless to say, in true Blue Jay fashion we followed that with a three-up, three-down inning. Go team!Doc continued his dominance over the next two innings though. He struck out another White Sox player, while something weird happened for the Jays They started hitting and with runners on base to boot.