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Tyson Off The Hook For LAX Punch Out

Mike Tyson will not be prosecuted for allegedly punching a photog at LAX, TMZ has learned. The L.A. City Attorney officially rejected the case today, citing "insufficient evidence." Tyson's lawyer, the ever-effervescent Shawn Chapman Holley, tells TMZ, "The City Attorney's office made the right decision given the harassing conduct of...

BLACKOUT! Time Warner Cable, Fox At Impasse

About 13 million Time Warner Cable Inc subscribers will lose Fox programming at midnight unless the cable service provider reaches a last-minute deal to pay News Corp fees to broadcast the network's shows. Talks continued on Thursday, having heated up as the deadline approached, but the two sides were deadlocked...

Florida Coach Meyer's 911 Call Released

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Urban Meyer complained of chest pain and said his side was tingling before he was hospitalized after the SEC championship game earlier this month, according to a 911 recording. Meyer's wife told an Alachua County dispatcher that her 45-year-old husband had a pulse but wasn't...

"I'm Getting Too Old For This Shit!" (We Wish...)

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Evander Holyfield will challenge Francois Botha for the lightly regarded WBF world heavyweight title in Uganda on Jan. 16. Organizers for the fight at Kampala's Nambole Stadium said Thursday that both boxers had signed contracts and predicted a crowd of 80,000 fans. Holyfield (47-10 with 2 draws)...

Tiger Woods Dropped By AT&T

NEW YORK (AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world's top golfer, who's taking a break from the sport to focus on his marriage after his admitted infidelity. The phone company hasn't used Woods' image extensively in...

Boston University Lipdubs The Jackson 5

This may be a little self serving as Boston University is my alma mater, but regardless, I can not help but enjoy the fun and scope of the video, as well as the obvious planning and coordination something like this lipdub of two popular Jackson 5 songs would require. Directed...

Strikeforce Champions Overeem & Mousasi Demolish Opponents

Strikeforce champions Alistair Overeem and Gegard Mousasi scored easy wins at Dynamite!! 2009 on New Year's Eve in Saitama, Japan. Overeem predicted a knockout in less than three minutes against Kazuyuki Fujita and it took him less than half that time. Overeem nailed Fujita with a left knee so powerful...

Engadget's 10 Gadgets That Defined The Decade

As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there's really only one thing left to do: declare our ten favorite gadgets of the aughts and show them off in chronological order. It's arguable that...

Digital Item Sold For $330,000 in MMO Auction

We have written before about the amazing value of virtual goods in the Entropia Universe massively multiplayer online role playing game. The auction for the Crystal Palace Space Station in Planet Calypso has sold for 3,300,000 PED. This virtual game currency when converted to US dollars is $330,000. The winning...

Disney/Marvel Merger Is Completed

Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), a global character-based entertainment and licensing company founded in 1939, announced that at a special meeting held this morning, Marvel stockholders approved the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into by Marvel and The Walt Disney Company ("Disney"), which provides for a...

Apple's iSlate Tablet Looking More Like A Reality

Numerous sites today are reporting that the ex-President of Google China has posted up some facts about the new Apple Tablet/iSlate on a Chinese micro-blog. ‘…the Apple Tablet looks like a bigger iPhone that sports an awesome UI packed in a beautiful 10.1-inch screen. The tablet combines the functions of...

STREET FIGHTER: The Keychain!?!?

$8 bucks gets you possibly the coolest keychain in the history of cool keychains (dating back...um...many years?) Practice your favorite Street Fighter moves and be vindicated with the actual SFX from one of four characters. From ThinkGeek.com

Predicting UFC: 108 - An Idiot's Perspective

So listen: I've only been a UFC fan for three or so years now. A bunch of my friends were into it before I was, and stupidly, I clung to the last vestiges of the sideshow freak that has become professional boxing like I was holding grip to a blue,...

Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself, I'm A Man Of Stealth & Bass...

Greetings, GeekWeek reader. I thought I’d take a moment to introduce myself so you all can get an idea of where I’m coming from and what to expect when you see contributions pop up with my name on them. My name, incidentally, is Steve Earnhart, known in more sordid circles...

Dana White: "UFC Will Be The Biggest Sport In The World In 2020"

The Following is a direct quote from UFC President Dana White when he was asked by the Las Vegas Sun about his thoughts on the UFC's long term future. (RDLee note: I realize that Dana is known to say outragous things all the time but I actually agree that there...