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LAS VEGAS – Diego Corrales, a former world champion boxer who scored one of the most memorable knockouts in boxing history, died Monday in a three-vehicle accident near his Las Vegas home.

Corrales was driving a 2007 Suzuki 1000 motorcycle, traveling northbound on Fort Apache Road in the southwest part of the city, when it inexplicably struck the back of a 1997 Honda Accord, Las Vegas police spokesman Sgt. Tracy McDonald said.

McDonald said the motorcycle careened into the southbound lane and, at some point, he was tossed off the bike.

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A 2004 Mercedes-Benz traveling in the southbound lane was unable to brake in time. McDonald said the driver, who was not identified, "was unable to avoid striking the motorcycle and possibly the operator of the motorcycle also."

"Diego Corrales lived an 'X Games lifestyle,' " his promoter, Gary Shaw said. "He was a true warrior. He did everything hard and fast. He loved anything to the extreme. He was the kind of guy in the ring you never had to worry about quitting. I don't know how many times he would say, 'They'll have to kill me first.' "

Corrales' wife, Michelle, who is seven months pregnant, was on the scene and identified the body shortly after 11 p.m. PT. The accident occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m. McDonald said there was no outward evidence of drugs or alcohol involved.

He could not say how fast the motorcycle was traveling.

"There is still a lot of evidence to go through," McDonald said.

Corrales, who was 40-5 and held world championships in both the junior lightweight and lightweight divisions, was the victor in one of the most storied bouts in the sport's history.

On May 7, 2005, he and Jose Luis Castillo engaged in a toe-to-toe slugfest for nine rounds at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Twice Castillo knocked down Corrales in the 10th round and appeared on the verge of knocking him out.

But Corrales arose after the second knockout and fought back with a fury, and he wound up stopping Castillo in what would become the 2005 Fight of the Year. It also would be his last victory.

"No one who ever saw that fight will ever forget it," Shaw said. "There weren't that many people in the arena that night, but I know there are hundreds of thousands of people who now say they were there because that was one of those nights. He belongs in the Hall of Fame based on that fight alone."

In a June 2, 2006, story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Corrales spoke of his love of extreme sports. He told a story of jumping from a plane at 14,000 feet, snowboarding on rocky terrain and scuba diving with a school of sharks.

He said he liked the rush he got from those types of sports.

"I'm only young once, and unless someone hasn't told me something yet, I only get to live once," Corrales told the Review-Journal. "If I couldn't do this stuff now, stuff I always wanted to do, I would never get a chance to do it."

The father of five children, Corrales struggled through the last part of his life. He had financial difficulties and used part of a signing bonus he had received from Golden Boy Promotions to pay back taxes he owed.

However, Golden Boy was seeking the money back because it turned out he was not free to sign with the company and still was under contract to Shaw. As Yahoo! Sports reported last week, Corrales had signed a legal document promising to repay the money.

The knockout win over Castillo turned out to be the last of his career. He was knocked out in the fourth round of the Oct. 8, 2005, rematch with Castillo, a bout marked by a controversy when Castillo failed to make the lightweight division limit of 135 pounds.

Corrales agreed to fight at 147 pounds so as not to disappoint fans who had purchased tickets. But Castillo then failed to make weight for a planned June 3, 2006, rubber match, and that bout was canceled.

Corrales then didn't make weight for an Oct. 7, 2006, bout with Joel Casamayor and wound up losing his title on a split decision. In his last bout, on April 7, he was soundly beaten in a welterweight match by Joshua Clottey.

"He gave every ounce of himself every time he was in there," his manager, James Prince, said. "He was a fearless guy, and I'll always remember how hard he fought no matter what the circumstances."


Kevin Iole covers boxing and mixed martial arts for Yahoo! Sports. Send Kevin a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.

While I'm not a fan of hers, I think the 45 day sentence was too harsh. She's gonna be an easy target in jail.

Quote:LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Paris Hilton has parted company with her long-time manager who she blamed for the events that led to her jail sentence for driving on a suspended license, reports said Monday.

The celebrity socialite was handed a 45-day stay in prison after a dramatic Los Angeles court hearing on Friday where she was found to have violated her parole for drink-driving by twice taking to the wheel while banned.

Hilton, 26, testified that she had only been driving on the advice of her manager Elliot Mintz, who she claimed had told her she was allowed to drive and that police officers who had stopped her must be mistaken.

In a statement reported by celebrity website TMZ.com, Mintz said he accepted the blame for the "misunderstanding" which means the Hilton hotel heiress will spend over six weeks in jail starting from June 5.

Mintz said in the statement he had sent an email to Hilton "offering my sincerest apology for any misunderstanding she received from me regarding the terms of her probation."

"I am deeply and profoundly sorry. I told her that I assume personal responsibility for my part in this matter," Mintz said, adding that he was convinced Hilton had told the truth in court.

"I believe when stated in court that she believed it was OK for her to drive under certain circumstances she was being absolutely truthful.

"Paris is a wonderful person and does not deserve the punishment that was handed down by the court."

In her first comments since receiving the prison sentence, Hilton told photographers camped outside her home in the Hollywood Hills on Saturday that she had been treated unfairly.

"I feel that I was treated unfairly and that the sentence is both cruel and unwarranted. I don't deserve this," she said.

Hilton, the star of "The Simple Life" reality television show, must report to the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood by June 5 or risk being ordered to serve 90 days in jail.

Hilton's lawyer Howard Weitzman, said he will appeal the sentence which he described as "uncalled for, inappropriate and bordering on the ludicrous."

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Hows it goin?

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1. Apparently the newest fashion craze sweeping young(er than me) chicks is to wear huge, square-framed sunglasses that cover 90% of their face. There’s not even any point for them to wear make-up with these things since nobody can see their face anyway (but of course they still do). These are the type of glasses that my grandparents and their morbidly elderly friends wore in the mid 80’s. They were ridiculous then, and they’re even more ridiculous now. My initial reaction was to feel like I was getting old. Then I realized it’s just another manifestation of the rest of the world getting stupider.

2. B-Jörk has the fucking cutest accent I have ever heard. Also, I will eventually download all of her music because, no matter what the situation is, it will always put me right to sleep.

3. Adam Morrison is a lot shorter in person. He passed right in front of my face and I didn’t realize it was him because he looked more like 6’2 than 6’8. He was wearing a Dodgers hat and was more baked than I was. A couple of people confirmed it was indeed him; otherwise I would have just passed it off as a shorter, higher look-alike.

4. Seeing as how the festival was comprised of 60,000 hippies, there was a staggering amount of littering going on. I knew something was out of whack when I was one of the few people that actually used the (plentiful) garbage pails.

5. No beverage, alcoholic or not, is worth paying $7 for 12 oz.

6. Sunblock really works!

7. Taking a 3 minute piss in a porta potty with one hand on your cock and the other trying to hold the door shut, all while hearing sirens circling nearby, is a truly surreal experience.

8. Walking 7 miles in flip flops through dirt and sand in 105° heat is NOT cool.

9. Walking 7 miles in socks and sneakers through dirt and sand in 105° heat is NOT much better.

10. Next time I spend the time, money, and energy to go to one of these things, I’m going to make sure to at least see one band that I like.

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I just want to wish Pat a speedy recovery. God bless you man, and I hope things get better soon.

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Quote:As ridiculous and pompous as this may sound, I figured it’d be easiest to post this on all the boards because all our friends are scattered throughout and I can’t think of an easier way to let everyone know what’s happened and avoid disinformation other than board gossip which is currently on hiatus and wouldn’t address the disinformation issue anyway.

Alkey is back in the hospital again recovering from emergency surgery he had yesterday. On Monday night, he was in the hospital to treat a fistula he had developed and address his recurring fevers and lack of recovery over the past three months. He threw up violently causing his incisional hernia to rupture and his small bowel expelled from his body. From what I understand, his first surgery was not successful because a perforation was missed in his colon. This leakage probably caused an abscess to form behind his stomach and a fistula to form on his left side.

His emergency surgery repaired the hernia, the abscess, the fistula, removed the existing stoma and created a new one on his other side, and put back all his stuff where it can be temporarily while he recovers. I expect he will be hospitalized for another 2-3 weeks and hopefully all his issues were addressed and he’ll be able to recover for the next 3-4 months before the next surgery to reattach his colon.

I want to thank everyone for their concern, care and kind thoughts over the past three months. He has kept his spirits up thanks to being able to laugh with all his old and new friends on the various boards and on paltalk. While the past few years have been difficult, I will say that we truly feel blessed to have surrounded ourselves with so many wonderful caring people with enough hack jokes about shit bags to fill Noah’s Ark.

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Quote:HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A gunman who took two hostages Friday at NASA's Johnson Space Center has apparently killed himself and one hostage, police said.

Another hostage has been taken to the hospital, said Houston Police Capt. Dwayne Ready.

The gunman forced the evacuation of the building and put the entire center on alert around 1:40 p.m. ET.

Earlier a witness in Building 44 on the campus reported two shots fired, said Ready, who described the suspect as a white man with blond hair, about 5 feet 9 inches and 50 to 60 years old. He had a handgun, said Ready.

Ready said he had barricaded himself in a room. The apparent suicide happened on the second floor of Building 44, he added.

The call for help came in to the Houston Police at 1:40 p.m. (2:40 p.m. ET) but it's unclear who made that call.

There is "extremely tight security" at Johnson Space Center, NASA spokesman James Hartfield said.

A NASA spokesperson told CNN that all employees have been told to go home for the day.

Space Center Intermediate School, less than a mile south of Building 44, was locked down, said Karen Permetti, spokeswoman for Clear Creek Independent School District. The lockdown was lifted at about 4 p.m. (5 p.m. ET).

The school has about 1,200 students, according to the school district.

As standard procedure, Mission Control's doors were locked, The Associated Press reported.