Notable happenings in the sports world this past week:
Pro Boxing: Floyd 'Money' Mayweather Jr. defeated Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in a majority decision to claim both the WBC and WBA Junior Middleweight titles at the MGM Grand Garden in his hometown Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather earned $41.5M for the fight, which became the highest grossing Pay-Per-View TV event in history to date....Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, Sr. - one of Muhammad Ali's greatest arch rivals in the square circle back in the early 1970s - passed away at the age of 70 due to congestive heart failure.
NFL: The surprising Kansas City Chiefs are off to a 3-0 start under new head coach Andy Reid....The Cleveland Browns traded talented young running back Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for a future fisrt-round draft pick....Notable performance: Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers threw for 480 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-20 rout of the Washington Redskins at Lambeau Field.
College Football: Associated Press Top 10 - 1. Alabama (2-0) 2. Oregon (3-0) 3. Clemson (2-0) 4. Ohio State (3-0) 5. Stanford (2-0) 6. LSU (3-0) 7. Louisville (3-0) 8. Florida State (2-0) 9. Georgia (1-1) 10. Texas A&M (1-1)....Defending Heisman Trophy-winning Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel threw for 464 yards and ran for another 98 yards in a 49-42 loss to top-ranked Alabama on the road....Paralyzed former linebacker Eric Le Grand had his No. 52 jersey retired by the Rutgers Scarlet Knights - the first player ever in the school's 144-year history to have this special honor bestowed upon.
MLB: Both the Boston Red Sox (AL East) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) clinched division titles and are the first teams to officially punch their tickets into the upcoming playoffs.... Washington Nationals outfielder Denard Span had his 28-game hitting streak snapped, ending the longest such streak in the majors this season....New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte and Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton both announced that they will retire from the game after the end of this season....New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez hit the 24th grand slam home run of his career - setting the new all-time mark in league history by a single player in a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium.
WNBA: Semifinal round of the playoffs began with the defending league champion Indiana Fever, last year's runner-up Minnesota Lynx, Washington Mystics and Phoenix Mercury all holding 1-0 leads in their best-of-three series against the Chicago Sky, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream and Los Angeles Sparks respectively....Postseason award winners: MVP - F Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks (her second in five-year career); Rookie - F Elena Delle Donne, Chicago Sky; Defensive Player - C Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky.
NHL: Preseason games began for all teams this past week.
Women's Pro Golf: 32-year-old American Suzann Petterson won the Evian Championship in Evian-les-Bains, France. The victory was Pettersen's first major title since the LPGA Championship back in 2K7.
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