Pac-Man stunned, French ongoing, Mariners make history

Pacquiao Loses Controversial Decision

• Timothy Bradley shocked the boxing world on Saturday night by defeating Manny Pacquiao, snapping Pacquiao’s 15 match winning streak. The decision surprised many boxing experts as it looked like Pacquiao had performed much better in the fight.
• According to unofficial counts, Pacquiao connected on 253 of 751 punches (34%), compared to 159 of 839 (19%) for Bradley.  Pacquiao, considered by many the best boxer in the world, seemed in control early in the match, when he was really taking it to the bigger Bradley. Bradley seemed to gain momentum in the later rounds of the match, even after fracturing his foot in the second round but still landed less punches than Pacquiao in 10 of the 12 rounds. A clause in the contract for the fight allowed for a rematch if Bradley won. This rematch, tentatively scheduled for November 10th, is likely to happen and is at the discretion of Pacquiao.
• Boxing promoter Bob Arum was one of the many people who were shocked by the outcome of the fight. “I have never been more ashamed of the sport of boxing as I am tonight.” Bradley won on two of the three judges' scorecard by two points (losing on the third by two points). The Associated Press and a number of other experts had Pacquiao winning the match handily.


French Open Almost Finished

• The Women’s side of the French Open was settled on Saturday as Maria Sharapova defeated Italian born Sara Errani to win the French open. This victory gives Sharapova a career Grand Slam, meaning she has won all four of the Grand Slam tournaments throughout her career. Sharapova won in straight sets, only losing 5 games en route to the milestone victory.
• On the Men’s side, Rafael Nadal is leading and is looking to win his record 7th French Open on Monday, while Novak Djokovic is looking to, like Sharapova, complete his career Grand Slam. Nadal held a 2 set to 1 lead over his newest rival, Djokovic (although he trailed in the 4th set 2-1) before the finale was rained out.  It is the first time that the French Open has not concluded on a Sunday since 1973.
• They are set to resume at 7 AM EST Monday morning. Nadal and Djokovic have now faced each other a total of 32 times with Nadal holding a 18-14 advantage. Nadal holds a commanding 11-2 lead on the clay surface (which is what the French Open is played on).


6 Mariners throw unique no-hitter

• When reliever Tom Wilhelmsen recorded the final out of Friday's 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, he looked a little surprised at the level of enthusiasm his catcher Jesus Montero was displaying.  "He didn't know," Montero told reporters. "I jumped on him and I was like, 'Hey it's a no-hitter!' And he went 'What?' And then he was so happy after that."
• Although there have already been four no-hitters thrown this season, they've all been done by a single pitcher, as almost every no-hitter is.  But on Friday, Kevin Millwood, a near 40 year old journeyman who hasnt been an all-star since the Clinton era was injured, leaving the door open for 5 relievers to combine on this unique no-no.
• What makes this even more unusual is that it was against the best team in baseball and no team with the best record in baseball (after at least 50 games) has EVER been held hitless.  Wilhelmsen being the one to finish it would have seemed like an even bigger long shot as he was suspended for drug violations in 2004, left the sport in 2005, bounced around with odd jobs that including being a bartender before taking the long road back to the majors that has finally seen him catch on as Seattle's closer recently.