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DMX may have wanted to fix his fight to avoid an ass-beating, but now he's really cruisin' for a bruisin' -- legally -- because the promoters that hired X are suing him for chickening out last minute. According to docs filed Friday in Birmingham, Alabama -- Thunder Productions wants $1,000,000 from the rapper, claiming he's a fraud and led them on ... because as soon as they refused to fix his fight, he backed out. The company says DMX's jitters really put them under the wire and cost them a ton of mo  

With the victory, No. 17 LSU (23-5, 17-2) has now won 16 of its last 17 contests, including 15 sweeps in that span. "Our middles when we pass well are awfully difficult to defend because they are two completely different styles," said LSU coach Fran Flory. The Tigers' offense hit at a .294 clip, backed by senior middle blocker Brittnee Cooper's 13 kills and .440 attacking percentage and senior outside hitter Marina Skender's 14 kills.

Part of blocking is channeling the ball, and I thought we did a good job of that   -Fran Flory

 

The Nationals learned tonight that the knee injury suffered by Stephen Strasburg will not require surgery to repair . It's instead been diagnosed as a dislocated knee cap. As painful as that sounds, there's no ligament damage and the Nats' phenom will only require rest and some rehab to get the knee back up to full strength, though he'll still miss Saturday's Arizona Fall League championship game.  

ROGELIO SOLIS/Associated Press Florida coach Urban Meyer completed his fifth SEC season last week with a victory over South Carolina that gave him the highest winning percentage in conference games in league history and also lifted him into the top spot for winning percentage among active coaches. Meyer passed Southern Cal's Pete Carroll for the top spot last week, when the Gators beat South Carolina while the Trojans lost to Stanford. Meyer improved to an .845 winning percentage with a record of 93-17 in  

After being banned from the PlayStation Network for hateful comments stated in Resistance's online community, Erik Estavillo launched not one, but two, lawsuits against Sony for infringing on his "first amendment rights" -- an argument that was shot down by Judge Ronald Whyte simply because "Sony is not part of the government." However, what Estavillo lacks in civil online discourse, he makes up for with sheer determination and persistence. In addition to Sony, he now has both Microsoft and Nintendo in  

There are strict state requirements for plugging the wells. Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has asked the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry, to levy fines on Exxon Mobil that could reach well into the millions of dollars for improper procedures. A spokeswoman for the commission said no decision has been made on his request.  

Tomorrow is the last race of the season for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and in the pack trying to win at the Homestead-Miami Speedway will be driver Joey Logano. His number 20 car will be outfitted with a special Modern Warfare 2-GameStop design that was made specifcially for this race.Logano will be going for his sixth win in the Nationwide Series this year (which is one step below the main NASCAR Sprint series) during the Ford 300 race event. The race itself is being broadcast on ESPN2 at 4:30 pm Satur  

London hate to Champions Online's launch and future. In fact, the man spoke quite candidly on all topics, particularly that of Cryptic's missteps with their second superhero MMO as well as their successes. Of particular note, there's a mention of how Champions Online will handle DC Universe Online's 2010 launch given that the superhero MMO market hasn't really expanded of late.