Weekend Wake Up: Mayweather Reigns Again, Saturday Stunners, and Twins Killing Tigers
↵↵↵<!--/p-->↵Mayweather: Money. Floyd Mayweather danced around Juan Manuel Marquez, taking only 69 punches and winning every round with the sort of speed and defensive mastery he demonstrated before his sabbatical from boxing. And yet, the talk quickly turned to Shane Mosley’s odd hijacking of a post-fight interview with Mayweather. (At least Mosley was in line with Tunison’s suggestion: His interruption was more Lil Mama than Kanye.) Combine the immediate distraction with the rise of MMA -- the marquee matchup outside the lines this weekend was the Mayweather/Marquez vs. UFC 103 pay-per-view sales -- and it would seem that the building narrative about a possible clash of Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao might take on a tired refrain: Will it “save” boxing?↵
↵↵More Chaos on Campus. A team that needed a late drive to escape from an FCS school last week beat a top ten school by 26 -- on the road. A team that just got its first win since November 2007 last week upended a perennial BCS title contender. And the team that looked the worst in the nation on the first night of the season ended the nation’s longest winning streak while wearing the world’s ugliest uniforms. But Florida State, Washington, and Oregon, respectively, were only some of Saturday’s shocks: The Hangover Cure will explain why later.↵
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↵Tigers Playing Like Prey. For the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota is suddenly the land of ten thousand questions. An eighth-inning rally with a roof-aided double, an intentional walk of Joe Mauer, a two-run Jason Kubel single, and a three-run Michael Cuddyer blast helped the Twins best strikeout king Justin Verlander for a 6-2 triumph in the Metrodome that sliced the majors' thinnest division lead to two games. For the Tigers, AL Central leaders since May, the object in the rear view mirror may look both close and terrifying. The Twins have won six straight while Detroit has lost nine of their last twelve, including two series losses to the lowly Royals.↵
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