National Football League Cheerleading, or simply NFL Cheerleading, is a professional cheerleading league in the United States. For many NFL teams, their franchise also includes a cheerleading squad. Cheerleaders are a popular attraction that can give a team more coverage/airtime, popular local support and increased media image. For the NFL, The Baltimore Colts were the first team in the NFL to have cheerleaders in 1954. They were also a part of the Baltimore Colts Marching Band.
According to most NFL cheerleading sites, cheerleading is classified as a part-time job. However, this “part-time” job is a substantial commitment of time for practice, camp, games, appearances, photo shoots, and charity events.
Most often, cheerleaders have completed or are attending a university, and continue on to other careers after cheering for an average of 1-4 seasons.
Apart from their main duties of cheering during the football games, the cheerleaders have many other responsibilities. Nearly every team member is available for appearances at schools, events, conferences, etc., for a set fee. An anticipated annual event is the release of each squad’s calendar, featuring members for each month in swimsuits, lingerie, or uniforms. As well as being a mainstay of American football culture, the cheerleaders are one of the biggest entertainment groups to regularly perform for the U.S. Military overseas. All performances and tours are enlisted by the USO. Teams send their variety show, an elite group of their best members, to perform combination shows of dance, music, baton twirling, acrobatics, gymnastics, and more. In February 2007, the Buffalo Bills even sent a squad of 8 along with their choreographer into the war zone of Iraq.
As of 2006, a competition strictly for NFL cheerleaders was introduced on The NFL Network, called NFL Cheerleader Playoffs. Two girls from each cheerleading team compete against other mini-teams in various athletic events. This includes kayaking, 100 yd. dash, obstacle courses, and more.
Teams
Listed by name, with corresponding NFL football team.
Name Established NFL Team
Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders 1977 Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders 1976 Atlanta Falcons
Baltimore Ravens Cheerleaders* 1998 Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Jills 1967 They existed as the Buffalo Bills Cheerleaders from 1960-1965 Buffalo Bills
Carolina Topcats 1996 Carolina Panthers
Chicago Honey Bears 1976-1985 Virginia McCaskey (Daughter of George Halas) fired the Honey Bears. Their contract was not renewed for the 1985 season becoming the “Curse of the Honey Bears” Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Ben-Gals[1] 1976 Cincinnati Bengals
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders 1960[2] Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos Cheerleaders 1977 Denver Broncos
Green Bay Packers cheerleaders
Green Bay Packerettes
Golden Girls
Sideliners Packerettes 1950s
Golden Girls 1961-1972
Packerettes 1973-1977
Sideliners 1977-1986
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans Cheerleaders 2002 Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders 1984 (1954-1983 Baltimore Colts Cheerleaders) Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville ROAR 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars
Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders 1960s[6] Kansas City Chiefs
Miami Dolphins Starbrights 1966[7] Miami Dolphins
Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders 1984 professional / official Minnesota Vikings
New England Patriots Cheerleaders 1977 New England Patriots
New Orleans Saintsations 1977 New Orleans Saints
Jets Flight Crew Jets Flag Crew 2006
Jets Flight Crew 2007 - Present New York Jets
Oakland Raiderettes 1961[8] Oakland Raiders
Pittsburgh Steelerettes 1960-1969[9] Pittsburgh Steelers
Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders 1948 Philadelphia Eagles
St. Louis Rams Cheerleaders (f.k.a. Embraceable Ewes) 1974 Established in Los Angeles St. Louis Rams
San Diego Charger Girls 1990[10] San Diego Chargers
San Francisco Gold Rush 1979 (as a coed squad before becoming an all-girl squad in 1983[11] San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Sea Gals 1976[12] Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders
(formerly the SwashBucklers from 1976-1999) 1976[13] Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders
(formerly The Derrick Dolls from 1975-1999)
1975 Tennessee Titans
Washington Redskins Cheerleaders (f.k.a. Redskinettes) 1962[14] Washington Redskins
* Ravens Cheerleading Squad is technically a Co-ed Stunt and All-Female Dance squad.
The following NFL teams have never had cheerleaders during their respective histories:
* Cleveland Browns
* Detroit Lions
* New York Giants
Notable cheerleaders
Arizona Cardinals
* Danielle Demski, Miss Arizona USA, 2004
* Phyllis Smith, actress on The Office (during the team’s St. Louis days)
Atlanta Falcons
* Nicole Duncan, Georgia State University Cheerleading Coach[15]
* Whitney Frink, Hollywood TV Producer
* Tiffany Fallon, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2005
Baltimore Ravens
* Stacy Keibler, former professional WWE wrestler
* Molly Shattuck, oldest NFL cheerleader
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders onboard the USS Harry S. Truman on December 16, 2000
* Lezlie Deane, actress, founder of techno group Fem2fem
* Tina Gayle, actress, CHiPs TV Series (1982-1983)
* Bonnie-Jill Laflin, actress/model
* Michelle Parma, actress, MTV’s Road Rules: Europe. She died in a car accident in Texas on October 19, 2002
* Sarah Shahi, (1999-2000),[16] actress, plays Carmen on The L Word, second season. Most recently on NBC’s “Life”
* Jill Marie Jones, actress, plays Toni On Girlfriends
* Kristin Holt, television personality, entertainment news correspondent
* Starr Spangler, winner, The Amazing Race 13
* Melissa Rycroft, ABC’s Dancing with the Stars contestant and Winner then runner-up on The Bachelor Season 13
Denver Broncos
* Katee Doland, Miss Colorado USA 2001
* Tatiana Anderson, Host of ESPN’S TV show Kiana’s Flex Appeal.
Kansas City Chiefs
* Krazy George Henderson (1975-1979)
Miami Dolphins
* Shannon Ford, Miss Florida USA 2002[18]
* Suzy Tavarez, On-Air Personality, LA radio station KIIS-FM
* Brittany Freeman, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2004.[19]
* Fabiola Romero, Original member of the FSU Cowgirls[20]
* Nadia Turner Season 4 American Idol contestant
* Mireya Mayor, National Geographic Wildlife Correspondent and History Channel’s “Expedition:Africa” Wildlife Expert and Explorer.
* Jaime & Cara, contestants from The Amazing Race in 2009.
New England Patriots
* Kristin Gauvin, Miss Massachusetts 2005.
* Alysha Castonguay, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2002, Miss Rhode Island USA 2009
Oakland/Los Angeles Raiderettes
* Danielle Gamba, Playboy Cyber Girl of the Month, October 2004.
* Jennifer (Jenn) Grijalva, actress, MTV’s The Real World (season 18).
* Anjelah Johnson, standup comedian.
* Kiana Tom, TV fitness instructor, model & actress.
* Erica Arana, model, television host, and philanthropist
Los Angeles Rams (before move to St. Louis)
* Lisa Guerrero, (1980s) American sports broadcaster, actress, model
* Jenilee Harrison, (1978-1980), actress, Three’s Company
San Diego Chargers
* Charisma Carpenter, actress, played Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and had the same role in the long lived spin-off Angel
San Francisco Gold Rush
* Angela King-Twitero, author of The Business of Professional Cheerleading,and dance costume designer (eight NFL Cheerleading teams wear her designs)[24]Angela transitioned from cheerleader to director of the Gold Rush Cheerleaders, and lead the team from 1992-1997. She also was the founding co-director of the NFL Pro Bowl Cheerleaders from 1992-1997.
* Teri Hatcher, actress
Tennessee Titans
* Dr. Monica Williams, Vanderbilt University cancer research fellow
Washington Redskins Cheerleaders
Washington Redskins Cheerleaders perform for U.S. servicemen onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain
* Debbie Barrigan (1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001), Blast! dance troupe member
* Michaé Holloman, (2002-07 ), Miss Maryland USA 2007
* Kristianna Nichols, Mrs. America 1992
2006 Pro Bowl cheerleaders
Pro Bowl
Each year, one squad member from every NFL team is chosen to participate in the collective Pro Bowl cheerleading squad. Traditionally, this is the highest honor of talent and popularity an NFL cheerleader can receive.
NEW YORK - They dashed from the dugout and in from the outfield, swarming Alex Rodriguez in a sea of pinstripes only steps from his spot at third base. “I couldn’t be more excited,” he said. “I feel like a 10-year-old kid.” Making it to the World Series for the first time after all those misses will do that to you.
The New York Yankees, baseball’s biggest spenders, finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the AL championship series behind the savvy pitching of that old October pro, Andy Pettitte.
Next up, New York hosts defending champion Philadelphia in the World Series opener Wednesday night. Cliff Lee is expected to face ALCS MVP CC Sabathia in an enticing pitching matchup between former Cleveland teammates - and the past two AL Cy Young Award winners.
Ridiculed in the past for his October flops, the three-time MVP played a huge role in helping his team advance through the playoffs, batting .438 with five home runs and 12 RBIs. Thriving under late-inning pressure this time around, the slugger earned his first trip to the Fall Classic during a 16-year career in which he’s accomplished almost everything else.
“That’s what you play for,” Rodriguez said. “In order to win a World Series, you have to get there first.”
Cameras flashed in the stands throughout the ninth inning as the crowd roared louder and louder with each pitch.
After Mariano Rivera fanned pinch-hitter Gary Matthews Jr. for the final out at 1 minute past midnight, Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and most Yankees rushed to mob a jubilant Rodriguez near third base.
Rivera received a huge hug from catcher Jorge Posada in front of the mound. Then, Rodriguez and the Yankees partied with beer and bubbly in their swanky, high-tech clubhouse.
“I feared that I wouldn’t be able to contribute, so I had a lot of limitations,” Rodriguez said about his previous playoff failures. “The whole year for me was about trusting my teammates and being one of the guys.”
Pettitte set a postseason record for wins, Johnny Damon hit a two-run single and Rivera closed it out in familiar fashion with a six-out save as the $201 million Yankees won their 40th American League crown by vanquishing the Angels, a longtime nemesis.
“It’s really not a surprise that we are here. I hate to sound like that,” said Sabathia, signed along with fellow free agents Teixeira and A.J. Burnett in a $423.5 million offseason spending spree.
Now, the Yankees go for their record 27th title - when manager Joe Girardi was hired two years ago, he took jersey No. 27 with that in mind.
Not a bad way for Jeter, Posada and crew to finish up the first season at the team’s new $1.5 billion ballpark. As Yankee Stadium grew dark, Sabathia’s and Girardi’s kids ran around the bases on an empty infield.
“We want to enjoy this tonight. We’ll worry about Philly tomorrow,” Jeter said. “Hopefully, we can play one more great series.”
For manager Mike Scioscia and his sloppy Angels, it was their latest playoff failure during a decade of steady regular-season success. Since winning their only championship in 2002, the Angels are yet to return to the World Series despite five AL West titles in the past six years.
“At times we played good baseball. At times we shot ourselves in the foot,” Scioscia said.
After rain postponed Game 6 for a day, the clear weather and mild, 58-degree temperature at first pitch was a stark change from the first two games of the series, when the Angels froze up in the raw chill at Yankee Stadium.
Pettitte escaped a jam in the sixth, going to 3-0 on Kendry Morales before knocking down a comebacker with runners at second and third to preserve a 3-1 edge. The left-hander pumped his fist, then headed for the dugout.
With one on and one out in the seventh, Pettitte left to a standing ovation and tipped his cap to the sellout crowd of 50,173, the largest at the new ballpark. He earned his 16th postseason win, breaking a tie with John Smoltz, and his fifth to close out a postseason series - also a major league record.
“We’ve got a lot of confidence in Andy when he’s on the mound. He’s been a big-game pitcher for us for 14 years,” Jeter said.
Joba Chamberlain got two key outs and Girardi went to a well-rested Rivera in the eighth. He gave up a two-out RBI single to Vladimir Guerrero, making it 3-2, then retired Morales to end the inning.
A diving play by Teixeira at first base helped Rivera avoid further damage.
It was the first earned run allowed at home by the 39-year-old Rivera in a postseason save situation. But the Yankees added two insurance runs in the eighth on a pair of Angels errors and Teixeira’s sacrifice fly.
Rivera finished up for his record 37th postseason save, and the Yankees had their elusive pennant.
“You bring him in, you feel like the game’s over. He’s the best,” Pettitte said.
Rodriguez reached base all five times up and drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth that put New York ahead 3-1. Earlier in the inning, Damon gave the Yankees the lead with a single off 16-game winner Joe Saunders.
Including their unprecedented collapse against Boston in 2004, the Yankees had lost five straight times with a chance to close out an ALCS - and six in a row with an opportunity to end a playoff series.
But this time, New York got it done with leadership from Jeter, Pettitte, Rivera and Posada, all part of the late 1990s dynasty under manager Joe Torre.
As for Rodriguez, his tumultuous year began with a tense news conference to admit steroids use from 2001-03 with Texas, then hip surgery that sidelined him until May.
It will end in the World Series.
“Pretty incredible, especially with all the stuff I’ve been through this year,” he said. “I just felt very happy and very blessed, and all I cared about this year was winning games.”
Normally airtight on defense and fundamentals, the Angels made eight errors in the series and several other uncharacteristic mistakes. The miscues continued early in the clincher, when Saunders walked five in 3 1-3 shaky innings and Guerrero was doubled off first base on a shallow fly.
With no Rally Monkey bouncing around the video board in the Bronx, Los Angeles failed to pull off one of its signature comebacks. The Angels trailed in all eight of their playoff victories against New York, including a stirring 7-6 triumph in Game 5 on Thursday night that extended the series.
Looking to lock up the pennant, the Yankees turned to a familiar source of success in Pettitte. The 37-year-old left-hander delivered, allowing only one run for his second closeout win of these playoffs. He also beat Minnesota to complete a first-round sweep.
Always a picture of poise and focus in October, narrowed eyes peering between his cap and glove as he takes his signs on the mound, Pettitte also owns postseason records with 38 starts and 237 1-3 innings pitched.
Pettitte was pitching at home for the Yankees in the postseason for the first time since their last World Series game, a 2-0 loss to Josh Beckett and the Florida Marlins in 2003.
This one was a different story.
“They beat us fair and square,” Angels outfielder Torii Hunter said. “It’s just frustrating right now.”
NOTES: The Phillies won two of three at Yankee Stadium in May. … Rodriguez has hit in 11 straight postseason games. … The Yankees are 5-0 at home this postseason.
NEW YORK - Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia got the New York Yankees off to a winning postseason start in their new ballpark. Even Alex Rodriguez broke out of his playoff rut against these tired Minnesota Twins.
Jeter tied it with a two-run homer, Sabathia was the ace the Yankees signed him to be, and New York romped over the Twins 7-2 Wednesday night in the opener of their AL playoff series.
After Jeter’s third-inning homer off loser Brian Duensing pulled New York even at 2-2, Nick Swisher pulled a go-ahead double down the left-field line in the fourth that scored Robinson Cano from first as the Twins made a pair of poor throws.
Rodriguez had gone 0 for 29 in the postseason with runners on base dating to Game 4 of the 2004 AL championship series before chasing Duensing with an RBI single that made it 4-2 in the fifth.
On a night with sustained winds blowing to right-center at 20 mph, with gusts up to 43 mph, Hideki Matsui followed with a two-run homer into Monument Park on left-hander Francisco Lirano’s fourth pitch. The Yankees celebrated like kids, just as the Twins did when they beat Detroit in an AL Central tiebreaker at the Metrodome on Tuesday night. New York went on to win its first playoff game since Joe Girardi replaced Joe Torre as manager after the 2007 season.
Rodriguez added another run-scoring single in the seventh against Jon Rauch following an error by first baseman Michael Cuddyer, with A-Rod’s drive hitting halfway up the right-field wall.
Minnesota didn’t arrive to its hotel until nearly 4 a.m. and appeared to lack the energy that propelled the Twins during a 17-4 finish, which overcame a seven-game division deficit. The teams get a day off before resuming Friday night, when A.J. Burnett pitches for the Yankees against Nick Blackburn. New York will be trying to get off to its first 2-0 postseason start since 1999 against Texas.
Casey Stengel hit the first postseason home run across the street at original Yankee Stadium, an inside-the-parker that gave the New York Giants a 5-4 win in the 1923 World Series opener.
It was Jeter, naturally, who hit the first home run in the Yankees’ $1.5 billion palace, where New York was a major league-best 57-24 at home during the regular season. The captain also got New York’s first hit, was on base four times with two hits and two walks, and scored three runs.
New York won all seven games against the Twins during the season, and was 23-3 at home against Minnesota during the regular season from 2002 on, but the Yankees had split four home games against Minnesota in the playoffs in 2003 and 2004.
After getting past the Twins in 2004 and taking a 3-0 lead against Boston in the ALCS, the Yankees lost 13 of their next 17 postseason games. To rebuild their rotation, the Yankees signed Sabathia and Burnett for a combined $243.5 million.
Sabathia, who had lost his last three playoff decisions for Cleveland and Milwaukee, didn’t disappoint. Wearing long sleeves on the blustery night, he got past a 22-pitch first inning and found a sharp slider. Sabathia allowed one earned run and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings, striking out eight and walking none.
He left with two on after 113 pitches, tipping his hat to a ballpark record crowd of 49,464 that included actress Kate Hudson and rapper Jay-Z. Phil Hughes came in and struck out Orlando Cabrera, one of the Twins’ tiebreaker stars, in a 10-pitch at-bat.
Duensing, who was pitching for the U.S. in the Olympics last year, made just nine starts during his rookie season but was on the mound following the Twins’ busy pennant race run. He gave up five runs and seven hits in 4 2-3 innings.
Sabathia escaped trouble in the first after Denard Span’s leadoff double and the first of Jorge Posada’s two passed balls by striking out AL batting champion Joe Mauer and retiring Cuddyer on a flyout.
Minnesota took a 2-0 lead in the third when Cabrera singled with two outs, Mauer doubled, Cuddyer hit an RBI single and Posada crossed up with Sabathia and allowed a run-scoring passed ball.
Jeter tied the score with a drive about 10 feet fair down the left-field line. With his 18th postseason home run, he tied Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Reggie Jackson for third on the career list behind Manny Ramirez (28) and Bernie Williams (22), another former New York star.
Swisher doubled in the go-ahead run. Left fielder Delmon Young picked up the ball at the wall and made a one-hop throw to Cabrera, whose one-hop throw up was up the first-base line.
Rodriguez flied out ending the first, extending his playoff hitless streak with runners in scoring position to 19 at-bats, and struck out with a runner on in the third before coming through.
NOTES: Matsui has seven postseason homers. He hit 13 off left-handers during the regular season, tied for big league lead among left-handed batters. … Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth, even though it wasn’t a save situation. He struck out two.
Prior to the Miami Heat’s 91-83 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night, the NBA banned Heat superstar Dwyane Wade from donning the Band-Aid on his left cheek that quickly had become a fashion statement.
Wade, the league’s leading scorer, originally wore the Band-Aid to seal a cut beneath his left eye. In the following days, including during NBA All-Star Weekend, Wade slapped his name, nickname “Flash” and even the American flag on the Band-Aid, though the wound had healed.
The NBA, doing its best impression of the NFL, wanted to stop the self-promotion.
“We spoke to (the Heat),” NBA spokesman Tim Frank said, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “A player can wear a Band-Aid for healthcare purposes, but it shouldn’t have any name or identifications on it.”
The league aims for conformity at the arena, where players are forced to abide by a strict dress code before and after the game. Citing Frank, the newspaper said that Wade and the Heat weren’t in danger of any penalty but needed a quick reminder.
“We offered clarity to them,” Frank told the Sun-Sentinel. “You can’t wear an identifiable Band-Aid. We don’t expect it to be an issue, so there will be no need for a penalty.”
Two years ago, the NBA banned full-length tights under uniforms, which players had used as a fashion statement rather than for their intended medical use. The same now can be said for Wade’s rather unique facial accessory.
NBC might want to trot Matt Millen out in front of the cameras like nothing ever happened, but WDIV, NBC’s affiliate in Detroit, isn’t about to forgive or forget what he did to the Lions. From the Detroit
Every time a certain familiar face showed up on camera Sunday during NBC’s Super Bowl pregame show, Channel 4 ran a scroll at the bottom of the screen:
“Matt Millen was president of the Lions for the worst eight-year run in the history of the NFL. Knowing his history with the team, is there a credibility issue as he now serves as an analyst for NBC Sports?”
Ah, if only the NFL was like professional wrestling. Matt Millen could put on a mask, get a new set of tights, and just like that, have a whole new identity. “Hi, I’m Bob Costas, alongside Jerome Bettis and The Masked Franchise Destroyer … “
He will forever be Matt Millen, though, and the name Matt Millen will forever be synonymous with losing. I’ve written about this before, and I don’t think that being an absolute train wreck of a general manager means that Matt Millen couldn’t also be a good analyst.
At the same time, of course, I also couldn’t blame anyone in Detroit if they held a grudge against Millen for the next, oh, 1,000 years or so. I’ll readily admit that if he did that kind of a hatchet job on my favorite team, I’d have no interest in ever hearing any ignorant word that ever came out of his mouth.
Outstanding work, Channel 4. I think this is something we can expand and use in all sports, on all networks. When Tony Kornheiser starts talking on Monday nights, we can have a scrolling warning that reads, “CAUTION: In two years of work here, this man has never said anything that has added any value whatsoever to a broadcast, and we seriously doubt that he’s going to start now.”
BEIJING (AP)-The area around Beijing’s massive Bird’s Nest stadium will be turned into a shopping and entertainment complex in three to five years, a state news agency said Friday.
Officially known as Beijing National Stadium, the showpiece of the Beijing Olympics has fallen into disuse since the end of the games. Paint is already peeling in some areas, and the only visitors these days are tourists who pay about $7 to walk on the stadium floor and browse a pricey souvenir shop.
Plans call for the $450 million stadium to anchor a complex of shops and entertainment outlets in three to five years, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing operator Citic Group. The company will continue to develop tourism as a major draw for the Bird’s Nest, while seeking sports and entertainment events.
The only confirmed event at the 91,000-seat stadium this year is Puccini’s opera “Turandot,” set for Aug. 8-the one-year anniversary of the Olympics’ opening ceremony. The stadium has no permanent tenant after Beijing’s top soccer club, Guo’an, backed out of a deal to play there.
Details about the development plans were not available. A person who answered the phone at Citic Group on Friday said offices were closed for the Chinese New Year holiday.
A symbol of China’s rising power and confidence, the stadium, whose nickname described its lattice of exterior steel beams, may never recoup its hefty construction cost, particularly amid a global economic slump. Maintenance of the structure alone costs about $8.8 million annually, making it difficult to turn a profit, Xinhua said.
watch the fight live and for free at Saturday, October 18, 2008
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October 3, 2008 - HBO Sports is presenting a thirty-minute special analyzing the upcoming HBO Pay-Per-View showdown between two of boxings most accomplished fighters: Kelly Pavlik and Bernard Hopkins. Their intriguing ring battle is set for Saturday, Oct. 18 in Atlantic City at Boardwalk Hall.
The special, COUNTDOWN TO PAVLIK-HOPKINS, which will feature fighter profiles, expert analysis and forecasts for the light heavyweight matchup, will premiere on the main service on Saturday, Oct. 11 at
12:00 midnight ET/PT.
Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs), a Philadelphia native, is destined for the Hall of Fame and is looking to cement his legacy with a win over the man who has followed in his footprint to become the worlds dominant middleweight performer. Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs) had a meteoric rise in 2007 and the Youngstown , Ohio native has not slowed down the pace in 2008. The encounter with Hopkins will mark his third fight of the year and the third time in his pro career that he is headlining a bout at the venerable Atlantic City venue.
The countdown special will also be available to HBO ON DEMAND subscribers 24 hours a day from Monday, October 13 through Monday, October 27.
A tribute video I put together of my 2nd favorite fighter, former undispute Middleweight champion (made 20 title defense) and former Undisputed Light-heavyweight champion.
Bernard Hopkins retired with a record of 47-4-1-1 NC (32 kos)
