SPORTS TRIVIA 13: ADRIEN BRONER'S PROBLEMS
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 03 Nov 2018
Adrien Broner is nicknamed "The Problem" because he never ran out of legal troubles. He was arrested in an Atlanta mall for being charged of misdemeanor sexual battery. The four division champion has a history of arrests and jail sentences and just couldn't keep his name out of the police blotter.
Broner has been arrested and jailed several times, including crimes for robbery, assault, gun possession, domestic violence and public intoxication.
The often-troubled Broner was arrested last April due to a warrant issued in 2014 after Kentucky police get him off a rented SUV with eight bullet holes in the side of the vehicle. Days later, after watching the Shawn Porter-Andre Berto match in Brooklyn, New York, Broner just laughed off in an interview outside the arena saying, "Every killer wants a celebrity on their list."
Because he failed to appear in his subsequent court hearings, Broner was cited for contempt and was sentenced to three days in jail. Four months later, a video appeared showing Broner punching a man and pushing a woman on a street corner in Las Vegas, which led to the issuance of a warrant of arrest.
Broner grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and started boxing at the age of six. He has said that boxing saved him from a life on the streets as he grew up with gangs.
In his heyday as a top amateur fighter, he was prevented from competing the 2008 Olympics when he was sentenced to 14 months in jail, due to a criminal history involving multiple charges of battery and armed robbery.
Despite several advices from those close to him, including his "big bro" Floyd Mayweather, Broner just couldn't get his personal life back on right track. In October 2016, he posted a series of deadly messages on his Instagram account threatening to commit suicide.
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The first sport in which women were allowed to compete at the Olympics was lawn tennis at the 1900 Games in Paris, France. H?l?ne de Pourtal?s of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion by being a part of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.
Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain became the first female individual champion by winning the women's singles tennis competition on July 11, 1900. Twenty-two women (2.2 per cent) out of a total of 997 athletes competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrian and golf.
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Steffi Graf is the only tennis player to have won each of the four Grand Slam events at least four times. The four Grand Slam tournaments were the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open around late May through early June, Wimbledon in June-July, and the US Open in August-September.
In 1988, Graf became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Her 22 singles titles placed her second on the list of major wins in the female competition since the Open Era in 1968 and is third all-time behind Margaret Court with 24 and Serena Williams with 23.
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