Filed under: WBA , WBC , IBF , WBO , Golden Boy Promotions , HBO , FanHouse Exclusive A lawsuit filed on behalf of Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday seeking compensatory and punitive damages for defamation of character names Richard Schaefer and Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, as well as Floyd Mayweather. Jr.

Filed under: Capitals , FanHouse Exclusive Despite playing without some of their best players for a number of games this season, the Washington Capitals enter Monday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes with the second most points in the NHL (No. 1 in the Eastern Conference) and as the highest scoring team in the league with an incredible 139 goals. The next closest team — San Jose — has 124, while only three others have eclipsed the 120-goal mark

Filed under: WBA , WBC , IBF , WBO , Golden Boy Promotions , HBO , FanHouse Exclusive FanHouse caught up to Golden Boy Promotions’ CEO, Richard Schaefer , whose company is handling the negotiations on behalf of Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 knockouts) for the potential blockbuster bout with seven-division world champion, Manny Pacquiao , who is the current, WBO welterweight (147 pounds) titlist.

Filed under: UFC , FanHouse Exclusive , Videos On this week’s edition of The MMA Hour , we were first joined by UFC lightweight fighter Joe Lauzon , who will be making his return to action at UFC 108 against Sam Stout after an 11-month layoff. “J-Lau” talked about recovering from knee surgery, fighting on the same card as his brother, Dan Lauzon , and why he would have no problem fighting Dan if the UFC wanted them to

Filed under: FanHouse Exclusive MARLBORO, N.J. — Every football player’s nightmare lives here, though you’d never know it at first

Filed under: Lions By just about all accounts, the future looks brighter for the Lions in 2009 than it did in 2008. Detroit’s got two wins compared to the zero it had last year, has a developing star quarterback, one of the better receivers in the NFL and a young coach that is respected throughout the NFL. But that young coach, Jim Schwartz, is probably getting older by the day.

Filed under: Lions By just about all accounts, the future looks brighter for the Lions in 2009 than it did in 2008. Detroit’s got two wins compared to the zero it had last year, has a developing star quarterback, one of the better receivers in the NFL and a young coach that is respected throughout the NFL. But that young coach, Jim Schwartz, is probably getting older by the day

Filed under: Strikeforce , FanHouse Exclusive , Videos There was a time when many MMA pundits predicted that we would never see Cung Le compete again.

Filed under: Strikeforce , FanHouse Exclusive , Videos There was a time when many MMA pundits predicted that we would never see Cung Le compete again. After all, the 37-year-old former Strikeforce middleweight champion was fielding lucrative movie offers from Hollywood studios and didn’t seem to be motivated to return to the sport

Filed under: West Virginia , ACC , Bowl Games , FanHouse Exclusive TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Mack Brown, that’s who