Brandon Rios Warns Manny Pacquiao: “I Ain’t Nobody’s Tune-up Fight!”

COMMENTARY | Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios is definitely the B-side of his upcoming November 23 bout with Manny Pacquiao in Macau, China, but he's fuming over the idea that the media is already downplaying his chances of defeating his iconic Filipino rival.Business considerations may make him an afterthought in the fan-friendly match-up, but Rios is letting the world know that his B-side status has nothing to do with his ability to take Pacquiao to war.
Speaking to Chris Robinson of Hustleboss.com, Rios made it clear that he didn't care a bit about reports of a "prime" Pacquiao reemerging in camp or how the eight-division former world champ has been manhandling sparring partners.
"I ain't no sparring partner," Rios told Robinson. "I don't give a [expletive] how you look against sparring partners. You can look great against sparring partners. But you're not going to fight a sparring partner. You're fighting me. And I ain't no sparring partner. At the end of the day, that's good. I hope he's doing good, so we can have a great fight and give the fans what they want."

Victims in bus crash belonged to tightknit group

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He believes his brother may have been driving the church bus because he had done so in the past."This is hard," said Jerry Wright, whose 73-year-old brother, John, and his wife were on the bus. "You try not to think the worst, but it gets to you."
"We're all shaken," he said. "As bad as it is, they're all Christians and I know where they're at. I'll join them later."George Stadtfeld, who has been a member of the church for eight years, said he knew everyone on the bus. He said his wife, Elaine, had been on the trip but didn't travel on the bus. He said she called him crying.

Obama tells congressional leaders he won't negotiate on shutdown, debt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama stressed to congressional leaders on Wednesday that he will not negotiate with Republicans over a government shutdown or raising the U.S. debt limit, the White House said.

After more than an hour of talks at the White House that did not lead to a breakthrough, the White House issued a statement saying that Obama remains hopeful that "common sense will prevail" in the budget standoff.

"The president made clear to the leaders that he is not going to negotiate over the need for Congress to act to reopen the government or to raise the debt limit to pay the bills Congress has already incurred," the White House said.