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Cotto scores thrilling 11th-round TKO of Judah!
Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto scored a scintillating 11th-round technical knockout of Zab Judah to retain his WBA welterweight title in a bout that featured low blows and ended with a pair of bloody fighters.
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Arielle Newman, a cross-country runner at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, died after her body absorbed high levels of methyl salicylate, an anti-inflammatory found in sports creams such as Bengay and Icy Hot, the New York City medical examiner said Friday.
A medical examiner blamed the 17-year-old track star’s death on the use of too much muscle cream, the kind used to soothe aching legs after exercise.
The medical examiner’s spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove, said the teen used “topical medication to excess.” She said it was the first time that her office had reported a death from using a sports cream.
Newman, who garnered numerous track awards, died April 13. She had gone to a party the night before, then returned home and spent hours talking with her mother.
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Arielle Newman Killed by a Toxic Dose of BenGay
