By April MacIntyre Oct 26, 2008, 0:07 GMT
E:60 - ESPN's prime-time newsmagazine on Tuesday, October 28, at 7 p.m. ET, will include a segment where Deanna Favre speaks; Carlos and Cece Boozer talk about saving their son; and feature a profile of Manny Pacquiao, the next big name in boxing. The next edition will include:
Manny Pacquiao is currently the WBC Lightweight Champion. The 29-year-old boxer from the Philippines was the former WBC Super Featherweight Champion, IBF Super Bantamweight Champion and WBC Flyweight Champion. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
The first national television interview by Deanna Favre (wife of NFL legendary quarterback Brett Favre) since her husband was traded from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets.
The agonizing decisions and treatments NBA Star Carlos Boozer and his wife, Cece, chose to save their son.
A profile of the man boxing experts say is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines.
Deanna FavreFor nearly two decades, Brett Favre has lived in the media spotlight, but the last nine months in particular played out like a daily soap opera. Deanna Favre is the woman behind the bright lights and the press clippings. In an E:60 exclusive, her first national television interview since her husband was traded to the New York Jets, correspondent Rachel Nichols sits down with the one person who knows Brett best. Deanna discusses what it was like to watch her husband throw his last pass in a Packers uniform; what she really thought when Brett announced his retirement in March; what it was like to watch the back and forth struggle between Brett and the Packers; how she felt after the decision was finally made to move on; and her life as a cancer survivor.
“Something in me felt it wasn’t over. It wasn’t the end. So it was tough, it was emotional, I was drained. But then I just had that little, you know, something is not right about this.” – On Brett’s retirement press conference in March “I’m not going to make that decision for him. I think I read different articles that said I did make the decision for him, but that is not true. It’s false.” said Deanna about her husband's retirement.
To Save a SonTo Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer, the most difficult challenge he’s had to face in life has not been on the basketball court, but the debilitating illness that threatened the life of his infant son, Carmani.
In an E:60 exclusive with correspondent Lisa Salters, the Boozers (Carlos and his wife Cece) reveal the depth of the emotional roller-coaster they rode in 2006 and 2007 after their first son, Carmani, was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, sickle cell anemia, he inherited from them.
Carmani's treatment has required a bone marrow transplant, but after no compatible matches could be found, the Boozers took an unusual step to save their son. The Pride of the PhilippinesManny Pacquiao is currently the WBC Lightweight Champion. The 29-year-old boxer from the Philippines was the former WBC Super Featherweight Champion, IBF Super Bantamweight Champion and WBC Flyweight Champion.
Pacquiao is the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win four world titles in different weight divisions. He was named the “Ring Magazine” pound-for-pound top boxer in the world in June 2008. But the fortunes of this erstwhile unknown fighter may change as most boxing insiders predict he’ll upend the “Golden Boy” of boxing, Oscar de la Hoya, in what has been billed as “The Battle of Boxing’s Best” in Las Vegas, December 6.
E:60 correspondent Jeremy Schaap sits down with Pacquiao to address his career, and growing up from the poor streets to become an icon in his nation
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