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MESA, Ariz. (AP) _ Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson pleaded guilty Monday to charges of drug possession and driving under the influence stemming from a traffic stop last year as he was leaving a nightclub. Tyson quietly acknowledged to a judge that he had cocaine and was impaired when he was stopped for driving erratically in Scottsdale on Dec. 29. He pleaded guilty to a single felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanour DUI count and faces ...

MESA, Ariz. (AP) _ Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson appeared in court Thursday and learned he will go on trial Aug. 20 on charges of drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs. Tyson was fresh out of a California rehabilitation facility and said very little during the five-minute proceeding. ``Yes, ma'am'' were his only words, uttered after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens asked if he agreed ...

Mike Tyson was released from jail without bond on a felony drug possession charge Friday after an early-morning arrest in which police said they found two bags of white powder in his back pocket. ``He admitted to using today and stated he is an addict and has a problem,'' said a police probable cause statement filed in Maricopa County Superior Court. ``Mike admitted to possessing bags of cocaine and said ...

I had to watch. Didn't really want to, but I had to. Probably because I've been watching in fascination ever since I saw an 18-year-old crying behind Caesars Palace after he lost a chance to make the 1984 Olympic team. I've seen Mike Tyson at his absolute best, and his absolute worst. I was there when he destroyed Michael Spinks in 91 seconds, and there when he almost destroyed his career when he gnawed off a piece ...

All that was missing were a few elephants, a trapeze and two more rings. Everything else about the start of Mike Tyson's return to boxing felt like a circus. The former heavyweight champion and one-time baddest man alive opened his ``World Tour'' on Friday night with a ho-hum performance in a four-round exhibition against Corey ``T-Rex'' Sanders, a former sparring partner who outweighed Tyson by 50 pounds. Tyson, gasping for air during each of the 2{-minute rounds, floored Sanders ...

Amid the freaks and folly tagging along with Mike Tyson's travelling one-ring circus, real boxing punches on. Tyson's ``World Tour'' is affording some young fighters a chance to showcase their skills. One of them is Juan McPherson of Cleveland, an up-and-coming middleweight who famed trainer Emanuel Stewart called ``America's best amateur boxer'' two years ago. Now a professional, McPherson was scheduled to fight on the undercard Friday before Tyson met ...

He kicked off his sneakers, stepped on the scale in his white socks and smiled. Seconds later, the man once labelled the baddest man on the planet, the one who could petrify an opponent simply by stepping onto the apron, flexed his biceps for a few photographers and then giggled almost in shame. ``Mike Tyson,'' the boxing official bellowed into the microphone, his announcement filling every corner of the minor league hockey arena. ``Two hundred, forty-one and a ...

Mike Tyson was very clear about the extent of his boxing skills heading into an exhibition match Friday night. The former heavyweight champion was meek and understated while promoting the fight at a news conference Wednesday at the 6,000-seat Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown. ``How much you got left, Mike?'' someone asked. ``Well, enough to box four rounds,'' Tyson said. That's how long the 40-year-old will be in the ring as he kicks off ``Mike Tyson's World Tour,'' which will ...

Mike Tyson said fans should not expect much of a fight when he steps back into the ring. But the 40-year-old former heavyweight champ promised an entertaining show Friday night when he launches the ``Mike Tyson's World Tour'' in Youngstown. At a news conference at an Italian restaurant, Tyson said he would likely go just four rounds and that future stops on the tour might include bouts with women, possibly ...

Even Mike Tyson doesn't know why people would pay to see him fight anymore. ``That's what I said,'' he said to that question Thursday, drawing laughter at a news conference to announce ``Mike Tyson's World Tour,'' in which he will fight in a series of four-round exhibitions. ``I think I'm useless to society. I don't think I'm worthy of the people who come out to see me, but they do.'' ...

Some crowded around the ring with cell phone cameras in hand. Others sat at a bar not 6 metres away drinking beer. Still others ignored it all and smoked cigarettes and played slot machines. Mike Tyson used to put on displays. On this day, he was just on display. Down the street, tourists watched lions and dolphins between breaks ...