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Transsexual Los Angeles Times sportswriter found dead

Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penner, who announced two years ago he was a transsexual and was changing his name to Christine Daniels, has died at age 52, the newspaper reported Saturday. Penner was pronounced dead Friday at a hospital, said Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Brian Elias. He said coroner's officials hadn't yet performed an autopsy or issued an official cause of death. The Times said in a story Saturday Penner was believed to have committed suicide. Penner had returned to using the name Mike Penner last year and was a Times columnist at the time of his death.

In the Spotlight: Juran Bolden

The NFL is the acronym for National Football League. An elite league of professional athletes who are hand picked to entertain sports fans in all seven continents. As a member of this select few, your job is to do the thing you love most: play ball. For those on the outside looking in, being one the elite is the ticket to freedom. Two minutes after the ink dries on the contract, all the trouble, heartache and pains of life vanish – forever. Or so we think. After catching up with Juran Bolden relaxing in the ATL, he took some time to school me the real deal Holyfield.