Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are all set to go in a DAZN main event on April 30 at Madison Square Garden, and women’s boxing fans are psyched about the fight — and should be, it’s arguably the two best pound-for-pound women in boxing for the undisputed lightweight championship of the world. But asked about staging Shakur Stevenson vs Oscar Valdez on that same night, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said he’s not concerned about it, and more than that, ESPN aren’t concerned about having a head-to-head opposition from the streaming service. “I mean, as good a fight as that…
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Beard has netted a job to build a new clubhouse for the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Raynes Park, South London. No official value has been put on the job but it is understood to be north of £10m. The contractor will construct a two-storey building at the club’s Community Tennis Centre, which is used to train up the ball boys and girls for Wimbledon. Designed by London firm Langstaff Day Architects, others working on the deal include QS Turner & Townsend and consulting engineer Cundall Johnson & Partners. The scheme forms part of an expansion programme at the…
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for the past nine years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, as part of the NHL’s celebration of Black History Month, he profiles Malik Jones, a 19-year-old forward for the U.S. sled hockey team that will compete in the 2022 Beijing Paralympics from March 4-13.Malik Jones said he could barely hold a stick when he began playing sled hockey at 7 years old.”My right hand was really weak so I remember them having to tape my hand to the stick…
4) The Rams’ pass rush must go off. There will be no bigger mismatch in this game than the one featuring the Los Angeles defensive line against the Cincinnati offensive line. The Rams ranked third in the NFL with 50 sacks this season. The Bengals ranked third in the league in sacks allowed, with 55. As much as this Super Bowl will feature plenty of storylines about the quarterbacks, the outcome really could come down to how often Cincinnati can keep the Rams from harassing Burrow. The first problem is obvious: Figuring out how to contain All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron…
If the season ended right now, who would be the NBA’s Most Valuable Player? Tonight, Nikola Jokic got the better of fellow MVP frontrunner Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, finishing with a near triple-double in just three quarters as the Nuggets steamrolled past the Bucks, 136-100. NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial)The surging Nuggets have now won five in a row and are quickly making ground on the slumping Utah Jazz for the fifth seed in the West, who have lost five consecutive games. After tonight’s performance, Jokic may have nudged ahead of the Greek Freak in…
Earlier, ESPN reported that NFL star Tom Brady was announcing his retirement. However, the 44-year-old has insisted that he has not made any decision on his future yet. After some time, ESPN deleted their tweet, and everything is up in the air once again. However, that brief tweet did a lot of damage and fooled many, including several in the NASCAR community. Among those was 2020 Cup Series champion, Chase Elliott.ADVERTISEMENTArticle continues below this adADVERTISEMENTArticle continues below this adDuring the brief period that the tweet was live, tributes poured in from everywhere. A large majority of the tweets spoke about…
Sports Illustrated | Chris Halicke: The Major League Baseball Players’ Association will meet with league officials later today to continue negotiations for the next Collective Bargaining Agreement. The players are expected to present their next counterproposal, an offer that is expected to make additional concessions in an attempt to forge a compromise and avoid losing any games. Of course, the onus is on team ownership to actually engage in good faith negotiations and actually be willing to compromise in a meaningful way. This is an important week for the league, as the intended start date for spring training is rapidly…
LIMERICK TWP., Pa. – An SUV crashed into a frozen pond at a Limerick Township golf course and stayed there for hours before anyone noticed.It happened early Sunday morning at Raven’s Claw Golf Club in Limerick Township, Montgomery County.Officials believe the car crashed into the pond around 5 a.m. It wasn’t until around 11 a.m. that someone saw it, police report. Emergency crews rushed to the scene and freed the driver. He was taken to the hospital.The fire chief says the driver was not very responsive to conversation because hypothermia may have set in.Officials say the driver came into the course from Penn Road and…
Story Links ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine track and field team hosted the University of Maine Open Invitational, a non-scoring meet, in the New Balance Maine Fieldhouse on Sunday afternoon. Mackenzie Wilson moved to third place the UMaine all-time weight throw list with her distance of 17.15 meters. The distance netted her second place. Erica Magnuson finished in third in the same event with her toss of 16.28 meters. Jass Farag cleared 3.40 meters in the pole vault for a first place finish. In the high jump, Ashley Martinez’s jump of 1.65 meters…
MUMBAI: Five years after the Indian Premier League (IPL) last raised big-bucks and escalated from being cricket’s most prized property to becoming one of the world’s hottest sporting leagues, it is time for T20’s greatest road show to stamp its authority once again. The much-awaited media rights tender to grab the broadcast rights of the league will come out in the second week of February – tentatively between 10th and 12th. The BCCI has decided to go ahead with an e-auction and “transparency”, says the cricket board, will once again remain the keyword in the entire process. The BCCI is…