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The rugby stories making headlines on Tuesday, November 26
“Our [recent] results have been mixed so we haven’t had a crazy good end to the year.”In one sense it’s been great in that it [winning Wimbledon] has given us confidence that we can compete with everyone and win any tournament we play but at the same time maybe there’s more pressure there.”Maybe guys are a little more prepared to play us, they’re scouting us because we’ve been around a little bit more. It’s mixed but I’m not complaining.”After Wimbledon, Patten and Heliovaara lost in the third round at the US Open but reached the final of the ATP 500…
By Steve Bunce Last week I held an iconic boxing glove in my hands. It was a relic from time, part of boxing’s rich history, a glove of infamy and it seemed to me that it was impossibly light for an object so heavy. Light and slight in my hands. It is dry now, old and one of the most beautiful objects in our business. The glove was once worn on his left hand by Cassius Clay in his fight with Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium in 1963. Yes, the glove with the tear on the seam, the glove that…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 25, 2024, 05:55 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaTiger Woods announced Monday he won’t compete in next week’s Hero World Challenge, an unofficial tournament he hosts in the Bahamas.The 15-time major champion revealed his decision in a statement on X. It wasn’t unexpected after Woods announced in mid-September he had undergone what is believed to be his sixth back surgery.”I am disappointed that I will not be able to compete this year at the Hero World Challenge, but always look forward to being…
Through their first 17 games this season the Boston Celtics are 14-3. They are 8-2 in their last 10 and are on a five-game win streak. On Sunday night, the Celtics narrowly beat the Timberwolves 117-115 at home. Boston has the second game of a back-to-back tonight vs. the Clippers. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Kristaps Porzingis will make his 2024-25 season debut for the Celtics on Monday night vs. LA. Porzingis battled through a foot injury during the 2024 postseason and had to have surgery in late June. That delayed his start to the 2024-25 season with Boston. After…
Former UFC flyweight standout Muhammad Mokaev will return to action just in time for you to kickstart your final countdown to Christmas. Following a unanimous decision victory over Manel Kape at UFC 304 in Manchester, Dana White revealed that ‘The Punisher’ would not be re-signed to the organization after fighting through the final fight on his contract. It was a surprising decision considering Mokaev had just moved to 13-0 with seven of those victories coming inside the Octagon. A month later, Mokaev signed with BRAVE CF, the promotion he called home before signing with the UFC. We now know that…
The Michigan Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association has announced the girls dream team after the conclusion of the high school state championships. The dream team is made up of the fastest state meet performance in every finals event. Michigan has three divisions. Athletes are only selected once, so the runner-up is selected if the fastest swimmer was already named to the team. Highlighting the team was Jenison’s Sophia Umstead. The Virginia commit swam to Division I wins in the 100 breast and 200 IM. This was the 3rd year in a row in which she was named to the team, after…
Image 1 of 2Vida Lopez De San Roman wins North Carolina Grand Prix Day 1 2024(Image credit: Jamie Arkfeld)Eric Brunner wins North Carolina Grand Prix Day 1 2024(Image credit: Jamie Arkfeld)Vida Lopez De San Roman (Bear National Team) and Eric Brunner (Competitive Edge Racing) secured their respective victories in the elite women’s and elite men’s races under windy conditions on day 1 of racing at the North Carolina Grand Prix in Hendersonville on Saturday.In the elite women’s race, Lopez de San Roman was part of a lead group that split off the front on the opening circuit that also included…
Fall Report Eric Sorenson – November 25, 2024 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — There are always transcendent moments in every successful college baseball program. For the Gauchos of UC Santa Barbara, that moment came on the night of Sunday, May 26th, when the seaside campus was awarded a home regional for the first time in its history by the NCAA selection committee. As anybody who has been to a game at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium will attest, the Gaucho home facility isn’t exactly a 10,000-seat shrine fit for a postseason game. But sure enough, a week later their modest facility was transformed from…
Former footy star and boxer Sonny Bill Williams is set to begin a new career as a university academic, despite admitting he dropped out of school when he was just 14. The New Zealand star has revealed he has been named the inaugural Pro-Chancellor of Albukhary International University (AIU).Williams, who has long been known for his inspiring work championing social equality and humanitarian causes, will now work with the university to ‘nurture well-rounded graduates who are globally competitive and socially responsible’. In a statement, AIU wrote: ‘His [Williams’] involvement will enhance the university’s vision of fostering a transformative educational environment where…