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New York’s Premier Amateur Boxing Tournament New York, NY, January 13, 2025 — Registration is open for the 2025 Ring Masters Championships: Road to the Garden, New York’s premier amateur boxing tournament. There are 19 sanctioned events scheduled from February to April 2025, at gyms across the New York Metro region including Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and Long Island. The tournament kicks off at NYC Cops & Kids on Staten Island on February 1, 2025. The finals will take place at the Mecca of Boxing – Madison Square Garden. The qualifying Elite Male and Female champions will advance to the National…

Close House have announced Jess Baker as their new attached Ladies Tour Professional. A Newcastle native and recent graduate of the University of Central Florida with a BSc in Psychology, Jess has returned home to focus on her professional golf career on the Ladies European and Access Tours. Jess achieved the pinnacle of her amateur career by winning the prestigious 2022 Women’s Amateur Championship at Hunstanton Golf Club. This victory earned her entry into four Major Championships and the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2023. LOOKING FORWARD TO 2025 SEASON Jess has also represented England at both U18 and senior…

In a recent episode of First Take, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith discussed Zion Williamson’s one-game suspension from the New Orleans Pelicans. Williamson was suspended for a violation of team rules, which was later reported to be chronic lateness, including for a team flight. According to Smith, this stems from the fact that Williamson no longer wishes to play in New Orleans. “Zion doesn’t want to be in New Orleans, he doesn’t want to be there,” Smith said. “He wants to be in a major market like LA, New York, or whatever, because he wants the marketability.” Smith went on…

Islam Makhachev has a chance to make history on Saturday if he defeats Arman Tsarukyan in the UFC 311 main event. A win would mark Makhachev’s fourth consecutive title defense at 155 pounds, which would set a new record surpassing his coach and mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov after he retired with three straight defenses of the lightweight belt. Of course, Nurmagomedov also left the sport with a perfect 29-0 record, and barely losing any rounds during his career, and that’s why he’s largely considered the greatest lightweight to compete in MMA. But if Makhachev surpasses Nurmagomedov’s title defense record, does he…

Courtesy: Nick Starcevich The past decade and a half has been slow in swimming since there haven’t been many record-breaking performances compared to what was happening in the 2000s. Only when the 2023 World Championships came was it that we finally started to see an uptick in record count again. However, reality shows that swimming has always been fast and has been getting faster over time. This raises the question of why almost no records were broken in swimming throughout the 2010s and early 2020s, as the graphic below shows. If you know anything about swimming in 2008 and 2009,…

The Swiss second division team Q36.5 are aiming to make their Grand Tour debut via a wildcard slot at May’s Giro d’Italia, team boss Doug Ryder has said, with the Vuelta a España also in their – and Tom Pidcock’s – sights.The team is aiming high heading into their third year at ProTeam level, having brought multi-discipline star Pidcock aboard after the Brit broke his Ineos Grenadiers contract three seasons early.While Q36.5 has, over the past two seasons, taken part in numerous WorldTour events – including Strade Bianche, Paris-Roubaix, the Critérium du Dauphiné, and the Tour de Suisse – they…

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If Ireland are to make history with three Six Nations titles, they will need the players who have delivered on the big stage.It is expected that consistency will be key for Easterby and all the big hitters will remain.Caelan Doris will lead a whole host of Leinster team-mates, including the likes of Andrew Porter, James Ryan, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe and Hugo Keenan.Key prop Tadhg Furlong’s return from injury is timely, especially now Ulster’s Tom O’Toole is suspended for the opening two matches, but hooker Dan Sheehan has yet to return to action.While Leinster will dominate, Munster are…

Norrie’s ambitions of stringing together some wins at the opening Grand Slam of the season were also hit by the tough draw.Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon finalist and a former world number four, has suffered with injuries in recent seasons, but is back to 34th in the rankings and possesses one of the most potent serves on the ATP Tour.Norrie created five break points in the match but was unable to take the Italian’s serve.”He’s got a complete game. I think he can go really deep in the draw,” said Norrie.”I’m really happy that he’s playing this level. He was very…

By Eric Bottjer SAL ALGIERI, 88, New York manager, died in November. A former pro from Mt. Vernon (strictly an opponent, was 1-6 from 1961-1965 as a bantamweight), Algieri gained his 15 minutes managing Cathy “Cat” Davis, a blonde fencer-turned-boxer who was the first woman on the cover of The Ring magazine and one of three females first licensed as pro boxers by the New York State Athletic Commission. Davis answered Algieri’s newspaper ad in 1975 searching for female boxing prospects. Davis, a lightweight, went 11-0 in two years. Only one of her opponents had ever won a fight. And most of…