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By: Sean Crose It was pretty much a given that the heavyweight division now belonged to men between 6.5 and 7 feet tall. Lennox Lewis was the first to dominate years ago, then Wladimir Klitschko. Then came the three fighters who were seen as the division’s future: Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. All three of those now former titlists have seen better days. And two have been beaten by a heavyweight who isn’t super sized – the 6.3 Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk is far shorter than the 6.9 inch Fury, who he defeated last year in order to become…
Oct 22, 2024, 07:50 PM ETTransgender golfer Hailey Davidson began the second stage of LPGA qualifying Tuesday with a 78 as reports surfaced of 275 female players signing a letter asking top golf organizations to repeal policies that allow people assigned male at birth to compete in women’s events.Outkick reported that the Independent Women’s Forum shared the letter sent Aug. 19 to the LPGA, the U.S. Golf Association and the International Golf Federation. The letter was sent three days before the pre-qualifying stage of Q-school.Davidson, who narrowly missed out on a playoff during U.S. Women’s Open qualifying this year, tied…
The Philadelphia 76ers announced that Joel Embiid and Paul George will both miss Wednesday’s season opener against the Milwaukee Bucks. Embiid, 30, will also miss Friday’s game in Toronto and Sunday’s game in Indiana. Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid will remain sidelined this week for left knee injury management The 7-footer didn’t play in the preseason for what the team called left knee injury management. The 76ers added that Embiid is “responding well to his individualized plan” and will ramp up his return-to-play activities this week. Meanwhile, George will be reevaluated later this week after he suffered a hyperextended left knee…
The rankings take into account a fighter’s wins/losses, quality of competition, finishing rate/dominance and frequency of fights. Fighters are no longer eligible to be ranked after they’ve been inactive for 24 months, either due to injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses. Fighters serving drug/conduct suspensions are eligible to be ranked, so long as they’re not inactive for more than 24 months. To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter’s primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, non-titleholders…
NAG Record Holder Baylor Stanton Verbally Commits To Cal For 2026 NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has scored a huge verbal commitment for its Class of 2026 from Lawrenceville, Georgia native and Olympic Trials qualifier Baylor Stanton – arguably the top recruit in this cohort. An incredibly versatile swimmer, he currently owns the fastest times in his class in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM and 400 IM. He will join Aiden Hammer in Berkeley as a member of the Golden Bears’ Class of 2030. Regarding his commitment, he said: “After careful consideration, I am honored to announce…
Well it wasn’t what we imagined, but the 2024 season will go down as historic and memorable on the Men’s side, and less historic but ultra-competitive on the Women’s side. And while the details can be covered in our other traditional year-end posts, for the FSA Directeur Sportif it looks an awful lot like the year we just watched. You’ll never guess which Men’s rider was on all of the top 10 teams… [And you’ll never guess who banked hard on vdP/Remco overcoming… and who finished 519th. It seemed like a good idea at the time.] [Narrator voice: Actually it…
Image credit: © Kirby Lee-Imagn Images In Episode 418, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about advent calendars (and the coffee that sometimes comes inside them) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Theeeeeeeee Yankees Win: Juan Soto is a tough out, and the Guardians made too many easy outs.2. I am the Edman, coo-coo-cachoo: The Dodgers turn the Grimace Shake meme back on the Mets. That’s a sentence people will definitely understand in 50 years.3. A Hunk of Metal: This isn’t the World Series preview, that’s later this week4. Around the Horn: What’s next for the Guards and Mets,…
England star Smith has revealed his new training techniques ahead of the clash He has rediscovered his form off the kicking tee for Harlequins this season By Nik Simon Published: 13:23 EDT, 22 October 2024 | Updated: 16:35 EDT, 22 October 2024 England fly-half Marcus Smith revealed he has used army-style techniques to help perfect his kicking ahead of next week’s Test against the All Blacks.Smith missed three kicks during the summer defeat in Dunedin, where England lost to New Zealand by one point.He has rediscovered his form off the kicking tee for Harlequins this season and tipped to retain the No…
Dominic Thiem’s tennis career came to an end as he lost to Luciano Darderi in the first round of the Vienna Open.Former world number three Thiem, who won the Vienna title in 2019, was beaten 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 by Italian Darderi.Austria’s former US Open champion announced last week that he would retire after his home tournament.Following his defeat to world number 42 Darderi, the crowd held up cards displaying the Austrian flag and the message ‘Danke Dominic’ (‘Thank you Dominic’).Thiem, 31, gave an on-court speech before placing his racquet in a glass case, to be auctioned to raise funds for…
Featherweight up-and-comer Omar Trinidad. Photo by Lina Baker / 360 Promotions Rising featherweight Omar Trinidad will take the next step in his career against Hector Sosa on Saturday. Trinidad feels ready to face the durable Argentine fighter in front of his fans at the Commerce Casino, Commerce, Los Angeles. “I know he’s a seasoned fighter, I know he’s tough,” Trinidad (16-0-1, 13 knockouts) told The Ring. “I know he comes ready for a 12-round fight, I know he has a couple of 12-rounders and 10-rounders under his belt. I know he has a couple of wins in a row and…