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By: Sean Crose Bruce Seldon Jr, son of former heavyweight titlist Bruce Seldon, won his second professional fight on Friday, as he completely dominated Isaiah Margheim in a scheduled heavyweight four rounder. Tasting the mat twice, Margheim was mercifully saved from more punishment when the referee stopped the fight in the second. Next up, middleweight Jacob Solis put his 4-0 record on the line against the 2-1-1 James Abraham in a scheduled four rounder. The opening round was a battle of jabs. Things remained rather slow in the second. The energy level rose in the third as southpaw Solis started…
Despite suffering a costly double bogey at the final hole on Friday, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama managed to maintain his position at the top of the leaderboard after round two of the Olympic men’s golf competition at Le Golf National. But he has company in the shape of two-time major champion Xander Schauffele and Team GB’s very own Tommy Fleetwood. Matsuyama, who opened with an 8-under 63, followed up Friday with a 68 that featured an up-and-down front nine with three birdies and two bogeys. He seemed to be shifting momentum in the right direction on the back nine, making back-to-back…
Jamarion Sharp has agreed to a one-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks. Sharp is represented by Scott Wong Nichols. Sharp went undrafted out of Ole Miss this year. In five Summer League games, Sharp averaged 2.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 14.7 minutes with the Mavericks.
This Saturday, UFC returns to Abu Dhabi with a stacked fight card, headlined by a bantamweight matchup between Cody Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov. While a title shot has not been guaranteed, the winner figures to have the inside track to facing the winner of UFC 306’s title fight between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili. The rest of the card is no less enticing as there are a number of other marquee matchups with big implications, so let’s dive into the best bets for this weekend. Plus, we’ll even throw in a little boxing action, just for fun. As always, all…
On ‘Heartbreaking’ Night, Caeleb Dressel Says He’s Still Enjoying the Ride Three images of Caeleb Dressel from Friday night were hard to reconcile. There was the legendarily steely competitor bouncing out onto the deck at Paris La Defense Arena before the Olympic final of the men’s 50 freestyle, momentarily caught up in the raucous atmosphere from the partisan French crowd cheering on national icon Florent Manaudou. There was Dressel, rarely shy about introspection, after finishing fifth in the 50 free and fifth in his heat in the men’s 100 butterfly semifinal, beaming about the fun he was…
Josie Talbot will move up to the WorldTour with Liv AlUla Jayco, having signed a two-year contract that will begin in 2025 and see her race with the Australian team through to the end of the 2026 season.Talbot joins the team having spent two seasons racing with the French Continental team Cofidis, where she gained experience in some of the biggest races on the international calendar, including the Tour de France Femmes. She said he aims to support the sprint team and lead-outs with Liv AlUla Jayco next season.“It means an awful lot joining Liv AlUla Jayco, having grown up…
Max McGwire (Wisconsin Rapids Rafters) Summer Baseball Patrick Ebert – August 2, 2024 See also: Northwoods Notebook: Galvin provides big hits, wins on way to Miami The city of St. Louis and the name ‘McGwire’ are a natural fit. After Mark McGwire hit 220 of his 583 career home runs in only five years as a player with the Cardinals – and later spent three years as a coach with the team – his oldest son Max is heading to Saint Louis University this fall to continue his collegiate career. Coming out of high school, Max and his brother Mason, who is…
Juventus are set to be priced out of a move for Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho, according to Matteo Moretto.The Old Lady are heavily linked with the England international this summer and have been said to be ‘determined’ to get a deal over the line (per Mail on Sunday, via Sky Sports).However, United are thought to want at least £40m for Sancho, who recently reconciled his previously cold relationship with manager Erik ten Hag.According to Moretto, Juventus simply cannot afford that fee and could turn to Fiorentina’s Nico Gonzalez, Galeno of Porto and Borussia Dortmund’s Karim Adeyemi as possible alternatives.“They…
Henry Slade is set to miss out on the start on the Premiership season The Exeter and England star underwent shoulder surgery during the summer By Alex Bywater Published: 07:40 EDT, 2 August 2024 | Updated: 07:43 EDT, 2 August 2024 Henry Slade will miss the start of the new season with Exeter and is unlikely to be fit for England’s autumn internationals after undergoing shoulder surgery.The experienced centre enjoyed a fine 2023-24 campaign with club and country after being a shock omission from the national squad for last year’s World Cup.Slade responded to being dropped by England by being named Premiership…
Sir Andy Murray sits down with Sir Chris Hoy to reflect on his historic tennis career ,which ended with defeat in the quarter-finals of the Paris 2024 men’s doubles on Thursday.