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Jaron Ennis is clearly the No. 1 welterweight behind only Ring champ Terence Crawford. Photo by Amanda Westcott/Matchroom Jaron Ennis made his hometown return on Saturday a triumphant one by stopping game welterweight contender David Avanesyan after five completed rounds before more than 14,000 fans at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The expected one-sided performance was more than enough to elevate the undefeated 27-year-old switch-hitter from No. 2 to No. 1 in The Ring’s welterweight rankings, displacing inactive former unified titleholder Errol Spence. That move was a no-brainer for the Ring Ratings Panel but deciding what to do with…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 15, 2024, 09:00 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaTROON, Scotland — The 152nd Open, the last major championship of the season in men’s golf, tees off Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Course on Scotland’s west coast.It’s the last chance this season to win a major championship — the tournaments that separate legendary golfers from everyone else.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedFor Masters winner Scottie Scheffler, PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele and U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau, it’s a chance to add a second title to an…
Golden State owner Joe Lacob, who once claimed that his franchise was “light years” ahead of the rest of the NBA, has never been shy of voicing out his feelings or even criticize other teams around the league. After two years of failing to conquer another title, he said this week that he grew accustomed to his dynasty and feels it’s been a “long time” without titles. However, it really hasn’t, as the Warriors’ last championship came just two years ago. On The Athletic NBA Show podcast Tuesday, Lacob mentioned how hard it is to make trades happen in today’s…
UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier and heavyweight champion Jon Jones have a heated past, but believes his rival was “bombarded” with a pair of misdemeanor charges after an incident with a drug test sample collector. Years after Cormier and Jones had their championship saga in the UFC and all of the dramatic events that surrounded their bouts, the tension between the two has lessened. There was a time when the two men could not be in the same room together, but over the years, cooler heads have prevailed, although they would not call each other friends. Now, as Jones…
USA Swimming is proposing a stark increase in dues paid by member clubs beginning in the 2025-26 season. The national governing body is proposing clubs pay an additional $155 annually, from $70 to $225, which would mark the first increase in annual dues since at least 1990. The more sizable change comes for first-year clubs, which would have to pay $700 for their first three years, a 900% increase, under the proposal. An increase to $250 annually for clubs beginning in 2021 was proposed in 2019 but didn’t come to fruition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Annual Fee 1990-2024 Proposed…
In her first race since the Dutch National Championships in June, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won the prologue at the Baloise Ladies Tour to take the event’s first leader’s jersey.Wiebes covered the 2.7km individual time trial course in Hulst with the fastest time of 3:16. She beat runner-up Fien Van Eynde (Fenix-Deceuninck Development), third-placed Charlotte Kool and fourth-placed Pfeiffer Georgi (both Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), all by five seconds.“The feeling was good. It was a question how the legs would feel after my altitude camp. But I could go full gas. It was a nice prologue and I’m happy it went…
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Football is the most beloved sport in the world. It is watched and played in every corner of the planet and often referred to as the “most important unimportant thing in the world”. The popular competitions organized by FIFA and UEFA are broadcast in every nation; therefore, it is easy to understand why people love them so much. Some clubs have fans in distant countries, and certain players have almost deity-like status. Fans love them, as their skills and sacrifice on the pitch bring out the raw emotions in the spectators and create unforgettable moments. As in every country in…
By which point he had Harris for company, the stand-off turned outside-half who – if you believed the hype – had come to save Welsh rugby.The grandson of Abercarn-born Norman Harris, who had turned out for Ebbw Vale and Pontypool before going north, the then-25-year-old had dominated with Leeds in Super League, enough for the Welsh Rugby Union to arrange a deal worth reportedly as much as £1.5m.He had only added to the pressure by scoring a hat-trick on his first start for Cardiff in a European game against Glasgow.“In a sense that was the worst thing that could have…
Watch Novak Djokovic’s reaction as he’s defeated in straight sets by Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles final on Centre Court at Wimbledon.