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By: Sean Crose The highly anticipated September 21st Pay Per View event between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will cost Americans $19.99 to watch on pay per view. That’s right, $19.99…around twenty bucks for Yanks to watch the hard hitting Englishmen thrown down in at Wembley Stadium for the IBF heavyweight championship of the world. Consider most pay per views cost at the higher end of a hundred dollars, the price for Joshua-Dubois is very good for American fans. Even the UFC, which is known to charge less than boxing when it comes to pay per view events, can’t compete…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaATLANTA — For a brief moment in the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler looked like one of us.With the FedEx Cup and a whopping $25 million bonus on the line, Scheffler had just carded a bogey on the par-4 seventh hole. He badly hooked his tee shot to the left, and his ball nearly went out of bounds before settling in…
NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton, the father of Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II, has taken over men’s basketball head coaching duties at the College of Alameda in Alameda, California. Melanie Dixon, the community college’s president, announced the hire in a report made public Friday evening. College of Alameda in Alameda, California, has hired Gary Payton to coach the men’s basketball team In the written report, published with materials for Tuesday’s meeting of the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Board of Trustees, Dixon welcomed Payton along with new volleyball coach Justin Hoover. The two new additions “will no…
The life of legendary fighter Rickson Gracie is coming to the big screen. Per a report from Deadline, filmmaker Adam Rifkin along with Brad Wyman and Michael P.J. Gerstein’s FutureIII Entertainment have acquired the rights to Gracie’s memoir, Breathe: A Life in Flow. The son of Brazilian jiu-jitsu co-creator Helio Gracie, Rickson followed in his father’s footsteps as a world-class grappler who received his black belt when he was only 18 years old. Breathe: A Life in Flow follows his journey from fighting on the streets during the 1970s to his final fight in the Tokyo Dome in 2000 and the larger history…
Swimmers escorted by kayakers circle Alligator Reef Lighthouse during the Swim for Alligator Lighthouse open-water challenge Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, off Islamorada, Fla., in the Florida Keys. The 8-mile roundtrip race attracted more than 300 swimmers divided into categories including solo and two-, three- and four-person relay teams. The annual event helps raise awareness of the need to restore Alligator Reef Lighthouse, one of six aging Florida Keys lighthouses, that are some 150 years old and no longer needed for navigation. The beacon is named for the USS Alligator, a U.S. Navy schooner that ran aground and sank on the…
Fariba Hashimi (WCC Team) made history at the Tour de l’Ardèche when she soloed to victory on stage 5 on Saturday, The 21-year-old became the first Afgan female rider to claim a UCI victory, a feat accomplished on the 103.7km Queen Stage which featured four categorized climbs for 2286m of total elevation gain.After attacking her breakaway companions in the final kilometres of the ascent of Mont Lozère, Hashimi raised her hand in victory before crossing the line, five seconds ahead of Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ).Race leader Thalita de Jong (Lotto Dstny Ladies) took third, and increased her overall lead…
Stories Kendall Rogers – September 4, 2024 There’s no doubt that last year’s NCAA Transfer Portal had more ‘high-profile’ players enter, but there’s also no doubt this year’s portal was heavier in numbers.Overall, 2,845 players entered the NCAA Division I Transfer Portal for baseball. Ranking the best transfers out of that group is a difficult and tedious process, but we separated hitters and pitchers for this exercise.We continue our countdown of the nation’s Top 85 pitching transfers with an in-depth look at arms in the 36-45 range. You can check out my analysis on arms 76-85, here, 66-75, here, 56-65, here and 46-55,…
Old rivals go head-to-head in Dublin on Saturday afternoon as Ireland host England in their UEFA Nations League opener with the Three Lions looking to bounce back from their Euro 2024 disappointment. England are in action for the first time since their defeat to Spain in Berlin and a lot has changed since then. The biggest is the departure of Gareth Southgate, who left his role as manager following the Euros and has passed the baton on to Lee Carsley.The former Ireland international is taking charge of the Three Lions temporarily and it is ironic that his first game comes against…
James Slipper’s Instagram following might not be setting world records.But the 35-year-old has one thing over the social media juggernaut: he’s been at the top for longer.And in the early hours of Sunday morning (5am AEST), the knockabout father of two from the Gold Coast will equal George Gregan’s Wallabies record by running out for his 139th Test against Argentina in Santa Fe.“It’s a proud moment for me,” the veteran Wallaby said dryly.This, after all, is something Slipper has become used to.Last year during the World Cup – a tournament and stage of his playing career he rated as his…
Jack Draper says being sick on court in his US Open semi-final defeat was “the worst feeling ever”, but he believes Grand Slam success is “just a matter of time”.READ MORE: Sickness ‘worst feeling’ but Slam success close – DraperAvailable to UK users only.