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Ronda Rousey doesn’t feel like she would receive a warm welcome if she ever made an appearance at a UFC event, but that reception won’t determine if she ever goes to another fight or not. As she was promoting her autobiography over the past few months, the former bantamweight champion and UFC Hall of Famer admitted that a complicated relationship with fans would probably lead to a chorus of boos if she ever walked into an arena to watch some fights. Rousey stated that she felt “vilified” by the media, and because her career ended on a sour note with…
Former GLORY Kickboxing star, Artem Vakhitov has once more offered to settle his differences with former two-time foe, Alex Pereira in the UFC – after the current light heavyweight champion urged him to “be careful” with his words after a recent call out. Vakhitov, who has since made a move to mixed martial arts following his pair of GLORY Kickboxing clashes with Pereira, currently holds a 2-1 record in the sport – landing a knockout win inside just seconds as recently as February. For Pereira, since his rematch loss to Vakhitov via split decision back in 2021, the Brazilian knockout…
Coming off his two best seasons with the Hawks, Dejounte Murray was traded out to New Orleans to continue his promising career. According to the guard, he’s more than grateful for the opportunity given in Atlanta, but couldn’t be happier to have landed in a squad that made the 2024 NBA playoffs and is led by Zion Williamson. The 27-year-old, who was present this Tuesday at his introductory press conference at the Pelicans‘ headquarters, believes that from now on his future will be determined by team results, and not individual performances. “It’s a business and I stay out of when it…
While speaking on ESPN Cleveland radio, NBA insider Brian Windhorst said that Evan Mobley’s contract extension should be done “somewhat soon”. Mobley is expected to get a max rookie scale extension from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes and Franz Wagner all got max extensions this offseason. All three players also have language that can bump their extensions up to 30% of the salary cap, if they make All-NBA this season. Considering Mobley was drafted ahead of Barnes and Wagner, and has been a big part of back-to-back playoff teams in Cleveland, he’s expected to get a similar deal.…
Key Highlights During the second round of the playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder held a plus-5.3 net rating with Chet Holmgren on the floor and a minus-15.0 net rating when he was on the bench The Thunder finished 27th in offensive rebounding rate last season, while Isaiah Hartenstein ranked in the 92nd percentile individually Hartenstein was in the 70th percentile in assist rate among big men, per Cleaning the Glass Aside from their top-three offense torpedoing into a crunched-up slog, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s playoff demise was headlined by an inability to stay float whenever Chet Holmgren sat. During their…
Keegan Bradley aims to be a playing captain in next year’s Ryder Cup after admitting he was stunned to be handed the role completely out of the blue. Bradley was a surprise choice to lead the home side at Bethpage Black in September 2025 after 15-time major winner Tiger Woods turned it down. The 38-year-old has told Woods he can be “as involved as he wants to be” and admitted he was uncomfortable that some of his “idols” had been overlooked. Stewart Cink and Fred Couples, vice-captains under Zach Johnson in 2023, had been viewed as more likely candidates. “I…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 11, 2024, 10:45 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaNORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Rory McIlroy was having dinner with European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald in London on Sunday night when Donald told him that the U.S. team had selected Keegan Bradley as its new captain.”Yeah, definitely I think a surprise for everyone,” McIlroy said Thursday, after posting a 5-under 65 in the opening round of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club. “I mean, it’s certainly a departure from what the U.S.…
THE next fight for Britain’s Lawrence Okolie appears to be locked in. Hackney’s big-punching 31-year-old has agreed terms to defend his WBC Bridgerweight title against southpaw Kevin Lerena, according to the sanctioning body. Okolie, (20-1, 15 KOs), returned to form in May when he knocked Lukasz Rozanski out in one round to take the belt from the Pole in his own country. With trainer Joe Gallagher in Okolie’s corner for the first time the former Olympian faced little resistance against the inactive Rozanski and once the challenger began finding the target and letting his hands go the fight was as…
By: Sean Crose Not all that long ago, he was considered the single best boxer on earth. He was the entire package, hard hitting, disciplined and possessing winning footwork. There was little doubt that Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez was, if not at the summit of boxing’s Mount Olympus, then at most just a step or two below it. Recent history remains history, however, and now Gonzalez, at 37 years of age, is widely regarded as past his prime – and not without good reason. He lost his second fight in a row to Juan Francisco Estrada back in late 2022 after…
Former WBC junior lightweight titlist Miguel Berchelt will face unheralded Jeremy Triana on July 27. The fight will take place at lightweight at the Recinto Ferial de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala (1 hour 45 east of Mexico City), Mexico and will be broadcast on TV Azteca. It will mark the second time time the former titleholder has fought since suffering back-to-back defeats at the hands of Oscar Valdez (KO 10) when he lost his WBC 130-pound title and Jeremiah Nakatila (RTD 6) in his lightweight debut. Berchelt took 17 months off before deciding to comeback and beat Diego Alberto Ruiz (RTD 2)…