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By: Sean Crose Boxing Insider Promotions presented another fight card on Thursday evening. The event went down at the famous Sony Hall in the heart of midtown Manhattan. A junior welterweight affair scheduled for four opened the night as the 1-1 Jason Castanon battled the 0-2 Stephen Barbee. Both fighters moved to control the range in the first, though the considerably shorter Barbee pushed forward in the final minute of the round. Neither fighter was able to land particularly well in the second. The combatants were active though, each searching for an opening for a clear shot. A sense of…

Feb 20, 2025, 09:04 PM ETVALLARTA, Mexico — Six of the seven PGA Tour events this year had international winners, and the Mexico Open added to the trend Thursday when Jeremy Paul of Germany, Kris Ventura of Norway and Harry Hall of England shared the lead at 7-under 64.Hall played early and handled the gusts at Vidanta Vallarta, chipping in from 30 yards for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and driving the green on the 297-yard seventh hole for another look at eagle. He putted for birdie and closed with two more pars.Ventura and Paul, whose twin brother Yannik…

Two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant is the Memphis Grizzlies player whose home was burglarized by the seven men from Chile charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for organizing break-ins at the homes of prominent professional athletes across the nation, a league source confirmed to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Confirms Ja Morant Is “Professional Athlete 6” In FBI Complaint The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office told TMZ Sports on Thursday that officers responded to a reported burglary “at the home of a Memphis Grizzlies player,” and “Detectives are actively investigating the case, pursuing leads, and working to identify…

PFL fighter Jay Jay Wilson faced a three-month suspension after he tested positive for steroids from a sample collected all the way back in April 2024. On Thursday, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced the sanction against Wilson, although his period of ineligibility expired seven months ago. The strange circumstances surrounding Wilson’s case likely delayed the reporting, but based on the timing of his suspension, he’s been cleared to compete again since July 2024. “Wilson, 27, tested positive for metenolone and its metabolite 3α-hydroxy-1-methylene-5α-androstan-17-one as the result of an out-of-competition sample collected on April 1, 2024,” USADA officials wrote in…

Neil Agius, Sharon van Rouwendaal Honored at WOWSA Awards The World Open Water Swimming Association unveiled the 2024 WOWSA Awards this week, honoring the best in open-water swimming across six categories. Malta’s Neil Agius earned runner-up for Man of the Year and won the Performance of the Year Award. Sharon van Rouwendaal won Woman of the Year after her second Olympic marathon swim gold medal. Also honored was the Disney movie, Young Woman and the Sea, which was named the Product/Service of the Year. Bulgaria’s Petar Stoychev won Man of the Year for setting the fastest cumulative time for the…

Sometimes, you don’t even need to see a bike rider in person or read their results to know how they got on in a race – and when a Visma-Lease a Bike staff member cut around to the back of the winner’s podium in the Volta ao Algarve stage 2 finish and re-emerged with a team turbo trainer under his arm, concerning Jonas Vingegaard at least, the underlying message was clear. After the Dane’s defeat at the hands of the UAE Team Emirates and as a fast-rising evening wind whistled across the isolated summit finish of Foia high above the Algarve…

Home » SEC Series of the Week – Week 2 https://cdn.d1baseball.com/uploads/2025/02/20160648/SEC-Series-Week-2.png 500 1000 Joe Healy https://cdn.d1baseball.com/uploads/2024/11/21163231/d1-logo.svg Joe Healy2025-02-20 17:55:002025-02-20 16:08:10SEC Series of the Week – Week 2 More From This Author

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size After topping 150kg and almost breaking the scales in the off-season, Taniela Tupou has been working so hard the Wallabies prop had to be placed on a leash.But that’s better than a harness, Tupou reckons.Tupou put in an impressive 56-minute shift on his Super Rugby Pacific debut for the NSW Waratahs against the Highlanders last Friday night.It was the 28-year-old’s most minutes in a match since the Wallabies’ ill-fated 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign.Yet Tupou wants more, even putting his hand up to play…

British number one Jack Draper fought back from a set down to beat Matteo Berrettini and reach the Qatar Open semi-finals.Former Wimbledon runner-up Berrettini took the opening set, but world number 16 Draper, whose recent injury problems have been well documented, responded in style to wrap up a 4-6 6-4 6-3 victory over the Italian. “I felt in the second set I was knocking on the door and not quite taking my opportunities but I stayed strong,” Draper told Sky Sports. “It was such a tough battle against such a great player. In Australia I was very proud of my…

Mark SchlabachFeb 20, 2025, 09:40 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaPGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott are meeting with officials at the White House on Thursday in what the tour hopes is another step in reunifying men’s professional golf.Monahan and Scott met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 4 in an effort to speed up the federal government’s approval of the tour’s proposed deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which plans to inject $1.5 billion into the tour’s for-profit…