Author: Tim Runn

January 31st, 2022 Stephanie Trapp Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis waded in to debate a potential Deontay Wilder vs. Anthony Joshua fight. Questions were raised, not only by WBN last week but by fans who believe Joshua should look to fight Wilder instead of Oleksandr Usyk next. The consensus is Joshua cannot beat Usyk after getting dominated the first time they met. AJ and Wilder have a severe history dating back to failed negotiations in 2018. Lewis joined fellow Briton Audley Harrison in the discussion as both prepared to announce their returns to the sport following losses. Harrison opened…

Beard has netted a job to build a new clubhouse for the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Raynes Park, South London. No official value has been put on the job but it is understood to be north of £10m. The contractor will construct a two-storey building at the club’s Community Tennis Centre, which is used to train up the ball boys and girls for Wimbledon. Designed by London firm Langstaff Day Architects, others working on the deal include QS Turner & Townsend and consulting engineer Cundall Johnson & Partners. The scheme forms part of an expansion programme at the…

William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for the past nine years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, as part of the NHL’s celebration of Black History Month, he profiles Malik Jones, a 19-year-old forward for the U.S. sled hockey team that will compete in the 2022 Beijing Paralympics from March 4-13.Malik Jones said he could barely hold a stick when he began playing sled hockey at 7 years old.”My right hand was really weak so I remember them having to tape my hand to the stick…

49ers 17Rams 20 Los Angeles beat some long odds to become the second-straight NFL team to play a Super Bowl in its home stadium. The Rams had lost six straight to San Francisco. Fourteen of the previous 22 teams to lose the first two games to a division rival in the regular season went on to lose the playoff meeting as well. Sean McVay’s teams are all but finished when trailing double digits in the second half. L.A.’s fears about the crowd were realized, as they basically played a road game at home. But the stars shone bright in Tinseltown,…

If the season ended right now, who would be the NBA’s Most Valuable Player?  Tonight, Nikola Jokic got the better of fellow MVP frontrunner Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, finishing with a near triple-double in just three quarters as the Nuggets steamrolled past the Bucks, 136-100. NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial)The surging Nuggets have now won five in a row and are quickly making ground on the slumping Utah Jazz for the fifth seed in the West, who have lost five consecutive games. After tonight’s performance, Jokic may have nudged ahead of the Greek Freak in…

Earlier, ESPN reported that NFL star Tom Brady was announcing his retirement. However, the 44-year-old has insisted that he has not made any decision on his future yet. After some time, ESPN deleted their tweet, and everything is up in the air once again. However, that brief tweet did a lot of damage and fooled many, including several in the NASCAR community. Among those was 2020 Cup Series champion, Chase Elliott.ADVERTISEMENTArticle continues below this adADVERTISEMENTArticle continues below this adDuring the brief period that the tweet was live, tributes poured in from everywhere. A large majority of the tweets spoke about…

Sports Illustrated | Chris Halicke: The Major League Baseball Players’ Association will meet with league officials later today to continue negotiations for the next Collective Bargaining Agreement. The players are expected to present their next counterproposal, an offer that is expected to make additional concessions in an attempt to forge a compromise and avoid losing any games. Of course, the onus is on team ownership to actually engage in good faith negotiations and actually be willing to compromise in a meaningful way. This is an important week for the league, as the intended start date for spring training is rapidly…

LIMERICK TWP., Pa. – An SUV crashed into a frozen pond at a Limerick Township golf course and stayed there for hours before anyone noticed.It happened early Sunday morning at Raven’s Claw Golf Club in Limerick Township, Montgomery County.Officials believe the car crashed into the pond around 5 a.m. It wasn’t until around 11 a.m. that someone saw it, police report. Emergency crews rushed to the scene and freed the driver. He was taken to the hospital.The fire chief says the driver was not very responsive to conversation because hypothermia may have set in.Officials say the driver came into the course from Penn Road and…

Story Links ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine track and field team hosted the University of Maine Open Invitational, a non-scoring meet, in the New Balance Maine Fieldhouse on Sunday afternoon.  Mackenzie Wilson moved to third place the UMaine all-time weight throw list with her distance of 17.15 meters. The distance netted her second place. Erica Magnuson finished in third in the same event with her toss of 16.28 meters.  Jass Farag cleared 3.40 meters in the pole vault for a first place finish.   In the high jump, Ashley Martinez’s jump of 1.65 meters earned her the…

Local hero Jason Holder took four wickets in successive balls during a dramatic last over as the West Indies beat England by 17 runs in the fifth and deciding Twenty20 international at the Kensington Oval on Sunday for a 3-2 series win.Akeal Hosein had already slowed England’s progress with a format-best four for 30.James Vince, who holed out for an innings top-score of 55, was among those who fell to the left-arm spinner.Watch the CommBank Women’s Ashes Series on Kayo. Every Test, T20 & ODI Live & On-Demand. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now > England, however, were…