Author: Tim Runn

The feud between Claressa Shields and Jake Paul appears to be simmering down. In a recent interview with TMZ Sports, Shields praised Paul for doing great things for his fighter Amanda Serrano, and women’s boxing as a whole. Paul, through his MVP Promotions, helped Serrano finalize a deal to face undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor on April 30 in Madison Square Garden. “I wish [Jake] the best,” Shields says, continuing … “What he’s doing for Amanda is great. I think that him getting involved in helping the fight with Katie Taylor is great for Amanda and Katie and it’s great for women’s…

Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova pose with the trophy.© AFPTop seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova won their fourth Grand Slam Sunday, sweeping to the Australian Open women’s doubles title against Kazakstan’s Anna Danilina and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia. The Czech pair battled from a set down to come through 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena and go one better than last year when they were runners up to Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka. “I want to thank my partner Katerina,” said Krejcikova, the world’s fourth-ranked singles player.”She’s been playing with me for a very long time and…

MONTREAL — It was impressive—the Montreal Canadiens, owners of the NHL’s worst record and a team that had allowed at least five goals in 17 of their first 42 games, somehow topping themselves in Game 43. Saturday night, in Montreal, in an all-Canadian matchup with the Edmonton Oilers on Hockey Night in Canada, the Canadiens completely embarrassed themselves. Even in a week that started with a lacklustre 8-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild, they managed to hit a new low. We didn’t think it could be done, but the Canadiens proved us wrong, and they did it shortly after the…

Former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live”’s Weekend Update segment this Saturday, ostensibly to talk about the league’s postseason games.But the two-time Super Bowl champion had other ideas: He wanted to profess his love for the Netflix comedy “Emily in Paris.”Manning explained he planned to watch last weekend’s games but he had an hour to kill before the first one started, so “just for fun” he decided to check out the Lily Collins-led show. “And I watched the entire season straight through,” he told Weekend Upodate co-anchor Colin Jost. “Oh my god, Colin, this show…

It got much closer than the Warriors would have liked, but the Dubs did just enough to hold on to a 110-106 victory over the Nets on Saturday. Klay Thompson made the biggest shot of the game, knocking down a deep 3-pointer with 12 seconds left to put the Warriors up by four. He’d make a pair of free throws moments later to put the game on ice. But the Warriors needed every point possible to put away the Nets. Brooklyn answered double-digit deficits on multiple occasions and overcame a 19-point deficit midway through the third quarter and took the…

SUPERIOR — As shadows started descending across the snow drifts on Allouez Bay, 14 stock cars raced around a makeshift race track atop the ice.When the (snow) dust settled, a 1984 Pontiac Grand Prix “G-body” pulled into the winner’s circle and out popped driver Fritz Myers of Longville, Minnesota.Almost every car had a passenger, and Myers’ wingman was none other than Jonathan Cuevas, one of the four NASCAR drivers on hand for the inaugural “NASCAR on Ice” ice racing event.In the end, it was drivers such as Myers who ended up looking like the pros as the NASCAR guys learned…

With the NFL set to play its Conference Championship Games on Sunday, it seems like the perfect time to reminiscence about what could have been for some former Major League stars. Most fans are familiar with two-way stars like Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, who spent time in both the NFL and MLB, but what about guys who gave up potential NFL careers in their pursuit to play professional baseball? The following is a look at just 10 former big leaguers who either played college football at some of the most prestigious programs in the country or passed up big-time…

Here is a look inside the golf bag of Farmers Insurance Open winner Luke List: DRIVER: TaylorMade SIM2 (9 degrees) with Mitsubishi Diamana DF 80 TX shaft FAIRWAY WOOD: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (15 degrees) with Mitsubishi Diamana DF 80 TX shaft IRONS: Callaway X Forged UT (21 degrees) with with KBS Tour V 125 shaft; PXG 0311 ST GEN4 (4-PW) with KBS Tour V 125 shafts WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50, 54, 60 degrees) with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts PUTTER: Odyssey O-Works 1W CS BALL: Titleist Pro V1 This news is republished from another source. You…

ORLANDO – UCF Football is trying to make a splash with recruits across the state of Florida and beyond, and that’s what they did on Saturday. Let’s jump right into the news that comes from Pylon’s seven-on-seven event, which sent numerous players up to UCF this weekend (see below).After seeing Darren “Goldie” Lawrence, the talented wide receiver from Sanford (Fla.) Seminole, there were a few moments to ask him about his recruitment. He confirmed that earlier on Saturday that he did in fact head over to UCF. Lawrence did not, however, make a commitment.“I am going to take some visits,”…

India have qualified for the semi-finals of the ongoing ICC U-19 World Cup 2022 with their fourth win on the trot. The squad, led by Yash Dhull, edged past defending champions Bangladesh in a tricky quarter-final clash on Saturday in Antigua. This is the fourth time in a row that India, a four-time champions, will be appearing in the last-four stage of the competition.It’s not been a smooth ride for the former champions though as there was a time during the tournament when they struggled to put together a fit eleven when several members of their squad got infected with covid including both captain Dhull and his deputy Shaik Rasheed.Here’s a brief look…