Author: Tim Runn

By Dan Ambrose: Teofimo Lopez has a fight in the works against highly ranked 140-pound contender Arnold Barboza Jr. for April or May in what’ll be his first fight in the light welterweight division. Top Rank needs to think carefully before making this fight for Teofimo because Barboza, 30, can do the same things that George Kambosos Jr. did. Former four-belt lightweight champion Teofimo (16-1, 12 KOs) is moving up in weight after losing his IBF mandatory George Kambosos Jr. last November. ‘Takeover’ Teofimo, 24, chose to give up on fighting at 135 after that loss. The New Yorker Lopez…

Next Match: Oral Roberts 1/30/2022 | 10 a.m. Jan. 30 (Sun) / 10 a.m.  Oral Roberts History BOZEMAN, Montana – Montana State’s Jazmin Lerman swept to a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles to clinch the Bobcats’ 6-1 victory over Seattle in women’s tennis on Friday in Bozeman.   After capturing the doubles point, Montana State’s Felicia Jayasaputra took a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 3 singles and Marta Garcia-Reboredo’s 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 1 pushed the Bobcats to the verge of the team win.   It was a win by Garcia-Reboredo and Mirte…

| January 28, 2022, 7:39 PMJanuary 28, 2022, 7:39 PMThe Vancouver Canucks will be looking to extend their current win streak on the road when they visit the Calgary Flames on Saturday night as +165 underdogs on the NHL odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Vancouver opened its current four-game road trip with a 5-1 victory in Winnipeg, and has now outscored opponents by a 12-4 margin during the 3-0-0 run on the road it takes into Saturday night’s matchup at Scotiabank Saddledome. Thursday’s victory over the Jets marked a turnaround for the Canucks, who struggled offensively while getting swept…

The New York Giants’ search for a new head coach has come to an end. The Giants are hiring Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll as their next head coach, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday, per a source. The team has since announced the news. Daboll reunites with new Giants general manager Joe Schoen, who was with Buffalo as an assistant GM for four seasons before being hired by the Giants on Jan. 21. “It is an honor and a privilege to be named head coach of the New York Giants,” said Daboll, via the team’s website. “Thank you…

Bombastic, ballistic, blistering … boom! It all describes the force better known as Charles Barkley, who made his NBA entrance by blowing down the doors and never apologizing for the damage. Barkley didn’t suffer fools, only the painful defeats that came his way, mainly in Philadelphia and later in Phoenix and Houston while trying to win that elusive championship, which he badly craved but never obtained. But the validation of Sir Charles as a superstar arrived anyway, despite it all. He was loud and brash, both with his play and with his voice. Either way, Barkley could not be ignored,…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. admits he was very insecure about himself in his early NASCAR days and that his wife helped him change his approach.  Earnhardt Jr. is one of the biggest names in NASCAR’s history. He’s the son of seven-time Cup Series Champion Dale Earnhardt. While his racing career wasn’t as glittering as that of his father’s, the younger Earnhardt worked his way towards building his own legacy in the sport. The North Carolina native is one of the most outspoken figures in NASCAR. As a result, imagining him shying away from the microphone seems very difficult today. His influence…

In the countryside of southwestern Georgia, roughly two miles north of the Florida border, in a small clearing of trees alongside Route 154, a brick chimney stands alone. An accompanying historical marker notes that the house that once stood there burned down in 1996. It’s all that remains of the place where one of the most important figures in American history was born.Jackie Robinson grew up in Pasadena, Calif., where his family relocated in 1920 when he was 18 months old. He was a four-sport star at U.C.L.A. and bounced around the country in the Army. He became the first…

Friday’s third round coverage of the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open will feature a couple of the game’s superstars in spotlight roles as Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm tee it up in the final group with Adam Schenk. The trio are tied atop the leaderboard at 13 under at Torrey Pines.As action moves exclusively to the South Course for the final two rounds after both the North and South courses were played in the first two rounds, there are 49 players within eight strokes of the lead. Not among them are names such as Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Phil…

Juventus have completed the signing of striker Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina for £66.6m, with the Serbia international joining Juve on a four-and-a-half-year deal.Arsenal and Tottenham were admirers of the 22-year-old but were unable to meet Fiorentina’s asking price. The £66.6m deal for Vlahovic sees Juventus pay an initial €70m (£58.3m) to Fiorentina over the next three financial years and they will also pay €10m (£8.3m) in performance-related add-ons.Vlahovic will receive a gross salary of €7m (£5.8m) per season – a total of €31.5m (£26.2m) for the duration of his contract.Juve and Fiorentina had been in negotiations for some time over…

TAROUBA (Trinidad): Two Plate competition matches of the ICC Under-19 men’s Cricket World Cup, involving Canada were on Friday cancelled after nine players from the team tested positive for COVID-19. The matches — Canada vs Scotland and Canada vs either of Uganda or PNG — were to be played on Saturday and Sunday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy here. The players will now undertake a period of isolation where their welfare will be monitored by the event medical team, the ICC said in a statement. Because of the COVID-positive cases, the Canadian team has insufficient available players to be…