JHON DURAN’S COMMAND OF CHAOS CAN BE ASTON VILLA’S SECRET WEAPON
As Amadou Onana threw three fist pumps in the direction of the Aston Villa supporters housed in a pocket of the Wankdorf Stadium – confirmation, as if they needed it, their … Read More
Author: Frank Taylor
TKO PRESIDENT CALLS UFC ANTITRUST LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT DENIAL ‘ABSURD’
The UFC continues negotiations with the plaintiffs involved in a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed against the company but after a judge denied the initial settlement agreement, it’s impossible to tell … Read More
JETS FIRE ROBERT SALEH AFTER 2-3 START; DC JEFF ULBRICH NAMED INTERIM HEAD COACH
Robert Saleh will not get a chance to turn around the New York Jets’ careening plane. The Jets announced on Tuesday that they have fired Saleh amid a 2-3 start … Read More
USMAN NURMAGOMEDOV VOWS TO ‘MAUL’ ALEXANDR SHABLIY, HAVE KHABIB ‘PUT THE BELT AROUND MY WAIST’ AT BELLATOR SAN DIEGO
Usman Nurmagomedov couldn’t be happier with his preparation for the Bellator Champions Series: San Diego main event, and he thinks it’s going to result in a dominant performance. Nurmagomedov (17-0) returns to competition … Read More
LEVERKUSEN THE BUNDESLIGA TEAM TO BEAT DESPITE BAYERN’S SUMMER SPREE
Patrik Schick, again. The DFL Super Cup rarely provides any pointers for the forthcoming Bundesliga season, but what this year’s curtain raiser seemed to indicate is that maybe last season … Read More
JOE MAZZULLA REFLECTS ON CELTICS’ TITLE RUN, REPEAT HOPES AND MORE
Wearing a dark pair of sweats with an equally dark tone-on-tone Boston Celtics cap pulled low, Joe Mazzulla — who seems to avoid the spotlight as much as possible in … Read More
MALCOM WELLMAKER READY FOR ‘SCARY AND EXCITING’ UFC BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION AFTER DWCS CONTRACT WIN
Malcolm Wellmaker has been relishing the aftermath of his UFC contract win at Dana White’s Contender Series 69, because the road to get there wasn’t easy. Wellmaker (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is … Read More
IT’S TIME TO DISQUALIFY THE IBF FOR HITTING BOXERS AND FANS BELOW THE BELTS
There was a time when the IBF was, fairly indisputably, the least problematic of boxing’s major alphabet groups. Granted, that statement is 99 per cent backhand, 1 per cent compliment. … Read More
SUNNY EDWARDS BELIEVES BAM RODRIGUEZ CAN CHALLENGE NAOYA INOUE
Sunny Edwards believes that Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has proven himself capable of “challenging” Naoya Inoue. Rodriguez established himself as the world’s leading flyweight when in December he stopped Edwards to … Read More
GOLDEN KNIGHTS PREPARED TO ‘HUNT THE TROPHY AGAIN’
LAS VEGAS — The sparkly, super detailed and massive rings have been weighing down their fingers since they got them Sunday night, a shining example of what the Vegas Golden Knights … Read More