The world’s two best middleweight boxers had their final news conference Wednesday ahead of their title fight — and boasted varying levels of bravado before they vie for supremacy.
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs made their grand arrivals Tuesday, thereby initiating the week of festivities ahead of their middleweight unification title fight Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Fran Riordan, now in his fifth season with the Oakland Athletics’ organization, has risen through the managerial ranks and is relishing the chance to lead the Aviators during their inaugural season in Las Vegas.
Rances Barthelemy and Robert Easter Jr. boxed to a split draw on a Showtime-televised card Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, ensuring that the WBA and IBO lightweight titles remain vacant.
Rances Barthelemy, 32, successfully defected in November of 2007 and has since settled in Las Vegas, where he’s blossomed into a top lightweight and former two-division world champion.
The Meadows senior outfielder Sam Kaplan announced in June his commitment to Cornell — becoming the first Mustangs baseball player to commit to a Division I program.
CBS Sports Network will broadcast 40 games in primetime and on the weekends starting May 25 with the Minnesota Lynx vs. the Chicago Sky.
Cole Anthony, son of former UNLV star Greg Anthony, played his penultimate high school game Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, scoring 25 points in the Jordan Brand Classic.
Haley Jones, Francesca Belibi and Asheten Prechtel, who will become teammates at Stanford this year, flashed their camaraderie on and off the court in the final game of their high school careers.
The NFL released its 2019 schedule Wednesday, and Las Vegas sportsbooks then unveiled their lines for Week 1, giving bettors spring and summer to prepare for the openers.
More than 40 of the nation’s best boys and girls high school basketball players have congregated in Las Vegas to showcase their abilities in the 19th annual Jordan Brand Classic.
Junior forward Cheickna Dembele withdrew his name from the NCAA’s transfer portal and will stay with the Rebels to play for new coach T.J. Otzelberger, a team spokesman confirmed Friday.
Liberty junior Julian Strawther, a consensus four-star forward ranked by ESPN as the No. 36 prospect in his class, announced his commitment to Gonzaga via Twitter on Thursday.
Aces star A’ja Wilson will play for the “Home” team in the 2019 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina, the NBA announced Wednesday morning.
Desert Pines senior running back Jamel Brown is set to sign a national letter of intent to play for the University of Charlotte — four weeks after receiving the scholarship offer from the Conference USA program.
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