Month: May 2021

Super lightweight champions Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez have been respectful, but that changed after the weigh-in when a shoving match occurred. Ahead of their Saturday, May 22 super lightweight unification boxing bout, Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez have shown signs of tension. That tension finally boiled over. During the pre-fight weigh-in, Taylor and Ramirez […]

Bellator 259:  Grant Neal submitted Tyree Fortune.  Grant Neal defeated Tyree Fortune via submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1 – 4:20 at Bellator 259 on Friday, May 21, 2021, live from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. “I feel like I’m a little dangerous there. We’re still working. I’m a work in progress,” said Neal, who […]

With the playoffs right around the corner, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are dealing with some unwanted controversy. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Butler and some members of the Heat coaching staff were at odds at various points this season. The timing of said report is unfortunate from Miami’s point of view, […]

Minor-league baseball has taken a stand against pitchers using sticky substances to increase spin rate. Could MLB be next? Chicago White Sox minor league pitcher Marcus Evey has been suspended 10 games for using pine tar to increase his pitch grip. On the surface, this wouldn’t be a story worth writing, but given the evolving […]

Aviv Gozali tried to take home the leg of Sean Felton at Bellator 259 Bellator 259 saw Aviv Gozali continue his wicked ways on the ground, as he and Sean Felton clashed on the undercard at the event. Gozali tried to take Felton down and nearly locked in a submission far earlier in the first […]

It didn’t take long for Davion Franklin to score another win in the Bellator cage, knocking out Tyler King at Bellator 259 Davion Franklin continues to show why he’s perhaps a young name to watch out for in Bellator MMA’s heavyweight scene, needing just over two minutes and two seconds to knock out Tyler King. […]

New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose doesn’t think 2021 has been a vintage season for him. If anything, it’s to the contrary. Rose entered the league in 2008 out of Kentucky with the world at his fingertips. The Chicago kid was home, expected to be the next great Bulls franchise cornerstone. And for awhile, that […]