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By: Alex Tejada, EBC Sports International, Las Vegas Bureau The rise of women’s mixed martial arts (WMMA) can be witnessed by the global fan base and following that increases more and more each day. WMMA is on top of its game and many are tuning in to catch the latest champions and contenders within their weight class. Why is WMMA so successful? One can argue the reasons why they follow a particular fighter, but they […]
BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) — Australian boxer Jeff Horn said on Tuesday (June 20) he was in the final stages of preparation for the upcoming world welterweight title fight in Brisbane against Manny Pacquiao, billed by local media to be the highest profile match ever held on Australian soil. The former school teacher, 29, was presented with a Wallabies jersey by Australian rugby union player Quade Cooper at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane and said he was […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant is set to make a new contract deal and stay with the Golden State Warriors, but the new NBA champions did lose a legendary player on Monday. Multiple reports said Durant, the Most Valuable Player of this month’s NBA Finals triumph over Cleveland, will opt out of his contract but re-sign with Golden State in a money-saving move under NBA salary cap rules. But the Warriors lost […]
by Jim SLATER Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert announced Monday that general manager David Griffin is out as general manager of the NBA club when his contract expires at the end of June. The move came exactly one year after LeBron James led the Cavaliers to an NBA crown, the first by any major Cleveland sports team since 1964, and one week after the Cavaliers were dethroned […]
By: Alex Tejada, EBC Sports International, Las Vegas Bureau We are closer to the announcement of the roster for the new NHL team in Las Vegas, called the Golden Knights. Sunday June 18, 2017 was the last day for the other NHL teams to submit their protection lists to the Golden Knights. During this expansion draft process, the Golden Knights will need to pick one player from each of the other 30 NHL teams. The […]
By: Justin Rosquites, EBC Sports International, Florida Bureau (June 15,2017) – For the second time in 3 years , the city of Oakland, California hosted the Golden State Warriors Victory Parade. Boasting of one of the greatest teams of all time , the Warriors rode their floats and buses through the streets of Oakland, surrounded by a sea of blue and gold decor. Fans held up signs , with chants of “M-V-P!” and “Warrriorrrrs” as […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Promoter Kathy Duva says the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight is “bad for boxing” and the backlash from the exhibition spectacle will likely dog the sport for years to come. “Of course it’s bad for boxing,” said Duva. “It’s going to suck up all the air in the room.” Boxing legend Mayweather and mixed martial arts superstar McGregor announced plans on Wednesday for a boxing showdown that could become one […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Clippers announced Thursday they are considering leaving Staples Center arena which they have shared with the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings since 1999. The Clippers reached an agreement with the city of Inglewood, California to look into building a new stadium in the suburbs, about 12 kilometers (eight miles) southwest of downtown Los Angeles. “I have said from day one that we need to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman says his mission to Pyongyang is an attempt to “open doors” with the isolated country, as the United States focuses on the release from North Korean custody of a comatose student. In a video filmed in Beijing before an unresponsive Otto Warmbier was evacuated to the US suffering from brain damage, the eccentric ex-Chicago Bull said he wanted to build bridges with the Stalinist state. “The […]
By: Alex Tejada, EBC Sports International, Las Vegas Bureau Crossover athletes have not done especially well at the professional level. One of the two most famous athletes who have excelled in two different professional sports, were Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Coincidentally, the two played both football and baseball. In the world of MIx Martial Arts (MMA), athletes learn to become better boxers in order to enhance their stand up game; meanwhile increase their fighting […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — American MMA fighter Holly Holm backed Conor McGregor to cause Floyd Mayweather problems on Thursday after their cross-over boxing showdown was confirmed. Ireland’s McGregor will be the heavy underdog against 49-0 Mayweather but Holm knows a few things about upsets, after she ended Ronda Rousey’s unbeaten run with a brutal knockout in 2015. “I’m one of those who believes in being able to cross over,” said Holm, a former boxing world […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry said Wednesday that if the team is invited to visit the White House after winning the NBA championship then he probably won’t go. “Somebody asked me about it a couple months ago, a hypothetical, if a championship were to happen, what would I do,” Curry said. “I answered I wouldn’t go. I still feel that way today.” Curry’s comment came two days after […]
