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Oleksandr Usyk hits out at "belly" Tyson Fury as fight talks continue

Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua last year to set up an undisputed heavyweight title clash with Fury, and with the pair closing in on an agreement, the Ukrainian has resumed the trash talk

Daily Mirror · Jan 10, 2023

Stop blaming firearms for society’s problems

Sure, more can be done to protect lives when it comes to gun violence, but the answer is not to remove the guns. Look around at what society has become and try to fix the problems. Don’t blame an inanimate object.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2023

Will Bunch: Exhuming McCarthy: How minority rule could implode US democracy in 2023

In the end, he couldn’t even get 218 votes, a simple majority. The GOP’s Kevin McCarthy gained the House speakership in the dead of night early Saturday, but the last winner of a 15-rounder who emerged this battered and bloody was Muhammad Ali, who told reporters after 1975′s “Thrilla in…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jan 9, 2023

Robert Parish on how fellow iconic Celtics big man Bill Russell prepared him to play in Boston

'I was really leery and hesitant of the city,' shared Parish, who'd had a negative experience with Celtics fans his rookie season with the Warriors.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 30, 2022

Pele: Football’s Elvis Presley who achieved immortality amid controversy

His brilliance helped him reach immense levels of fame but he leaves a complicated legacy

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

Pele through the years: Real name, socks for footballs, serial winner and Viagra frontman

The Brazil icon led an extraordinary life, not least of all winning three World Cups, and is widely regarded as the greatest footballer to have ever graced the game

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

Pele's aura left you knowing you were in the presence of greatness

Pele has passed at the age of 82 but his legacy lives on after a career on and off that pitch that transcended his sport which began with his sensational World Cup efforts

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

Pele was always about more than football

A Netflix documentary explored the life of one of football’s greatest-ever players and the country that loved him like no other, Miguel Delaney writes

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

Dylan Hernandez: Lincoln Riley keeps raising the bar, expecting his first USC team to be his weakest

LOS ANGELES — Don't be fooled by his understated demeanor. Lincoln Riley is brash. He tells you he's going to kick your you-know-what and he explains how he's going to do it.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 22, 2022

Cult of Conor McGregor looks like it's coming to a fitting end

''The Irish Muhammad Ali" as he was once called is getting a slap in the face from the sporting public and maybe now the UFC

Belfast Live · Dec 21, 2022