Category: SPORTS

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that he won’t throw the ceremonial first pitch as planned at the Texas Rangers’ home opener — the

Weighing in before a boxing match is typically routine. But when Demond Nicholson stood on the scale for a scheduled bout in May 2019, he was already fighting

By STEFANIE DAZIO LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods was driving nearly 90 mph — twice the posted speed limit — on a downhill stretch of road when

Though it’s known as “The City of Brotherly Love,” Philadelphia has also produced some of the best pugilists to ever lace up a pair of gloves. Hall of

The word on the street — actually, on social media — is that Mike Tyson may get in the ring with Evander Holyfield for a third time. Right

Coffee Creek Media Group, one of Texas’ premier children’s book publishers, announces the release of “A Champion’s Heart” by former NFL player, Brian Mitchell. Published under the imprint, Frog Pond

By GREG BEACHAM LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elgin Baylor changed the very direction of basketball when he joined the NBA and brought his vertical feats of athletic brilliance

By TOM ODULA and RODNEY MUHUMUZA NAKURU, Kenya (AP) — President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic in Africa whose populist rule often cast his East

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who ruled the middleweight boxing division in the 1980s, yet never received the recognition he

By DOUG FERGUSON Tiger Woods is back at home in Florida to resume his recovery from career-threatening leg injuries he suffered when his SUV ran off a road