SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 21, 2022 – Filipino fight fans worldwide celebrated their nation’s newest champion Saturday. Challenger Mark Magsayo took advantage of his opportunity, defeating boxing’s longest reigning champion Gary Russell Jr. After Russell Jr. held the title just two months short of seven years, Magsayo is now the WBC World Featherweight champion via ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 21, 2022 – I find it irritating when someone comes up to me at a social gathering (in the pre-COVID days) and says, “Hi, remember me?” Chances are good, I don’t, and you’ve started whatever conversation you want to have by putting me on the spot. So, let me reintroduce you ...
For an exciting look back on football history, check out CDN's 2022 list of the Top 10 Most Amazing NFL Divisional Playoff upsets ever.
LOS ANGELES, January 18, 2022 — The 2021-2022 NFL Wildcard matchups are now in the history books. Now the Divisional playoffs are upon us. Before new history is made, looking back at the past will show that all four of these matchups have some roots in recent and ancient history. well, ancient by football standards. ...
LOS ANGELES, January 19, 2022 — It is not paranoia when they really are out to get you. It is not a conspiracy when the plot against you is real. For fans of the Silver and Black, the feud between the late NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle and the late Raiders owner Al Davis lives forever ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 15, 2022 – WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. sent his hometown fans happy into the cold night from the Turning Stone Casino, battering a game Steve Geffrard of Miami to retain his WBO World Light Heavyweight title. Geffrard took a knee one minute into the ninth round when Smith ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 14, 2022 – WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. of Long Island (27-3, 21 KOs) never does anything the easy way. He worked full-time as a laborer digging trenches with a jackhammer for most of his professional career, training after the day was done. When he was finally able to ...
LOS ANGELES, January 14, 2022 — The 2021 NFL regular season is now in the history books. The Wildcard matchups are set. Before new history is made, a brief look at recent history and past history. Recent history saw the NFL regular season end in thrilling fashion. The Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers ...
LOS ANGELES, January 6, 2022 — Seventeen weeks of the 2021 NFL regular season are now permanently in the history books. Normally this would mean it is time for the playoffs, but not this year. Not yet. This is the first season where there are 18 weeks instead of 17. Each team plays 17 games ...
LOS ANGELES, January 5, 2022 — Happy New Year. You’re history. Happy Hanukkah. Clean out your desk. Merry Christmas. You’re fired. The NFL coaching carousel is about to spin like a dreidel. The NFL is a cold place in losing environments. The annual ritual of firing coaches on Black Monday is a long-established NFL tradition. As ...
LOS ANGELES, January 4, 2022 — The first 17 weeks of the 2021 NFL regular season are in the history books. In past years, this would mean the end of the regular season. Yet for the first time ever, Week 18 is here. Each team now plays 17 regular-season games instead of 16. This week ...
LOS ANGELES — The first 17 weeks of the 2021 NFL regular season are in the history books. In past years, this would mean the end of the regular season. Yet for the first time ever, Week 18 is here. Each team now plays 17 regular-season games instead of 16. This week football jargon not ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 1, 2022 –The coronavirus still had its say about the boxing calendar, but the fans finally came back, and boxing did its part coming through with notable performances – many from unexpected sources in a year full of upsets. First, let’s pause and thank medical science for helping revive the Sweet ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 31, 2021 – Boxing isn’t a traditional sport for New Year’s Day. Enter Premier Boxing Champions, rolling the dice at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on an all-heavyweight on Fox Sports PBC PPV. Price tag is $39.95. The pay-per-view telecast begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. ...
LOS ANGELES, December 29, 2021 — There is absolutely football in heaven. Heaven would not be heaven without football. This coming Sunday, God’s biggest and best television studio in the sky will have its best broadcasting team calling the games. John Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021) has finally been reunited with Pat ...
LOS ANGELES, December 22, 2021 — Three weeks ago Jewish football fans celebrated Hanukkah by lighting Menorahs and watching football. We spun dreidels and watched football. We ate potato pancakes and watched football. Now the Christians have their turn. With Christmas approaching, there is only one thing to do for Christian football fans on Christmas ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 18, 2021 – Mexican southpaw Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (43-0, 29 KOs) had to put in hard work against Yunieski Gonzalez of Miami via Cuba (21-4, 17 KOs), delighting the fans in San Antonio with a hardcore action fight. Gonzalez drew Ramirez into a slugfest, forcing Ramirez to eat far more punches ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 17, 2021 – Boxing fans, avoid the last-minute holiday shopping rush and enjoy the last-minute rush of pugilism on the fight schedule Saturday. Communities Digital News puts it all together with our breakdown of best bets. Parker Chisora 2: 1 pm ET/10 am PT, DAZN Heavyweights Joseph Parker of New Zealand ...
DELRAY BEACH, Florida, December 15, 2021 — In September, all 32 NFL teams are like little puppies with dreams in their eyes. This is December. Put the NFL puppies to bed. December brings the words of John Randle and Mike Singletary that ring as true as a quarterback getting his bell rung. “This is when ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 10, 2021 – The minute you finish reading this preview, be sure you’ve got fresh batteries in the remote control and all your electronic devices are fully charged. They’ve got to perform under pressure if you intend to watch all the boxing cards filling a heavy-duty fight calendar from around the ...