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Where did the American heavyweight boxing champions go?Errol Spence and Terence Crawford’s highly-anticipated welterweight Fight of the Year doubles as a ring showdown for the pound-for-pound crown that boxing aficionados have been counting down to for years....

Living George Foreman's Biggest Fights | Khris Davis' Ultimate Sports Fantasy

Tom Brady's not the only star who couldn't quit the spotlightFor the second straight Feb. 1, Tom Brady retired from the National Football League. His first retirement lasted all of 40 days, coming back to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers minutes after the NCAA Tournament field was chosen on Selection Sunday. He’s now retired “for good” and the entire sports world kno...

It’s OK to enjoy Albert Pujols’ 700th home run

I never know how to write about the teams or players I like. I could pen 2,500 words on Albert Pujols in 20 minutes, literally breaking Mavis Beacon records along the way, and none of it would be coherent or old-time-y poetic like in the days when you had to read sports writers to see a swing. ...

Tennis is having the goldenest of all Golden Ages

It’s strange how normalized greatness is during something’s golden age. If you look at music for example, hip-hop peaked in the ’90s for a lot of people like classic rock did in the ’60s and ’70s. However, even when 2Pac and Biggie were at the apex, rappers like Nas and Jay-Z weren’t in the picture ...

Please don’t let Manny Pacquiao fight Errol Spence Jr., it won’t end well

Manny Pacquiao showed the world on Saturday night that he should want no part of Errol Spence Jr. inside of a boxing ring. The 42-year-old ‘Pacman’ took on WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas for the title, proving that age isn’t just a number. It matters in the world of boxing....

Because Tokyo 2021 is weird and shouldn’t be happening, Deadspinners recall their favorite past Olympic moments

Conflicted about tuning in tonight for the Opening Ceremonies of an Olympics that most of the host nation don’t even want in the middle of a pandemic where athletes are essentially being greeted with positive COVID-19 tests at the airport and rumors abound of possible cancellation even as it kicks o...

50 years ago today, Ali and Frazier stepped into the ring and delivered a divided nation its greatest sporting spectacle

Professional boxing had come a long way in the half-century that preceded March 8, 1971, the night Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali stepped into the Madison Square Garden ring for what remains history’s greatest heavyweight championship fight....