Joe Tussing is a former professoional MMA fighter and current trainer with more than 20 years experience in combat sports. Tussing is a writer, reporter and MMA personality living in Las Vegas.
Don Mattingly, manager of the Marlins, is familiar with blasting home runs into the upper deck. As one of the game’s top sluggers in the 1980s, he knocked several balls into the upper levels of Yankee Stadium. And one of his teammates blasted the longest left-handed home run in the history of Coors Field. In […] More
As Brooklyn prepares for the offseason, Irving’s long-term future with the franchise may be one of the most significant factors it may want to alter. Irving has a player option for $36.5 million that he may refuse this summer to become a free agent. He has stated numerous times that he wants to remain in […] More
No longer must college football teams win their division to qualify for their individual conference championship games. The NCAA Division I Council has agreed to enable FBS conferences to select the two teams that will compete in the conference championship instead of using division winners as the determining factor. Four of the Power 5 conferences […] More
Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced that Baltimore Orioles right-handed pitcher Matt Harvey has been suspended for 60 games for the distribution of a prohibited drug. Here is the quick statement from the league: “The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that Baltimore Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey has been suspended for 60 games without […] More
North Carolina (18-0), the six-time reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion, has been awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, the NCAA said Sunday night. Carolina, as ACC champion and automatic qualifier, will host NCAA games at Dorrance Field on Friday, May 13 and Sunday, May 15. Friday in Chapel Hill will host […] More
Kevin Durant, a two-time NBA champion, has been designated a minority owner of NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the team announced Wednesday. Thirty-Five Ventures (35V), co-founded by Brooklyn Nets star and entrepreneur Rich Kleiman, becomes the club’s third investor since March. Durant is the latest sports icon to acquire a […] More
The NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Subcommittee has announced the 64 teams and 16 locations for the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championship. According to NCAA regulation, the top 16 seeds are guaranteed to host if a bid is received and all conditions are satisfied, and conference opponents were avoided in the championship’s first […] More
Duke freshman AJ Griffin has declared for the NBA draft, becoming the sixth Blue Devils player to do so in the last week. Griffin’s decision was made Sunday, the final day for athletes to declare themselves eligible for the NBA selection. Duke confirmed that the 6-foot-6, 222-pound wing, who is a probable lottery pick, intends […] More
Keyen Green, a graduate of the University of Tennessee’s women’s basketball program, has been awarded an NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Graduate Scholarship, the organization said. Green is thought to be the first Lady Vol Hoops player to attain that honor, according to UT’s Thornton Athletics Student Life Center. She joins fellow Tennessee student-athletes […] More
Wright has accomplished everything a college basketball coach can do, and even more than that. In 2016 and 2018, he won the NCAA championship. He guided Villanova to four Final Four appearances. He won eight regular-season Big East championships and five Big East Tournament championships. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of […] More
On Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center, the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team progressed to the NCAA Championships Finals with a score of 407.290 in the Session II Qualifier. Additionally, Michigan (412.890) and Ohio State (407.956) progressed. Earlier on Friday, Illinois, Nebraska, and Stanford qualified. “We all contribute to the spark,” OU freshman Emre Dodanli explained. […] More
The reigning champion Milwaukee Bucks had to rely on their defense in their playoff opening on a night when their typically explosive offense struggled to find solutions. Fortunately for the Bucks, that was the one area of their game where they excelled. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 27 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the third-seeded […] More
