Month: March 2019

1:16 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Welterweight world titlist Errol Spence Jr. had just finished with his one-sided domination of Mikey Garcia when he went to the postfight news conference in the bowels of AT&T Stadium in the wee hours of Sunday morning. It was there where Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer declared what many
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11:40 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — This was the moment Isaiah Thomas had always dreamed of. For years, the diminutive guard bounced from team to team, constantly seeking two things: respect, and a place to call home. Here, playing for the Celtics, Thomas had found both. However, he’s failed to recapture either of them
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Pavel Pogrebnyak has said it is laughable that black players represent the Russian national team Russia president Vladimir Putin’s adviser Mikhail Fedotov has condemned former Premier League player Pavel Pogrebnyak for saying it’s “laughable” black players represent the national side. Pogrebnyak — who enjoyed spells in England with Fulham and Reading — was critical of foreign
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3:06 PM ET Keith Gill is the new commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, the league announced on Tuesday. Gill becomes the first African-American commissioner of a Football Bowl Subdivision conference. Gill, who had been executive associate commissioner of Atlantic 10 basketball since May 2017, had previously served as athletic director at American University and
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10:06 PM ET Keith Gill will become the first African-American commissioner of a Football Bowl Subdivision conference when he is named to head the Sun Belt Conference, according to USA Today Sports. The Sun Belt has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday but did not divulge the nature of the announcement. Gill had been executive
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