Bryan Armen Graham

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Bryan Armen Graham

Richardson Hitchins delivered a career-best performance on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, stopping George Kambosos Jr with a withering body shot in the eighth round to retain the IBF’s version of the light welterweight championship. In his first defense of the 140lb belt, and his first time headlining a card in his hometown, Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) controlled every round before putting Kambosos down with a sharp left hook to the midsection.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Bryan Armen Graham

College athletes spent decades fighting for the right to make money from their name, image and likeness (NIL). In 2021, they won. Now, a $2.8bn NCAA settlement is set to compensate hundreds of thousands of current and former athletes who missed out on those earnings. But not everyone thinks the deal is fair. Eight female athletes filed an appeal this week, arguing the agreement violates Title IX, the US law banning sex-based discrimination in education.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Bryan Armen Graham

Olympic athletes have condemned the Enhanced Games – a controversial new sporting event where competitors are encouraged to use performance-enhancing drugs – warning it could result in long-term health consequences or even deaths. In a joint statement issued Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) athletes’ commissions called the Enhanced Games “a betrayal of everything that we stand for”.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Bryan Armen Graham

Boxing’s most eagerly anticipated fight in years, the long-rumored showdown between Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford, will take place on 13 September in Las Vegas and stream globally on Netflix, organizers confirmed on Tuesday. The summit meeting will match two of the most accomplished pound-for-pound fighters of the past decade in a cross-divisional clash with generational implications.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Bryan Armen Graham

Rock star lifestyle might not make it. For a while there, you were inclined to take Dwayne Michael Carter Jr at his word. The codeine addiction and lean-fueled health scares. The weapons charge and one-year stint at Rikers. The BLM missteps and clumsy alignment with Trump. The doomed lobbying for the hometown Super Bowl halftime show gig that ultimately went to Kendrick Lamar.