Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury Faces Dillian Whyte in London

It’s clear that undefeated heavyweight champion Tyson Fury would prefer Saturday’s match against former training partner Dillian Whyte to be all about boxing. The match at Wembley Stadium in London will be Fury’s first match in England in four years after fighting back and forth in the United States. And for this homecoming, he will …

Black Independent Film Champion Michelle Materre dies at 67

Michelle Materre, a distributor and educator who promoted the voices of Black women in films and released influential independent films from Black creators, died March 11 in White Plains, NY. She was 67 years old. A friend, Kathryn Bowser, said the cause was oral cancer. Ms Materre was an early advocate of independently published work …

Rain, Wind, Cold, Hurricane Warnings and Champion After Five Days

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — There was an early sign that this year’s Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s signature event, would radically challenge the golf tournament convention. It arrived before sunrise for Thursday’s first round in the form of an ominous weather delay delivered while the golfers were asleep. In the end, many probably felt …

Conference Champion Not Going to NCAA Tournament

In the major middle leagues of college basketball, winning the conference tournament is often the only reliable way for a team to secure its NCAA tournament bid. But even before the Bellarmine men’s team defeated Jacksonville 77-72 in Tuesday’s ASUN Conference championship game, it had no chance of qualifying for the national tournament. Bellarmine, a …

Conference Champion Not Going to NCAA Tournament

In the mid-major leagues of college basketball, winning the conference tournament is often the only reliable way for a team to secure an NCAA tournament bid. But even before the Bellarmine men’s team defeated Jacksonville 77-72 in Tuesday’s ASUN Conference championship game, it had no chance of qualifying for the national tournament. Bellarmine, a private …