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Jonas Sultan is “ready to rumble”

NEW YORK. Making weight is often a boxer’s nightmare as he tries to balance the meals he eats with the work he puts out in training. So many fights have been lost at the dreaded weighing scale. Jonas Sultan did not have such worries when he climbed the scales for his bantamweight showdown against undefeated […]

Jonas Sultan ready for acid test in New York

NEW YORK – Growing up in humble beginnings in Tampilisan, Zamboanga Del Norte, Jonas Sultan is used to life’s trials and tribulations. In line with that narrative, his boxing career is about to take perhaps it toughest, fiercest test when he climbs the ring this Sunday at the Hulu theater inside the famed Madison Square […]

NBA: LA Clippers punch back, mangle Utah Jazz in Game 3

CHICAGO – An 0-3 series hole in a best-of-7 series is historically a death sentence in the NBA. And the Los Angeles Clippers made sure to avoid the peril. Much maligned for his sub-par performances in the Games 1 and 2 of the series when he missed 23 of 35 shots to produce only 47 […]

Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers fall in Day 2 of 2021 NBA Playoffs

CHICAGO — After being selected by Phoenix as the 13th pick in the 2015 NBA draft, Devin Booker waited six years for this moment to come. He made sure it wouldn’t go to waste. The fiery 6-foot-5, 206-pound guard exploded for 34 points in his playoffs debut to help the Phoenix Suns ambush the Los […]