Share this: HOUSTON — Anthony “Rumble” Johnson is out for revenge, although you’d hardly know it based on his demeanor. Johnson stopped by Radio Row on Friday to talk with NESN.com’s Michaela Vernava about his upcoming fight against Daniel Cormier at UFC 210. Cormier recently has thrown some trash talk in Johnson’s direction, but Rumble was calm, cool and collected while discussing his opponent. Johnson, who lost to Cormier at UFC 187 in May 2015, is coming off three consecutive wins, including a 13-second knockout victory over Glover Teixeira at UFC 202 in August. His sights clearly are set on the UFC light heavyweight title. Check out the video above for more. Thumbnail photo via Tom Szczerbowski/USA TODAY Sports Images More Stories Source link
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Brad Stevens, Celtics React To Donald Trump’s Election: ‘It Wasn’t My Vote’
Share this: Brad Stevens never has been one to generate controversy, and his players usually try to stay out of politics. But seeing as the Boston Celtics were right down the street from the White House on Wednesday, Stevens couldn’t help but weigh in on Tuesday’s momentous events. Ahead of Boston’s game against the Washington Wizards at Verizon Center, the Celtics coach was asked to react to Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election and revealed he didn’t vote for the Republican party candidate. “It wasn’t my vote,” Stevens said, via MassLive.com. “Let’s put it that way.” Stevens added he doesn’t like discussing politics but seemed to understand it may be unavoidable after Tuesday night. “The advice that I’ve always been given is don’t talk about politics
Redknapp plays down talk of QPR move for Keane
Updated: Thursday, 11 Dec 2014 15:39 | Comments Robbie Keane has enjoyed a triumphant year with Los Angeles Galaxy
Book Club: Shop Talk
Hi Steve,I know you haven't yet read Andre Agassi's book because of all the hoopla that surrounded its release, so it's interesting that both the Pete Sampras and Agassi anecdotes you picked out have a lot of resonance with what's in Agassi's book, Open.Sampras' bad tipping has been throughly hashed by this point, but the tales of how Agassi destroyed the Davis Cup team atmosphere in the 2005 quarterfinals are fresher and very entertaining -- definitely the best section of the book, and a must-read for anyone who watched that infamous loss. As McEnroe relates, Agassi spent a lot of time haranguing Bob Bryan about his "actress chick." It clearly wasn't a one-off thing -- in "Open," Agassi makes a