Poirier won again, McGregor injured. Blog King, Mass Appeal LAS VEGAS — Saturday night’s UFC 264 main event wasn’t all it was cracked up to be (no pun intended). That’s because Conor McGregor broke his leg towards the cessation of round one — making Dustin Poirier (28-6, 1 NC) a TKO winner via doctor’s stoppage. The highly anticipated trilogy rematch ...

Tyson & Jones fought to draw.  Blog King, Mass Appeal LOS ANGELES — In what was billed as a legendary bout of fisticuffs between two has-beens in their 50s, Iron Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. put on quite a show Saturday night in an eight-round exhibition at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. But, unfortunately, there was no victor. ...

Sumner Class ’69 provides example.  Blog King, Mass Appeal KANSAS CITY — This weekend, yours truly got a chance to attend a concatenation of indelible events tied to the 50th anniversary of mom’s high school reunion. We’re talking Sumner Class of 1969 — back when the segregated institution manufactured multiple state/national championships in arts, science and athletics. Of course, jaundiced ...

Wilder lands 1st round knockout.  Blog King, Mass Appeal BROOKLYN — “You got knocked the f*ck out!” Leading up to his WBC heavyweight championship bout with Dominic Breazeale, world titleholder Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) expended a ton of energy talking about how bad he wanted to kick his challenger’s ass. Wilder even told the media boxing “is the only ...

Tiger collects his fifth green jacket. Blog King, Mass Appeal AUGUSTA — It took fourteen years. But he finally did it. Tiger Woods is on top of the golf world again, shooting 13 under to win his 5th green jacket Sunday afternoon at the Masters. The Chinese negro is now the proud owner of 15 major championships, trailing only Jack ...