Ryan Bader on cusp of title shot … maybe (Yahoo Sports)
Bader is one of the longest tenured fighters in UFC to have never fought for a title. Yahoo Sports – Mixed Martial Arts News
Garcia outpoints Guerrero to win welterweight title (Reuters)
(Reuters) – Danny Garcia overcame a sluggish start to win a unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday and claim the WBC welterweight title vacated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. With Mayweather, who retired in September, sitting ringside, Garcia (32-0) took control from the middle rounds and was awarded […]
Danny Garcia outpoints Guerrero, wins WBC welterweight title (The Associated Press)
Danny Garcia needed several rounds to figure out how to handle Robert Guerrero. Garcia won the vacant WBC 147-pound belt Saturday night with a resourceful performance in a unanimous-decision victory over Guerrero. Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) recovered from a slow start and largely controlled the later rounds to win a world title in just his […]
Virus costs Schwartzel South African Open title tilt (Reuters)
A wretched Christmas for South African golfer Charl Schwartzel has been compounded by having to withdraw from next week’s South African Open when the European PGA Tour resumes after the holiday break. While Schwartzel is on the mend, he has been forced to pull out of one of the few domestic titles he has yet […]
Conor McGregor’s shadow looms over Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone’s title bout (Yahoo Sports)
The stakes are as high as ever if Cerrone can defeat Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight title. Yahoo Sports – Mixed Martial Arts News
‘Rocky’ comparisons aside, Conor McGregor toning down rhetoric ahead of title tilt (Yahoo Sports)
McGregor says he’s ‘still grinding, still hungry’ but he isn’t overly focused on Jose Aldo ahead of his career-defining fight. Yahoo Sports – Mixed Martial Arts News
Report: Title I Funding Too Low, Generally Ineffective
A new report from the Brookings Institution that takes a closer look at Title I funding suggests that the largest program within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is ineffective at improving education for disadvantaged students. The report, “Why federal spending on disadvantaged students (Title I) doesn’t work,” suggests that the funding per student is too […]
One-of-a-kind Fury won’t change after heavyweight title win (The Associated Press)
Being heavyweight champion of the world hasn’t changed Tyson Fury much, at least judging by the maverick boxer’s journey back to Britain after beating Wladimir Klitschko. There’ll be no change in the champ,” Fury, who is of Gypsy heritage and says he’s the most charismatic boxer since Muhammad Ali, told The Associated Press in a […]