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By Austin L. Burton on April 20, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Video: Abdur-Rahim goes off on LeBron’s team

The most intriguing story of the opening day of the NBA playoffs was the Eastern Conference’s No. 8 seed, the Atlanta Hawks — the worst team, record-wise, in the entire […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 20, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Pogba Puts Juventus on Brink of Italian Three-Peat

While a good chunk of the sports world is now turning its attention to LeBron James‘ quest for a third straight NBA championship — which officially begins Sunday when his […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 20, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Hopkins Beats Shumenov Via Split Decision

In the end, the debate wasn’t even about whether or not 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins could beat 30-year-old Beibut Shumenov and unify their IBF and WBA light-heavyweight titles. The only argument […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 19, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Video: Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad II

Like I said before, Saturday night’s light-heavyweight unification match between Bernard Hopkins and Beibut Shumenov is, as far as I know, the most high-profile fight between two Muslim boxers since […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 18, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Hopkins, Shumenov and Ali are ready to steal the show in D.C.

Although I don’t have The Ring magazine’s complete archives or a quick way to get in touch with Larry Merchant to confirm this, I’m fairly certain that Saturday’s light-heavyweight unification […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 17, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Nothing wrong with Mo Farah’s marathon run

You know you’ve gotten really good at what you do when the public starts expecting you to do the unexpected. That new level of pressure has now undeniably landed in […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 17, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Video: Training with Samir Handanovic

If you’ve ever wondered how one of the best goalkeepers in the world gets ready for a match, here’s a sample of Samir Handanovic’s workout routine. The 29-year-old Handanovic, a […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 17, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Karim Benzema helps Real Madrid win Copa del Rey

Home to the reigning FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Cup champions, it can be argued that Spain is the soccer capital of the world right now. (Although Brazil can […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 16, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

CFL linebacker Abraham Kromah was born to lead

The low point of Abraham Kromah’s professional life turned out to be perhaps the best thing that could have happened to him personally. In the spring of 2011, following his […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 15, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Boston Marathon bombings: One year after

I don’t remember exactly where I was or what I was doing on April 15, 2013, when I learned two bombs had exploded near the finish line of the Boston […]

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