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Continuing to serve as one of the biggest names in the UFC, “Sugar” Sean O’Malley has teamed up with Sanabul for another pair of cotton candy-themed gloves. Building on their pastel tone boxing gloves release last year, the duo has put together MMA sparring gloves that match the Bantamweight fighter’s superstar personality and combat skills. Coming in a mix of pink, baby blue and white, the 7 oz MMA gloves design comes complete with open palms for sparring and light mitt work. The training essentials are constructed of durable full-grain engineered vegan-friendly leather with a dura-soft protection system of hand-shaped, professional-grade padding and a custom premium lining for enhanced protection. Limited to 100 pairs, the gloves feature a secure hook and loop closure and come complete w...

Tony Hawk has teamed up with mountain water company Liquid Death to release a skateboard deck painted using his actual blood. The limited-edition deck is adorned with a character referencing Hawk’s nickname, Birdman, overlaid on red paint that was mixed with a vial of Hawk’s blood. “Own your very own piece of Birdman!” the website states. A video accompanying the product launch showed the process of professionally extracting blood from Hawk, who serves as an ambassador for the company. “Liquid Death officially owns my soul, and my blood too?” he said in the video. Hawk explained that some of the proceeds from the stunt would go toward ending plastic pollution through anti-plastic nonprofit 5 Gyres as well as toward building skateparks in underserved communities via Hawk’s The Skatepar...

After a unanimous win in favor of Yordenis Ugas during the bout held on August 21 in Las Vegas, long-time coach Freddie Roach feels that it’s time for Manny Pacquiao to retire. The idea of Pacquiao calling it quits has been a topic of discussion in the past, but the eight-division world champion always found a way to bounce back into his career. “I hate to see the day he retires but this could be it,” Roach said in the post-fight interview. “He didn’t have a great performance tonight. We’ll see what Manny decides.” Roach and Pacquiao have stood by each other for about 20 years despite a number of affiliates in Pacquiao’s corner wanting to push out the famed 61-year-old American boxing trainer. To the iconic Filipino boxer, Roach is more than just a coach as he indicated that he’s family an...

Following his shocking exit from FC Barcelona, additional news regarding Lionel Messi and his departure has surfaced. Upon going back to his Barcelona dressing room to clear out his locker, Messi reportedly could not take all his items with him. AS reported, “[Messi] could not take all the objects that he still had inside…Among the items he had to leave behind was the award he received for the best player of the 2018 Joan Gamper Trophy match.” The footballer received the star-shaped awarded when he played against the Boca Juniors, giving an assist and scoring a goal in the 45 minutes he played. The game ended up in a 3-0 win for the player and his team. Messi is aware that his locker will likely have a new tenant this season. All that is currently left of the locker is the number 10 on the...

Manny Pacquiao suffered his eighth loss on Saturday in his match against Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas. Judges scored the fight 115-113, 116-112, and 116-112 for a unanimous win for the Cuban boxer who took the fight with just 11 days’ notice after Errol Spence Jr.’s withdrawal. Many boxing fans commented that Pacquiao’s age — he’s seven years Ugas’ senior at 42 — was showing as he appeared to be flat-footed and not as swift when compared to this last match from 2019 against Keith Thurman. This fight is Ugas’s first defense of his WBA (Super) welterweight title with a new record of 27-4 while the record of boxing’s only eight-division champion, Manny Pacquiao, now sits at 62-8. Check out Pacquiao’s post-fight interview below, there was also a part where Manny’s long-time coach Freddie Roach admits ...

Sha’Carri Richardson recently finished ninth with a time of 11.14 at the Nike Prefontaine Classic race in Oregon. Taking some time off since her questionable disqualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it was a repeat of the Olympic games as Jamaica took the top three spots in the 100m. Finishing ninth, many were quick to judge her race, even commenting that her days of gold medal contention are over as she lost to runners that she beat in the past. Well, Richardson wasted no time to hush the naysayers as she took to the microphone for a fiery post-race interview. She said, “I am not upset at myself at all. This is one race, I am not done. You know what I am capable of. Count me out if you want to. Talk all the sh*t you want, cuz I am here to stay. I’m not done.” Sha’carri Richards...

In a recent segment of Chips from Bleacher Report, Draymond Green sits down to talk with his former Golden State Warriors teammate, Kevin Durant. The two NBA stars have an honest conversation about the events that transpired and caused KD to depart from the Warriors. Green does not hold back in the conversation and asks Durant how much of their argument during a game against the Los Angeles Clippers in KD’s final season with the Warriors influenced his decision to leave. Fans may remember the animated conversation that drew the attention of many fans and even caused Green to be suspended by the front office. The argument later led to the Warriors ultimately falling short of a three-peat after KD and Klay Thompson sustained season-ending injuries. KD clarified that the moment was not exactl...

This coming 2021-22 season will see LeBron James enter his 19th year in the NBA. Though he suffered a few injuries in the past season, the King does not seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Though that is the case, it did not stop the 10 NBA executives and scouts from disregarding the veteran basketball player on the league’s list of best player’s going into the next season. After finding out he received zero tweets and realizing that the 10 NBA execs and scouts have split their votes between Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant, James took to Twitter to respond. Giannis, who of course just came off of winning his first NBA title and Durant who just won his third Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, seemed like a shoo-in for the votes. James responded on Twitter seemingly thanking the NBA execs...

A new report claims that a sequence of three counterfeit shakedowns have gone underway, capturing 9,769 clubs and numerous golf accessories, along with over 10,600 pieces of trademark tags and labels, according to Golfweek. The details were shared by the U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group, an organization made up of six golf companies, including Acushnet (Footjoy, Scotty Cameron and Titleist), Callaway, Cleveland (Srixon and Xxio), Ping, PXG, and TaylorMade. The group’s work, since 2004, has ushered the closing down of more than 1,500 websites, and more than two million pieces of counterfeit golf merchandise have been detained and removed from commerce. Lisa Rogan, Director of Brand Protection for Titleist, shared the motivation behind the group: “The job of protecti...

NBA franchise Philadelphia 76ers have signed their star center, Joel Embiid to a four-year supermax contract extension for $196 million USD. The contract extension keeps Embiid with the Sixers until 2026-27 which would take his salary up to a total of $261 million USD. According to ESPN, Embiid was set to make $65 million USD over the last two years of his current deal. This summer, he represented himself at negotiations and became eligible for a supermax extension. Last season the four-time All-Star finished second in MVP voting and made the All-NBA second team. In 2020-21 season, the center averaged 28.5 points and 10.6 rebounds in 51 regular-season games. Though the contract is fully guaranteed and includes a player option for the final year, it does not include the same provisions that...

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball came out of the recent 2020-21 NBA season as the Rookie of the Year and states that he has no regrets for leaving school to head to the league. Ball originally committed to UCLA as a five-star recruit but rescinded his pledge and went down south to play for the Illawarra Hawks in Australia’s National Basketball League. By 2020 the 19-year-old was drafted by the Hornets with the third overall pick where we continued on to average 15.7 points, 6.1 assists and 5.9 rebounds despite injuring his wrist late in the season. In an interview with GQ magazine, the Chino Hills native expressed his opinions about the path he took to get where he is today. “You wanna go to the league, so school’s not your priority,” Ball said. “We not trippin’ off school. We not dumb....

ABC News is set to air a one-hour special entitled Superstar: Kobe Bryant, highlighting the late NBA legend’s Black Mamba personality both on and off the court. The intimate portrait aims to follow the evolution of Kobe Bryant, including diving into his roots as a young, gifted basketball star to his illustrious career as a five-time NBA Champion with the Los Angeles Lakers. Much of the story is told in his words and also goes into detail regarding the athlete’s other accomplishments such as his Oscar-winning moment and being a proud #girldad. The primetime event touches on his triumphs as well as his indiscretions, complications that arose in his personal life and his tragic death that sent the world into shock for months after. His basketball career is heavily emphasized and Bryant’...