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Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Boxer Claressa Shields is preparing for a world title heavyweight bout against Danielle Perkins on Feb. 2, but she's happy to discuss fighting someone else. [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY PASADENA, Calif. - The Ohio State football team may have passed its most important test on the way to a potential national championship. No, not [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Tommy Fury did more than hand Jake Paul his first loss on Feb. 26, 2023. He prompted Paul to overhaul his core team, in which [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Mike Tyson once worked under the tutelage of a man who wore suits and the look of a sage. That was Cus D'Amato, the famed [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY IRVING, Texas - It was Mike Tyson in the flesh - and in the ring. For months, the public has seen only video clips of [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Whether Mike Tyson or Jake Paul emerges as the winner from their fight likely depends on how long it goes. Both men appear aware of [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Mike Tyson puzzled fans with the T-shirt he wore when he walked onto a stage at the Apollo Theater in New York on May 13. [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY The power looks real. The speed looks real. The sweat, the grunts, the groans - it all looks real in the viral videos of Mike [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY New York is among at least six states that has prohibited wagering on this week's fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of alleged sexual abuse that may be offensive to readers or painful to survivors of sexual assault. As [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Mike Tyson's agent told USA TODAY Sports the boxer is wearing a compression sleeve on his right knee as a preventative measure and does not [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY PALM DESERT, Calif. - Bronny James arrived at his press conference Sunday night looking subdued. Maybe a tad disappointed. Or frustrated. That would be cause [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Bronny James said he was doing a radio interview Monday at the Los Angeles Lakers media day when he recognized the [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY A California bill spurred by the death of Katie Meyer, who died by suicide when she was a women's soccer goalie at Stanford in February [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY The rematch between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and John Gotti III included no brawl. Just more Mayweather domination. And boos. The crowd voiced its displeasure after [...]

Byline: Heather Tucker and Josh Peter, USA TODAY The summertime bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul that had social media abuzz and the boxing community chattering is on hold [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY If that was it for Deontay Wilder, he went out with a bang - the powerful right hand of 'Big Bang' Zhilei Zhang. Zhang knocked [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Tyson Fury, moments after losing to Oleksandr Usyk by split decision in a fight for the undisputed heavyweight title, threw one last punch. It was [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY As the Denver Nuggets battle the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA playoffs, Michael Porter Jr. took time between games to talk about how he copes [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Canelo Alvarez defeated Jaime Munguia by unanimous decision Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In front of a spirited crowd on Cinco de [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY The news on Wednesday that boxer Ryan Garcia failed drug tests before his three-knockdown upset of Devin Haney last month came with a twist. Haney [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY The rules have been set for the fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul and they include two-minute rounds and 14-ounce gloves for a sanctioned [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - Lakers in seven, anyone? LeBron James and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers did more than stave off playoff elimination while [...]

Byline: Josh Peter and Tom Schad, USA TODAY Gary Payton is out as the head men's basketball coach at Lincoln University after an unusual - and, at times, contentious - [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Mike Tyson stopped by Ryan Garcia's locker room Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and appraised the shirtless 'KingRy' before Garcia fought Devin Haney. [...]

Byline: Josh Peter and Tom Schad, USA TODAY The Justice Department has agreed to pay more than $100 million to a group of survivors over the FBI's mishandling of the [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY To say Mike Tyson is familiar with marijuana is to say he knows a thing or two about boxing. After fighting Roy Jones Jr. in [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY The University of Illinois will not seek further disciplinary action against Terrence Shannon Jr., the basketball star who was temporarily suspended after being charged with [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Sometimes the miracles start off the court. Like the mini-miracle of Dan Monson, the Long Beach State men's basketball coach who got fired last week [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Jake Paul scored a first-round TKO, battering Ryan Bourland before the referee called the fight at 2:37 Saturday night in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Paul, [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Muhammad Ali was The Greatest, but two of his grandsons are carving out unique paths of their own in combat sports. Biaggio Ali Walsh, 25, [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Shareece Wright, a former NFL player, went from anonymous plaintiff to public figure Friday after sharing with ESPN his account of being sexually assaulted in [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY In February for Black History Month, USA TODAY Sports is publishing the series '29 Black Stories in 29 Days.' We examine the issues, challenges and [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Lou Remillard was driving home from his restaurant in Las Vegas on Monday when he said the memories of past Super Bowls came flooding back. [...]

Byline: Tom Schad and Josh Peter, USA TODAY In the spring of 2021, Stephen F. Austin was searching for a home game to complete its upcoming football schedule. A brand-new [...]

Byline: Tom Schad and Josh Peter, USA TODAY OAKLAND, Calif. - For three years, Lincoln University has lived on the fringes of college football. IN SPORTS 'True hustler': Desmond Gumbs [...]

Byline: Josh Peter and Tom Schad, USA TODAY OAKLAND, Calif. - Desmond Gumbs said he drew on wisdom from his father in 2021 when he started a football team from [...]

Byline: Josh Peter and Tom Schad, USA TODAY OAKLAND, Calif. - Gary Payton, the retired NBA star, barked at players on the men's basketball team of Lincoln University during a [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Jake Paul had a date and location for his next fight - March 2 in Puerto Rico. Now he's disclosed his opponent: Ryan Bourland, an [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Three elite Russian fencers who fled the country after Russia invaded Ukraine are seeking to become U.S. citizens in time to represent America at the [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY PASADENA, Calif. - There was no official word on whether Nick Saban will return as Alabama's football coach after his team lost to Michigan 27-20 [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - It was a memorable college basketball debut for Bronny James on Sunday, 41/2 months after he suffered a cardiac arrest. James, now [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY UNIVERSAL CITY, California - The Eiffel Tower stood in full view when U.S. Olympic hopefuls recently sprang into action. A skateboarder flipped his board in [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY The police chief at the time of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay's 2014 arrest disputed Irsay's allegation that he was arrested for being a 'rich, [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Patrick Mahomes provided no inside scoop on the romance between teammate Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift during his appearance on the 'ManningCast' on the 'Monday [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Jake Paul beat Nate Diaz by unanimous decision Saturday night at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Diaz, the MMA star who was making his pro [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY The day after making a hole-in-one, Steph Curry made yet another memorable shot, followed by yet another wild celebration. On Sunday, the Golden State Warriors [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY If St. Louis is an accurate gauge, Lionel Messi and his jersey No. 10 will not be welcome everywhere after the Argentine superstar joins Inter [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY Shaun White once breezily reported that at 19 he crashed a Lamborghini and then went out and bought a new one. More recently, he said [...]

Byline: Josh Peter USA TODAY ALHAMBRA, Calif. Funk music blasted inside a Chinese restaurant, and spectators who crowded around a small, makeshift dance floor clapped to the beat in anticipation [...]