Other sports watched with interest at how today’s tools were used for a fight with narrative, hype, personalities and jeopardySome food for thought. Last week, the Guardian’s report on the “special exhibition” between the Hall of Fame boxer Floyd Mayweather and the celebrity YouTuber Logan Paul, was the second most-read story on our entire website. Millions read it, shared it, devoured it. A million Americans also paid $49.99 to watch on pay-per-view. Beforehand Mayweather had described it as “legalised bank robbery”. And it was. Yet people still willingly stuck their hands in the air and handed over their cash. Related: Logan Paul v Floyd Mayweather ends in boos as each fighter makes millions Continue reading...
Brazil is unsure whether to host the Copa América and attending Euro 2020 will be arduous but it is the way for nowIt was one of the more remarkable episodes in a PGA Tour season. Jon Rahm, having stepped from the 18th green on completion of his third round at Muirfield Village, put head in hands after being spoken to by tournament officials. His caddie batted aside a camera crew as they pursued what was evidently a breaking story. The simple inference was that Rahm had been told that someone close to him was seriously ill; or worse.As it transpired, Rahm had tested positive for Covid‑19. It had been a complex process, instigated by him being identified as a contact...
Golden State’s former head coach helped ease the likes of Klay Thompson and Steph Curry into the league. He hasn’t had a top job in the NBA sinceThe Golden State Warriors pretty much owned the Western Conference for half a decade, appearing in five successive NBA finals from 2014 to 2019. Three of those five ended up with Golden State hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy; if it not for a superhuman comeback by the Cavaliers in 2016 or a rash of catastrophic injuries in 2019, they might well have won all five. The fact that they’ve made the postseason this year – they face the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night in the play-in tournament – despite the season-long absence of...
This week’s roundup also features the most left-wing football match ever and breakdancing title celebrations1) After Sergio Agüero’s recent fluff, we start our round-up in Romania, head to MLS, then venture to Serbia, take a detour to the Championship and finally catch right back up with Bryan Taiva in Chile this week. We can’t quite tell if Bersant Celina was in the Panenka process when this happened (but it looks possible). Oh, and of course, when they go right with the man himself.Classic Razor : @skysportnz pic.twitter.com/KaIBCWKMGbDe Superboeren op weg naar promotie? pic.twitter.com/2mD5oT0B4j Continue reading...
Exhibition between YouTuber and 44-year-old is a destructive, easy source of revenue – and a troubling prospect for the sportThe phrase “(Person X) has a punchable face” is a horrible thing. There is so much wrong with it. The idea people have any say in what their face looks like. The suggestion punching is an acceptable human response. It’s degrading. It’s cowardly. It stinks of all the worst parts of the internet, humankind’s angriest medium.And yet, with all due advisories, and having considered soberly all available evidence, it has to be said Logan Paul really does have a punchable face. Related: Buddy McGirt: ‘A lot of Derek Chisora’s fights have been real wars but I can look after him’ |...