Reports out of the UK have linked McKean, 32, to a bout with Joshua in early 2023 as the former unified heavyweight champion plots a course back to the top of the division. Speaking on TalkSport’s Fight Night boxing podcast, journalist Gareth A. Davies laid out the path he expects Joshua to take, starting with a bout against Queenslander McKean in London. MORE: Gervonta Davis sets sights on Ryan Garcia fight after TKO of Hector Luis Garcia “I think he’ll fight Demsey McKean, the undefeated Australian who’s ranked 10 with the WBO and I think 11 with the IBF,” Davies said....

Joshua will put his heavyweight titles on the line Saturday against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev at the O2 Arena in London. It will be Joshua’s first bout since defeating Andy Ruiz Jr. on Dec. 7, 2019. Pulev has not officially battled an opponent since scoring a unanimous decision win over Rydell Booker on Nov. 9, 2019, but he is on an eight-fight winning streak coming into the matchup against Joshua....

Premium cable rivals Showtime and HBO have agreed to a deal to air the April 29 bout between IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and former unified heavyweight kingpin Wladimir Klitschko. The vacant IBO and WBA Heavyweight Championships will also be on the line. The dual-broadcasting of the fight is something that has never been done — a bout which will air solely on cable TV and not pay-per-view. Showtime will get the 4:15 p....

Not only had the Cubs lost five straight heading into the last game before the All-Star break, they lost nine out of 10 games and 15 of their last 20. That’s a far cry from the record-setting pace they were on during the first two months of the season. MORE: Sporting News 50 - Do Rizzo, Bryant make the cut? | MLB’s Rising Stars - Futures Game 2016 Rizzo led the way Sunday by collecting four hits with a run scored....

Pulling back on years of ardent support for the president, Scaramucci told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Thursday that Trump’s visits with victims and families in El Paso and Dayton was a “catastrophe” and a failed attempt at demonstrating empathy. He also appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher Friday, which Trump acknowledged watching “by accident.” But even Scaramucci’s overly positive portrayal and staunch defense of Trump on Maher’s show were not enough to please the president....

“Proud to know @ChrisCuomo,” Scaramucci tweeted, alongside a video clip from Cruz’s recent Cuomo Prime Time appearance. The former Trump administration official, who briefly served as communications director in July 2017, went on to ask, “what happened to @tedcruz?” “I know what happened,” his tweet continued. “@realDonaldTrump crippled [Cruz’s] backbone and his once great intellect.” Scaramucci’s suggestion about President Donald Trump’s influence over the Republican senator referenced Cruz’s chaotic argument with Cuomo during Wednesday’s interview, which quickly deteriorated into onscreen screaming....

“‘Josiah, you like watermelon?’” she said, as she began crumpling one sheet of paper in her hands. “‘You’re an n-word with a hard R.’ “‘Is the resource officer after you today, Josiah? I saw him following you around.’” Still holding the wrinkled piece of paper, Brown then raised the other pristine sheet, an illustration of children’s “clean slate” when their parents send them to school. “When your babies come home to you, mentally, this is what they should look like,” she said....

Videos posted to Twitter and Instagram documented the ordeal, which began when Johnston attempted to buy soap at Dave’s No Frills grocery store in Dawson’s Creek, British Columbia. Refusing to wear a mask, Johnston was asked repeatedly by staff to leave, as is standard protocol. The conflict spilled into the parking lot, where a passer-by caught Johnston assaulting one of the store employees on camera. The video shows Johnston shoving his phone into the employee’s face, prompting the employee to bat his arm away....

Antonelli suffered the problem in training on Wednesday and will subsequently miss the upcoming Serie A games against Sampdoria, Bologna and Lazio, at which point his fitness will be re-assessed. De Sciglio suffers ligament damage Milan are already without full-backs Mattia De Sciglio and Davide Calabria. “AC Milan announces that in Wednesday’s training Luca Antonelli suffered a soleus muscle injury in his left leg,” read the club’s statement on Thursday....

Man, fruit flies have a longer life span than that promise. Brown did not even make it to the end of his second season before checking out on the team and agitating for a new deal, which he insisted must come from one of the other 31 teams. (Oops, sorry. One of the other teams that is not Buffalo). He essentially forced the Steelers to trade him, then destroyed the market for his services with his bizarre offseason antics....

The Tampa Bay wide receiver got so frustrated Sunday against the New York Jets that he removed his shoulder pads, tossed his jersey toward the stands, removed his undershirt and walked off the field at MetLife Stadium. Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said after the game that Brown “is no longer a Buc.” Brown reportedly refused to enter into the game when Arians gave the order, which led to Brown’s sideline behavior....

A complaint was filed against Smith, 33, in November, triggering an investigation by the Fort Bend County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office, which presented its findings to county district attorney John Healey Jr. in February. MORE: Would Adrian Peterson retire if not traded? No charges have been filed against Smith, but according to the Post, he and the Broncos mutually agreed that it would be “best for him to take the time to try to resolve the matter away from the Broncos’ facility....

Still, there were some real reasons to cheer at Sundance 2000. For one, the general level of competence was higher than it has been in years, though there was no breakout sensation like “Reservoir Dogs.” For another, the invading armies of Hollywood agents, hustlers and wanna-be filmmakers are no longer wearing their baseball caps backward. The shared Grand Jury Prize for best feature film actually went to the two best films in competition....

Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, has emerged as a key moderate pushing back against President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. Along with Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate West Virginia Democrat, Sinema has raised concerns about the high price tag and some provisions included in an initially $3.5 trillion proposed budget reconciliation package. Progressives have pushed back against Sinema’s and Manchin’s opposition, accusing the two moderate senators of making their political decisions based on the influence of their corporate donors....

Earlier this month when the program ended, an estimated 7.5 million unemployed workers lost these benefits, which included pandemic unemployment insurance that these individuals would otherwise not qualify for and pandemic unemployment compensation in the form of a $300 weekly check. Benefits have been extended three times over the course of the pandemic with the last extension occurring last March. Through these programs, the federal government has distributed over $800 billion to families across the country....

Posting on social media, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) questioned why Manchin (D-WV) was reportedly hesitant to confirm the first Native American cabinet secretary, four years after he voted to confirm Jeff Sessions’ appointment as attorney general under former President Donald Trump. “Jeff Sessions was so openly racist that even Reagan couldn’t appoint him. Manchin voted to confirm him,” the congresswoman tweeted. “Sessions then targeted immigrant children for wide-scale human rights abuses [with] family separation....

CRT is an academic concept that was largely relegated to the realm of higher education until conservatives began raising alarms about it over the past year. The theory posits that racism is embedded in the nation’s legal systems and policies—regularly resulting in negative outcomes for minority groups. “I think one of the things that has been almost, like, difficult for me personally in working in Congress is seeing how different, you know, not only the rest of the country is because that diversity is great....

She revealed this during her monthly virtual town hall, which she held Friday evening. During the virtual event, she praised the Biden Administration for being more progressive than she expected, but worried that Biden isn’t spending enough to achieve his ambitions. She also worried that Senate Democrats are undermining the administration’s goals. “President Biden has definitely exceeded the expectations that progressives had,” she said. “I think a lot of us expected a much more conservative administration....

Kentucky — with a collection of high school All-Americans — was ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25, a significant step considering the Wildcats finished 21-12 last season and were upset by Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT. Kentucky was also ranked No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll and in Sporting News' preseason Top 25. It's Kentucky's third preseason No. 1 and first since 1995-96 when the Wildcats won the national championship....