Author: Michael

The battle for the lightweight championship is the featured fight, but the card has a compelling slate.

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UFC 284 is already a record-setting event.
The event, which takes place later tonight, in Perth, Australia at the RAC Arena is already listed as a sellout of 15,000, Sports Illustrated has learned. It has generated a gate of $5.8m AUD, making this the highest-grossing event in Australian arena history.

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Her reaction was absolutely perfect.
Most of the fans in San Francisco for tonight’s Warriors-Lakers game would probably love to see LeBron James on the floor, playing in the game. The L.A. forward is nursing a foot injury that has hampered him in recent weeks.
One fan, however, got the thrill of a lifetime when James made his way to his seat to watch his teammates try to pull off the upset. 
A young fan wearing a Warriors scarf could not hide her amazement when a street clothes-wearing LeBron sat in the seat right next to her.

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Tulane football finished the greatest turnaround in college football history with a Cotton Bowl win last month. The Green Wave went from 2-10 in 2021 to 12-2 in 2022.
Head coach Willie Fritz took a program that had not won eight games since 2002 and made it one of the premier destinations in Group of Five football. To make it even better— he’s not going anywhere!
There is a lot to celebrate on St. Charles and across New Orleans, and there is no better time than during Mardi Gras. With Fat Tuesday just 10 days away, the party is ramping up down in the Big Easy.

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The Lakers coach discussed the prospect of ever shutting James down for an extended period of rest.
Lakers coach Darvin Ham was asked whether the idea of shutting star forward LeBron James for rest until after the all-star break had been discussed internally.
Ham gave a pretty honest response, rooted in the nature of James’s work ethic that has made him one of the best players of all-time.
“No, I don’t think he’d allow us to do that,” Ham said.
James has been nursing a sore foot that will keep him out of Saturday night’s tilt with the Warriors in primetime.

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