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ROH Death Before Dishonor

ROH News

ROH’s Death Before Dishonor ticket pre-sale details

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Details are emerging surrounding the September 12 Death Before Dishonor show from Ring Of Honor (ROH) Wrestling. These details are laid out in a press release Friday. The show, which will be at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Fla., has already opened pre-sale purchases for Honor Club members. The Honor Club pre-sale is for members wishing to attend the pay-per-view event. The pre-sale began Friday at 10 a.m. Eastern. Honor Club members receive a $10 discount […]

todayJuly 17, 2021

Toni Storm

Entertainment

Toni Storm to debut on WWE SmackDown next week

It will not be much longer until one of World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) top women prospects in the company makes the transition from developmental talent to main roster superstar. In past weeks, video teasers have revealed that Toni Storm will make her debut on WWE Friday Night SmackDown soon. However, during last night's live broadcast from the Toyota Center in Houston, Tex., that date is much sooner than expectations would assume. Storm will be making her debut on next week's […]

todayJuly 17, 2021

Illinois State Redbirds

East Central Illinois Region

Redbirds’ Cancun Challenge schedule released

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Redbirds men's basketball squad will be returning to Mexico for the Cancun Challenge for the third time. This is according to a media release from Illinois State University's athletic department on July 8. The schedule for Illinois State at the Cancun Challenge will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 23 against local foe St. Louis University. Tip-off for the Redbirds against the Billikens from the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya will be at 7:30 p.m. Central. The […]

todayJuly 17, 2021

2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo

Olympics News

Olympics Rundown: July 16, 2021

TOKYO -- The 2020 Summer Olympiad from Tokyo, Japan is only a week away, and news is coming out in the week that remains. Here are some news items on the Olympics radar that could impact some of the action, courtesy of UPI. Ugandan weightlifter missing from hotel at Tokyo Summer Olympics A Ugandan weightlifter in Japan who'd been hoping to compete in the Tokyo Summer Olympics went missing from his hotel Friday despite COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on athletes, local […]

todayJuly 16, 2021

Ted Ginn Jr.

Football News

Ted Ginn Jr. retires from NFL

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UPI) -- Former New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday after 14 seasons in the league. The 36-year-old Ginn made the announcement during a news conference at Glenville High School in Cleveland. He starred for Glenville before playing at Ohio State University and in the NFL. "I've dedicated my entire life to football until now," Ginn told reporters at the event. "I'm going out in peace. […]

todayJuly 16, 2021

AEW Fyter Fest 2021 Night 1 Omega Page

AEW News

AEW Fyter Fest: Allin, Page have first coffin match

CEDAR PARK, Tex. (UPI) -- Darby Allin and Ethan Page tried to settle their differences in AEW's first-ever coffin match, which took place at Fyter Fest Night 1. The coffin match is won after an opponent is tossed into a ringside coffin and the door is completely shut. Allin started the match on Wednesday by charging at Page and unleashing his move the Coffin Drop. Allin took off his jacket and showed that he was wearing a sheet of metal on his […]

todayJuly 15, 2021

Dick Tidrow

MLB News

Ex-MLB pitcher, longtime Giants executive Dick Tidrow dies at 74

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Dick Tidrow, a former MLB pitcher who later became a longtime member of the San Francisco Giants' front office, has died. He was 74. The Giants announced his death Wednesday on behalf of the Tidrow family. The team said he died unexpectedly Saturday in Lee's Summit, Mo. "Our entire organization is heartbroken by the news of Dick's passing," Giants President and CEO Larry Baer said in the news release. "So much of our success over these past […]

todayJuly 15, 2021

NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball

NBA releases Social Justice Champion Award

Following a promise to end inequality and push for social justice, the National Basketball Association (NBA) is stepping up to the plate. In May, the league introduced the social justice champion award named after NBA all-time points leader and former LA Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The finalists for the award will be chosen by a committee comprised of former NBA players, league executives, and activist leaders every season. The finalists will donate a combined $200,000 to social justice organizations of their […]

todayJuly 14, 2021

AEW Tommy End Malakai Black

AEW News

AEW Road Rager: Young Bucks survive street fight, Malakai Black arrives

MIAMI (UPI) -- AEW presented the first show of its new live tour, titled AEW Dynamite: Road Rager, from the James L. Knight Center in Miami. The energized crowd on Wednesday was treated to a championship main event as Matt and Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks defended their AEW World Tag Team Championships against Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero Miedo in a Street Fight. Kingston kicked off the violent match right away by throwing a garbage can at […]

todayJuly 8, 2021

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