Entries by Mateo Mayorga

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: “We gotta keep the main thing the main thing,”: The Fever took first blood against the Aces

Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston upstaged A’ja Wilson’s MVP coronation, seizing Game 1 in Las Vegas for the Indiana Fever. The visitors were huge underdogs for the series because the Aces had won 18 out of 19 games since Aug. 3, but none of that mattered. Odyssey Sims said both teams were 0-0 at the […]

Gabriela Fundora makes easy work of Alexas Kubicki, remaining the undisputed flyweight champ

Gabriela “Sweet Poison” Fundora (17-0) is a flyweight (112 pounds) cheat code with cruel intentions who wasted Alexas Kubicki (13-2) in seven rounds, staying undisputed and the Ring Magazine champ.    Two minutes might have seemed like two hours for the challenger who never stopped seeing leather in her face. She took an enormous leap […]

Fingers crossed that the public is the biggest winner in Canelo Álvarez versus Terence Crawford

It’s fight week for the mega spectacle between Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford that will decide the undisputed champion at 168 pounds on Sept. 13. Neither man has officially kissed the canvas in their careers, and this clash of titans at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will be the biggest of the year.    FanDuel […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Rhyne Howard drains nine threes, tying the single-game record again, leading the Dream over the Sparks

The Dream, minus All-Star Allisha Gray (knee), completed their miniseries at home (2-0) against the desperate Sparks, overwhelming them by going to the body and with a surplus of threes. Rhyne Howard and Maya Caldwell made up for most of the latter, shooting them up worse than Scarface at his last stand. The win also […]