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Barry Hearn: Life after career in the spotlight should be tackled by all sports

Barry Hearn received the freedom of the City of London on Monday – an honour Ricky Hatton was set to receive before his death.

The Independent UK

Michael Watson ‘overwhelmed’ after receiving Freedom of the City of London

Watson was honoured at London’s Guildhall on Monday 34 years on from his near-fatal world title fight with Chris Eubank Sr.

The Independent UK

James Cook was universally adored in boxing – his pursuit of the impossible dream will endure

Cook overcame the odds to claim British and European titles and, as Steve Bunce writes, establish himself as one of the sport’s most liked and respected fighters

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Jamaican boxing legend Mike McCallum dies aged 68

McCallum won world titles at three weights between 1984 and 1995 and is the greatest Jamaican boxer of all time

The Independent UK

Why Chris Eubank Sr won’t be attending his son’s fight with Conor Benn

More than 30 years after Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn completed their in-ring rivalry, their sons will settle their own grudge. Nigel will be in Conor’s corner, but Chris Sr will be nowhere to be seen

The Independent UK

Chris Eubank Jr: ‘I shouldn’t be doing this. But we are the daredevils of sport’

British boxer tells Donald McRae about the horrors of making weight and strained relations with his dad before a grudge match with Conor Benn

The Guardian - UK

Why wasn’t Eubank Jr vs Benn cancelled after weigh-in miss? Rehydration clause explained

Eubank Jr was fined £375,000 on Friday after missing weight by 0.05lb

The Independent UK

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Chris Eubank Sr breaks down in tears and brands Eubank Jr vs Benn ‘a disgrace’

Eubank Sr feels Conor Benn could lose his career or worse as he moves up two weight classes to fight Chris Eubank Jr

The Independent UK

‘I love this man for saving my life’: Michael Watson’s unbreakable bond with Peter Hamlyn

The neurosurgeon saved the boxer’s life in 1991 and since then the pair have become close friends. They talk to Donald McRae

The Guardian - UK

Michael Watson’s next miracle? Walking a mile with the doctor who saved his life

Watson, who sustained a life-threatening brain injury in his 1991 loss to Chris Eubank, will walk a charity mile with Peter Hamlyn this week

The Independent UK

Court Reaffirms First Amendment Right to Quote Epithets in University Class Discussions

From Friday's decision by Judge Michael Watson (S.D. Ohio) in Sullivan v. Ohio State Univ.: American public universities have traditionally… The post Court Reaffirms First Amendment Right to Quote Epithets in University Class Discussions appeared first on Reason.com.

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7 Big Names To Have Dropped Out Of The PNC Championship

A 20-pair field will be present for the PNC Championship, but a number of previous players won't be featuring at the 2024 edition of the tournament

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George Foreman, The Rumble in the Jungle and the stray elbow that nearly KO’d boxing’s most famous fight

It was not the only time an accidental elbow threatened or ruined a major fight

The Independent UK

Four Kings review – boxing should be banned

This horrifying, tear-inducing documentary about Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis has awful details of detached retinas, brain damage and racism. It’s a real indictment

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Federal Judge Blocks Ohio Law Limiting Non-Citizen Campaign Contributions

A judge has issued an injunction against Ohio's ban on lawful permanent residents contributing to ballot measures.

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Ohio Judge Blocks Law Prohibiting Non-Citizen Residents From Ballot Measure Contributions‌ ‌

U.S. District Court Judge Watson issues injunction against Ohio HB 1 provision, protecting First Amendment rights‌ ‌

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As bird flu spreads, are eggs safe?

The FDA found last week one in five commercial milk samples surveyed contained remnants of the H5N1 virus

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US requires bird flu tests for dairy cows being moved across states

Testing of pasteurised milk from stores found genetic traces of H5N1 virus, but fragments do not indicate it contains live virus

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Mississippi local officials say human error and poor training led to election-day chaos

The county election officials under whose watch ballot shortages hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county said technical mishaps and insufficient training were to blame for election day chaos in November

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Ballot shortages created democracy problems during Mississippi governor's election

People in Mississippi's largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on election day.

The Independent UK

Ballot shortages in Mississippi created a problem for democracy on the day of a governor's election

People in Mississippi’s largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor’s race in a generation

The Independent UK

Mississippi should restore the voting rights of former felons, Democratic candidates say

Democratic nominees for two statewide offices are saying that Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies

The Independent UK

Mississippi candidates for statewide offices square off in party primaries

Mississippi’s bitter Republican primary for lieutenant governor is one of several races to watch in Tuesday’s party primaries

The Independent UK

Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says

A lawsuit is seeking to block Mississippi’s new restrictions on absentee ballots

The Independent UK

Voters with disabilities often overlooked in voting battles

Advocates for the disabled say access for voters with disabilities remains a challenge at polling places throughout the United States

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