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Category: Bryan Fonseca

Inside Raquel 'Pretty Beast' Miller's Rise From Law Clerk To Interim Super Welterweight Champion

The Sportsfan Journal Staff March 5, 2020 No Comments

"I don’t want to be comfortable. I want to be a champion!" -- Raquel Miller, 2018 Nearly a decade ago, Raquel Miller wasn't known as "Pretty Beast", she was an…

Inside Raquel 'Pretty Beast' Miller's Rise From Law Clerk To Interim Super Welterweight Champion
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In A League Trending Young, Anthony Tolliver Highlights Why NBA Veterans Still Matter

The Sportsfan Journal Staff October 28, 2019 No Comments

The Portland Trail Blazers were one series win away from an NBA Finals appearance to end the 2018-19 season and were tipped by US bookmakers to do so. It didn’t…

In A League Trending Young, Anthony Tolliver Highlights Why NBA Veterans Still Matter

Are The Miami Heat The NBA's Biggest Sleeper Team For 2019-20?

The Sportsfan Journal Staff October 9, 2019 No Comments

Pat Riley couldn’t stop smiling when he introduced Jimmy Butler to the Miami media. It was like he couldn’t believe he pulled it off either. After embracing Butler at the…

Are The Miami Heat The NBA's Biggest Sleeper Team For 2019-20?

'A Woman’s Work' Challenges Neglectful Norms In The Name Of Equality

The Sportsfan Journal Staff May 1, 2019 No Comments

Sometimes, fighting is the answer. Unfortunately, two former NFL cheerleaders experienced this hard way, meeting exploitation with confrontation, but out of necessity. Or, as exiled quarterback Colin Kaepernick said in…

'A Woman’s Work' Challenges Neglectful Norms In The Name Of Equality

Too Much, Too Soon? Lopez, Stevenson Highlight Saturday’s Rush To Stardom

The Sportsfan Journal Staff April 19, 2019 No Comments

Undefeated boxing prodigies Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson highlight the undercard of the Madison Square Garden held Terence Crawford and Amir Khan Welterweight title bout Saturday on Pay Per View.…

Too Much, Too Soon? Lopez, Stevenson Highlight Saturday’s Rush To Stardom

Zion Williamson's Injury Is Proof That Elite Athletes Don't Need The NCAA

The Sportsfan Journal Staff February 21, 2019 No Comments

It took Duke's star freshman Zion Williamson ripping his shoe apart like Calvin Cambridge in Like Mike for the majority of us to realize how counterproductive this process could be.…

Zion Williamson's Injury Is Proof That Elite Athletes Don't Need The NCAA

UFC 232: Amanda Nunes And ‘G.O.A.T.’ Talk As Cris Cyborg Awaits

The Sportsfan Journal Staff December 28, 2018 No Comments

Cris Cyborg vs Amanda Nunes The path to becoming the greatest of all-time took Amanda Nunes (16-4) through New York City last Wednesday, where she had lunch at Del Frisco’s…

UFC 232: Amanda Nunes And ‘G.O.A.T.’ Talk As Cris Cyborg Awaits

UFC 231: Could Change Be Good For Joanna Jedrzejczyk?

The Sportsfan Journal Staff December 7, 2018 No Comments

Possessing delusional confidence is part of the battle. The ability to back it up, no matter how little the odds favor you, is just as important. Joanna Jedrzejczyk has lost…

UFC 231: Could Change Be Good For Joanna Jedrzejczyk?

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Four Ways To Resurrect Major League Baseball's Audience

The Sportsfan Journal Staff September 3, 2020 No Comments

By Piper Westrom (@plwestrom) & Adam Cribbs (@a_cribbs23) With virtually every professional sport in America back up and running, as well as football looming on the horizon, it’s been no…

TSFJ NBA Re-Draft: The Class of 2008

The Sportsfan Journal Staff August 25, 2020 No Comments

Revisionist history is something that permeates throughout sports. "What could have been" resonates when another scenario could have been better than the chosen reality. This is especially true years after…

Meet The LA Galaxy's Rising Star, Diedie Traore

The Sportsfan Journal Staff August 24, 2020 No Comments

Every January, the LA Galaxy staff host an event providing an opportunity for undiscovered players to demonstrate their skills. In 2018, it netted some real-time results. Diedie Traore is the…

'Chasing Indiana's Game: The Hoosier Hardwood Project' Is A Journey Into Indiana's Rich Basketball Culture

The Sportsfan Journal Staff August 19, 2020 No Comments

'Chasing Indiana's Game: The Hoosier Hardwood Project' Is A Journey Into Indiana's Rich Basketball CultureBefore the game of basketball evolved into today's dynamic game with position-less players, deep threes from…

TSFJ NBA Re-Draft: The Class of 2006

The Sportsfan Journal Staff August 2, 2020 No Comments

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Ed The Sports Fan

Larry Johnson Reflects on Becoming 'Grandmama', Converse Kicks And Winning Titles In Las Vegas

The Sportsfan Journal Staff May 28, 2020 No Comments

Growing up as a kid, Larry Johnson was one of the coolest people on the planet. In my pee-brain mind, there was nothing like Larry Johnson. NCAA champion on the…

The Day Michael Jordan Got Put On A Poster

Eddie Maisonet, III April 11, 2020 No Comments

If you play the game of basketball long enough, you'll inevitably be put into a conundrum while playing defense under the rim. You could get dunked on at any moment.…

Thierry Henry Made Me Fall In Love With Soccer

Eddie Maisonet, III March 11, 2020 No Comments

It's the dirty little secret that really isn't a secret at all. I love soccer. While some of you are sitting there saying, "Tell us something we don't know, Ed.…

15 Takeaways From The Oral History Of 'Love & Basketball'

Eddie Maisonet, III February 17, 2020 No Comments

In my opinion, Love & Basketball is one of the few films in the world that both men and women will have no issue sitting down and watching. Although the…

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Remembering The Peter Warrick Experience, 20 Years Later

Eddie Maisonet, III July 29, 2019 No Comments

When Notre Dame and Florida State, two of college football's blue bloods, did battle back in 1993, I wasn't old enough (or aware enough) to appreciate it. See, I didn't…

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Speaking Up About Our Pain - Again

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 3, 2020 No Comments

A few years ago in this very space here at TSFJ, we mourned about a country reminding us of its preferred citizen hierarchy in violent ways. Professional and amateur athletes…

Youngest In Charge: Kyrie's Kingdom

The Sportsfan Journal Staff December 17, 2012 14 Comments

The Sports Fan's 3-Point Guide To The NBA All-Star Snub Argument

The Sportsfan Journal Staff January 31, 2014 12 Comments

NFL First Quarter Report Card: Who’s Hot And Who’s Not

The Sportsfan Journal Staff October 1, 2012 11 Comments

100 Miles And Running: 5 Things I Learned When I Started Running

Eddie Maisonet, III April 29, 2016 11 Comments

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