(RNS) — I first came to know John Shelby Spong the way many young, progressive clergy did: through his writings. I was only three years out of seminary, serving a very rural congregation in a very ...

Over the years more than a few prominent kickboxers have made the switch to MMA, but there has always been a mixed bag of results. For every former champion like Maurice Smith, there's also a name ...

Bishop John Shelby Spong, a bestselling author and cleric known for his progressive theology and his support of LGBTQ clergy in the Episcopal Church, has died. He was 90. “It is with great sadness ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov's MMA promotion has its first United States main event. Tyrone Spong and Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva will headline Eagle FC 44 on Jan. 28 in Miami, officials told ESPN on Monday. The ...

World Series of Fighting light heavyweight Tyrone Spong suffered a severe leg break during a kickboxing bout at Glory 15 on Saturday, leading most to compare it to former UFC middleweight champion ...

Oleksandr Usyk will face Tyrone Spong on his Heavyweight debut at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on October 12, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. Usyk (16-0 12 KOs) joins the big guns ...

Also on the card, Liverpool’s Callum Smith (28-1, 20 KOs) returns to the scene of his finest moment where he stopped British rival George Groves in seven rounds at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Early last week, a certain, unmistakable sound filled the Blackzilians' gym -- one that had been missing for a while. It drew the attention of nearly everyone there. Tyrone Spong ...

Tyrone Spong suffered a broken shin in his April 12 kickboxing bout with Gokhan Saki, but the “King of the Ring” says he is already on his way to a speedy recovery. “It’s just another challenge,” ...

In 1977, Spong became one of the first American bishops to ordain a woman into the clergy. In 1989, he was the first to ordain an openly gay man. Spong died Sept. 12. Originally broadcast in 1996.