It’s the sport within the sport — and it’s often more entertaining than the one on the scoreboard. The term didn’t come into vogue until the 1990s, but trash talk — alternately called talking smack, ...

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In August, at a weigh-in before his highly anticipated fight with UFC star Nate Diaz, the internet influencer-turned-professional-pugilist Jake Paul stood on a scale and slashed a thumb across his ...

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Author Rafi Kohan says trash talk is "the language of competition" Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Trash talk. It’s the sport within the sport — and it’s often more entertaining than the one on ...