Mayweather Accused of Banning Critics

Two sports journalists, ESPN’s Michelle Beadle and CNN’s Rachel Nichols, say they have been banned from Saturday’s historic match between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. Both have been vocal in calling out Mayweather’s history of domestic violence—a trait they share in common with two other sports writers, Steve Kim and Martin Rogers, who also say their credentials were denied. Kelly Swanson of Mayweather’s public relations team tweeted in response that “no one including ME banned @Rachel_Nichols from covering the fight. She is already credentialed” and “@MichelleDBeadle isn’t even on the press list. She’s credentialed through @HBOboxing. Yes credentialed.”