Month: June 2022

10:05 AM ET The main event of the UFC’s first pay-per-view card in southeast Asia is official. Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka both weighed in successfully Friday for their light heavyweight title fight, each coming in at 205 pounds. Teixeira will defend his belt against Prochazka in the UFC 275 headliner Saturday in Singapore. ESPN
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8:00 AM ET Before UFC 248, fans were still learning about the UFC’s new women’s strawweight champion. Seven months earlier, Zhang Weili had dethroned Jessica Andrade in her home country of China in August 2019, becoming the first Chinese champion in UFC history. While that win was historic, that fight wasn’t held on the promotion’s
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8:25 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans vice president of basketball operations David Griffin called Zion Williamson a max player and said it is an “easy decision” to offer him a big money extension. Williamson is eligible to sign a five-year, $181 million max rookie extension this summer. But after missing all of the 2021-22 season
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10:38 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Jazz Chisholm bunted for a single on the first pitch of Stephen Strasburg‘s return from a one-year absence, stole second and the Marlins kept on going in a 7-4 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night that finished a three-game sweep. The 33-year-old right-hander, pitching on the
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3:27 AM ET Adriana Garcia Liverpool are in advanced talks with Benfica over the signing of Darwin Nunez, sources told ESPN. Nunez, 22, is set to break Liverpool’s transfer record, with the deal expected to be worth around €80 million plus €20m in add-ons. The agreement between the clubs has yet to be completed but
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12:49 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels desperately needed a win, and Shohei Ohtani provided it almost singlehandedly. Ohtani pitched seven innings of one-run ball against the red-hot Boston Red Sox and delivered a crucial home run, leading the Angels to a 5-2 victory that snapped a franchise-record 14-game losing streak on
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