[ad_1] Aljamain Sterling kept his promise to win UFC bantamweight gold on Saturday when he dethroned Petr Yan at UFC 259 – but it didn’t go as planned. Sterling (20-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) ended Yan’s reign (15-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) before he could gain momentum and became the fifth defending champion in the history of … Read more
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS – Aljamain Sterling unhooked the UFC belt around his waist and dropped it on the Octagon mat with a thud. Sterling then knelt down and rested his head on the canvas. It was not the behavior of someone who had just fulfilled a long-held dream of becoming a UFC champion. But those … Read more
[ad_1] There is no hotter and perhaps more dangerous team in America right now than Illinois. This is true thanks to his masked savior, Ayo Dosunmu, who returned on Saturday and morphed into a Late-Game Hero again to help Illinois No.4 claim a 73-68 victory at No.7. of the state of Ohio. One of the … Read more
[ad_1] CHAPEL HILL, NC – North Carolina took a 26-6 lead over rival Duke on Senior Night and never looked back, winning 91-73. The closest the Blue Devils got was 12 points as three different Tar Heels scored 18 points and Garrison Brooks added 14 points in his last game at the Smith Center. Armando … Read more
[ad_1] There is a difference between being a top goalscorer and being a true leader. The fact that Julius Randle went from first to second at the age of 26 is the reason he will play his first NBA All-Star game on Sunday in Atlanta (8 p.m., TNT). And that’s why his young Knicks are … Read more
[ad_1] The last Saturday of the 2020-21 college basketball regular season went without a doubt. There were implications of NCAA tournament support across the country, buzzer drummers, upheaval and a top 10 thriller that set the stage for an epic Big Ten tournament. Illinois’ victory at Ohio State marked both Ayo Dosunmu and the Fighting … Read more
[ad_1] Dominick Cruz didn’t have an easy night at the office, but the former bantamweight champion still got the job done to secure his first win since 2016 in the preliminary round of UFC 259. It was a back and forth throughout the battle, but Cruz managed to put Casey Kenney to work for most … Read more
[ad_1] Getty Images The Bills signed linebacker Andre Smith to a two-year contract on Saturday, the team announced. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reports that the deal is worth up to $ 3 million. Smith, 23, was scheduled to become a restricted free agent later this month. The Bills traded with the Panthers to acquire Smith … Read more
[ad_1] Coming in on Saturday, the consensus was that Duke needed at least one victory over rivals North Carolina to keep his NCAA tournament hopes alive. He didn’t need what happened next. The Blue Devils fell to UNC by a score of 91-73, and looked even more lifeless than the score can show. They lost … Read more
[ad_1] BRANTFORD, Ontario – Walter Gretzky’s family believed the end was quickly approaching in mid-February. The father of hockey’s greatest player had suffered a serious hip injury and, after battling Parkinson’s and other health issues in recent years, his time – something Walter was always willing to give to the friends and strangers – seemed … Read more