UConn men’s basketball was upset by Marquette on Saturday, March 7, but not before coach Dan Hurley was ejected with less than a second left on the clock and later fined $25,000 by the conference for his actions. Huskies guard Silas Demary Jr. attempted a game-tying layup with less than five seconds remaining, but the ball clanked off the backboard ...
HOUSTON — The preliminaries are over, with Team USA easily dismissing the first two cupcakes in its path. Now comes the heavyweight bout that everyone wants to see. It will be the Americans against Team Mexico in front of a raucous sellout crowd Monday at Daikin Park with the winner virtually guaranteed to finish atop Pool B in this 2026 ...
Return of the (Khalil) Mack. Khalil Mack has agreed to a new contract with the Los Angeles Chargers to avoid free agency, according to multiple reports. He will sign a one-year deal worth $18 million that is fully guaranteed, as first reported by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The 35-year-old Mack was considered the 21st-best player in free agency this year, according ...
A UTEP fan got into a heated exchange with members of the Jacksonville State men’s basketball team following Saturday’s game between the two schools. Jacksonville State earned a 64-61 victory over UTEP (Texas-El Paso) in a Conference USA game in El Paso on Saturday night. The game was tied 61-61 when Mostapha El Moutaouakkil, the conference’s scoring leader, made a ...
Dana White has promised the UFC event to be held at the White House June 14 will be the greatest ever. Now we know who will be fighting. White and the UFC announced the card Saturday, March 7 during UFC 326, and the featured bouts will include: Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje, lightweight championship unification fight Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl ...
The “BMF” title is changing possession. It’s now owned by Charles Oliveira. Oliveira mauled Max Holloway in a victory by unanimous decision in their lightweight bout. All three judges scored it 50-45 for Oliveira, who wept when he was announced the winner. And with that dominating performance, Oliveira wrested away the UFC’s “BMF’’ title Saturday, March 7 at T-Mobile Arena ...
John Spytek has plenty of work to do to get the Las Vegas Raiders’ house in order before Fernando Mendoza’s likely arrival. Without specifically naming the Heisman Trophy winner and expected No. 1 pick in this year’s NFL draft, the general manager ruminated at the NFL scouting combine last week about all the building blocks that would be nice to ...
With the main event of UFC 326 underway, Paramount+ suffered a knockout. When its own feed apparently went down. The fight between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira was headed to the third round when the livestream went dark for about two minutes. When the livestream resumed for most, it was about two minutes into the third round. Paramount did not ...
Team USA trailed for half the game but was awoken by Kyle Schwarber’s mammoth go-ahead home run in an eventual 9-1 win against Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic. The Americans improved to 2-0 in pool play and has the day off Sunday before facing Mexico at Daikin Park in Houston. Britain’s Nate Eaton led off the game with ...
Puerto Rico and Panama needed extra innings to decide the winner of their Pool A World Baseball Classic matchup on Saturday. Darell Hernáiz made the difference in Puerto Rico’s 4-3 victory with a walk-off home run against Severino Gonzalez. Hernáiz faced a 1-2 count with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning before sending the ball to left ...