Month: April 2021

10:05 PM ET Cris Cyborg will put her Bellator women’s featherweight title on the line against Leslie Smith on May 21, the promotion announced Friday night during the Bellator 255 broadcast. Cyborg beat Smith in 2016 in what was Cyborg’s UFC debut. Cyborg (23-2, 1 NC) is one of the best female fighters of all
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1:10 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a heavyweight bout between Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov to headline an event in June, multiple sources told ESPN. Both sides have agreed to the heavyweight matchup, which will headline UFC Fight Night on June 26 at a location to be announced. Gane (8-0), of France,
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12:18 PM ET Associated Press Grant Hill helped the U.S. win Olympic gold in 1996. He would have been on the team again in 2000 if not for injury. And he was among the college kids who famously beat the first “Dream Team” in a scrimmage before the 1992 Olympics. Now, USA Basketball is bringing
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10:05 AM ET Loyola Chicago is expected to promote Ramblers assistant coach Drew Valentine to replace departing men’s basketball coach Porter Moser, sources told ESPN. Final contract details were still being worked out as of Saturday morning, sources said. Valentine, the older brother of Chicago Bulls wing Denzel Valentine, has been on Moser’s staff at
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11:31 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Michelle Wie West tumbled out of the ANA Inspiration on a hot, breezy Friday afternoon in the desert. Patty Tavatanakit held onto the lead. Playing for the second straight week after a 21-month break, Wie West followed an opening 2-under 70 with a birdie-less 79 to
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2:14 AM ET ESPN News Services Yermin Mercedes became the first player in the modern era to go 5-for-5 in his first career start, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 12-8 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at Angels Stadium. Mercedes, a 28-year-old catcher playing in his second career game, also
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1:17 AM ET ESPN News Services Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 47 points while missing just three shots as the Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Portland Trail Blazers‘ four-game winning streak with a 127-109 victory Friday night. Jrue Holiday added 22 points and 10 assists for the Bucks, who led by 24 points during the third quarter. The
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12:10 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Two-division champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire showed off what makes him the best fighter in Bellator and perhaps the top featherweight in all of MMA on Friday night. Freire, a 33-year-old from Brazil, handed Emmanuel Sanchez his first stoppage loss with a technical submission by guillotine choke in Round 1 to
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