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Conor McGregor: Broken toe led to fight cancellation
Conor McGregor revealed Friday that the injury that forced the cancellation of his planned UFC 303 bout with Michael Chandler was a broken toe.,The Irish fighter posted on Instagram that he was "super ready" for the June 29 fight in Las Vegas before the injury.,"We had a lapse in concentration and e...
Oilers' Evander Kane game-time decision for Game 6
Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane is a game-time decision for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the visiting Florida Panthers on Friday, coach Kris Knoblauch said.,Kane sat out the past three games due to an undisclosed injury. He skated with forwards Sam Gagner and Sam Carrick outside of t...
UFC Fight Night Saudi Arabia: Whittaker faces hungry challenger Aliskerov
The UFC's first visit to Saudi Arabia this weekend features an unexpected but highly compelling middleweight fight between former champion Robert Whittaker and rising contender Ikram Aliskerov at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.,Whittaker (25-7) was originally scheduled to fight Khamzat Chimaev, but Alisker...
How The Los Angeles Lakers Aced Their Head Coaching Search
The Los Angeles Lakers kept their options open before landing on JJ Redick as their next head coach....
Jackets, Yegor Chinakhov reach 2-year deal; Patrik Laine trade looms
The Columbus Blue Jackets signed forward Yegor Chinakhov to a two-year, $4.2 million contract extension on Friday.,The contract runs through the 2025-26 NHL season.,Chinakhov, 23, has 56 points (27 goals, 29 assists) in 145 career games with the Blue Jackets. He was the team's first-round pick in th...
Red Wings F Dylan Larkin recovering from surgery
Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin is recovering from surgery for an upper-body injury sustained late in the season.,General manager Steve Yzerman provided the update Friday, adding that the 27-year-old forward is expected to be at 100 percent by the start of training camp.,Larkin scored a caree...
Short-handed Wings take nine-game skid to Washington
Two teams that haven't had an easy time this season will square off Saturday afternoon when the Dallas Wings visit the Washington Mystics.,The Wings (3-11) continue to deal with a thin roster that features only eight healthy players, and they are struggling to get on track because of it.,They have d...
Florida Panthers Need To Contain Connor McDavid To Win Stanley Cup Finals
The Florida Panthers need to stop Connor McDavid in order to finish this series against the Edmonton Oilers....
Blue Jays activate RHP Yariel Rodriguez to start Friday
The Toronto Blue Jays activated right-hander Yariel Rodriguez to start Friday's series opener at Cleveland.,Rodriguez, 27, had been on the 15-day injured list since April 30 with thoracic spine inflammation.,Rodriguez (0-1, 4.11 ERA) made his MLB debut on April 13 and has never faced the Guardians.,...
Wings F Maddy Siegrist out 8 weeks after finger surgery
Dallas Wings forward Maddy Siegrist will be out approximately eight weeks following finger surgery Thursday.,Siegrist, 24, fractured her left index finger in the first quarter of Monday night's loss at Minnesota.,The team estimated Friday that her earliest return would be in mid-August when league p...
Wild acquire Graeme Clarke from Devils for Adam Beckman
The Minnesota Wild acquired Graeme Clarke from the New Jersey Devils on Friday in exchange for fellow forward Adam Beckman.,Both players are 23 years old. They were drafted five picks apart in the third round in 2019, with Beckman going 75th overall and Clarke 80th.,Clarke, a Minnesota native, made ...
Report: Brent Venables, Oklahoma agree on new 6-year contract
Oklahoma and football coach Brent Venables have agreed to a new six-year contract that includes a "significant raise," ESPN reported Friday.,Venables' contract is on the lengthy agenda for Friday's university Board of Regents meeting and requires the group's approval before it can take effect.,His o...
Andrew Cogliano retires, joins Avs front office
Forward Andrew Cogliano announced Friday that he is retiring after 17 NHL seasons, and the Colorado Avalanche said he will move into the front office.,Cogliano, 37, spent the past three seasons playing for the Avalanche, capping a career in which he appeared in 1,294 regular-season games.,"The game ...
Bulls, Thunder complete Alex Caruso-Josh Giddey trade
The Thunder and Bulls swapped guards on Friday, with Alex Caruso heading to Oklahoma City and Josh Giddey to Chicago.,Both teams announced the deal.,Caruso, 30, is entering the final year of his four-year, $36.98 million contract, and the Bulls get younger by adding the 21-year-old Giddey. The Thund...
Where Do The Dallas Mavericks Go From Here?
The Dallas Mavericks were outmatched in the 2024 NBA Finals, so where do the Western Conference champions go now?...
Friday June 21 Best Sports Betting Picks & Predictions For Stanley Cup Finals Game 6, MLB, WNBA
Check out the best sports betting picks and predictions for June 21 including NHL, MLB, and WNBA betting predictions....
Swimmer Lilly King gets a pre-Olympics ring
Lilly King won't soon forget her night at the U.S. Olympic Trials.,King became the first American swimmer to qualify for both the 100- and 200-meter breaststrokes in three successive Olympics on Thursday in Indianapolis. And seconds after she stepped out of the pool following her second-place finish...
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani set for reunion with Angels
Shohei Ohtani faces his former team in a regular-season game for the first time when the Los Angeles Dodgers play host to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.,Ohtani, the two-way Japanese superstar, won two unanimous American League MVP awards during six seasons with the Angels before departing a...
Twins get another chance to pick on A's
Having avenged an earlier sweep with a series win over the Kansas City Royals, the Oakland Athletics get an opportunity to do the same when the Minnesota Twins visit Friday night to open a three-game set.,The Twins weren't sidetracked by an in-series rainout when they took four straight from the A's...
Fernando Tatis Jr. hopes to stay hot as Padres face Brewers
After a 4-for-5 performance that included a 446-foot homer during San Diego's 7-6 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, it's easy to forget that Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. has been playing with a right quad injury since April.,However, Tatis figures to remain in the lineu...