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UFC's Atlanta card features Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley
UFC returns to Atlanta with a card that features former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman going up against Joaquin Buckley in the main event at State Farm Arena on June 14.,Usman (20-4) is currently the fourth-ranked contender, and with step into the Octagon for the first time in 2025 as he attempt...

Bubba Watson: LIV's Top 15 should qualify for all majors
Bubba Watson said he's been consistent with his answer in regard to LIV Golf representation in the majors.,So, when Watson was asked about the topic again on the heels of the U.S. Open and The Open announcing formal qualification paths for players from the LIV Tour, he was only happy to share his th...

Four-star DL Yvan Kemajou commits to Penn State
Defensive lineman Yvan Kemajou, ranked as a four-star prospect by Rivals in the Class of 2025, committed to Penn State on Wednesday afternoon.,Kemajou, from Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Md., visited head coach James Franklin's program last weekend after taking an official visit at the e...

Tracy Cortez chops hair to make weight for Rose Namajunas fight
Tracy Cortez made weight for her UFC main event in an unusual way.,Needing to lose roughly half a pound in order to get down to 126 pounds for her flyweight bout against Rose Namajunas, Cortez cut off a fistful of her hair.,That did the trick, as she officially weighed in at 126 pounds on the dot Fr...
Joey Chestnut Just Ate 57 Hot Dogs on YouTube Livestream, Clowned Fourth of July Coney Island Event
Joey Chestnut ate 57 hot dogs in five minutes on a YouTube livestream, completely embarrassing the Nathan's Original winner who only ate 58 in 10 minutes....

Patrick Reed WDs from U.S. Open qualifier, ends streak
Patrick Reed withdrew from U.S. Open qualifying to snap his streak of competing in every major since the 2014 Masters.,Reed did not tee off on Monday after being listed in the field for a sectional qualifier at Dallas Athletic Club.,Per the USGA, a player who withdraws from a qualifier cannot enter ...

Bob Nightengale keeps trying to rehab Trevor Bauer
Sometimes, there’s no choice but to cover a vile person in sports because they are doing something that can’t be ignored. Trevor Bauer is not that, but that didn’t stop Bob Nightengale from auditioning to get on his payroll, next to Rachel Luba, whatever it is she does other than be the occasional b...

This week in MLB March 09, 2024
After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to convince us all that he has just tons of support and interest among MLB teams who want to hire him but can’t, Bauer has finally been signed — by a Japanese travel team called Asian Breeze. - Julie D...

Trevor Bauer rejected again; Bob Melvin puts politics back into national anthem; MLB pitchers are now like NFL RBs
After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to convince us all that he has just tons of support and interest among MLB teams who want to hire him but can’t, Bauer has finally been signed — by a Japanese travel team called Asian Breeze. - Julie D...

These MLB players went straight to the majors
On Monday, the Pittsburgh Pirates told No. 1 overall pick Paul Skenes that he will begin in the minor leagues. While it is disappointing we get robbed of seeing one of the league’s most exciting pitching prospects right out of the gate, the move is not unprecedented. In the history of the MLB, only ...

MLB pitchers are the new NFL RBs in terms of career length
Major League Baseball is on the precipice of a pitching crisis. ...

MLB clubs don't want Trevor Bauer so he's signing with a Japanese travel team
After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to convince us all that he has just tons of support and interest among MLB teams who want to hire him but can’t, Bauer has finally been signed — by a Japanese travel team called Asian Breeze. ...

You probably forgot these MLB players were on these teams
The MLB is one of the oldest leagues in American sports. With that comes some legendary players and names for all of its teams, but nothing is better than watching your team acquire someone legendary from your rivals, or pass on someone who turned out to be a hall of famer because they weren’t all t...

Kneeling is a quiet gesture. Bob Melvin’s decision to make the Giants stand for the national anthem is a loud one
After making it known that he wants players to have “a voice” in a volatile Election Year, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell still had six months before preseason games started in which he didn’t have to worry about any potential on-field demonstrations. But thanks to new San Francisco Giants skipper B...

Look what the Royals want to do to KC; Rob Manfred stepping down, Lenny Dykstra has a stroke
If you think the Oakland A’s have a lot of nerve in asking for taxpayers to fund their new stadium on the Las Vegas strip to the tune of $380 million in public funding, wait until you hear what the Royals are doing in Kansas City. - Julie DiCaro Read More...

War on trans girls in sports grows; Uproar over Fanatics-made MLB jerseys; DC tells Leonsis to kiss off with arena bid
When I was in school, I had a friend who was a fantastic athlete (she still is). She was tall, thin, wore her hair short and could keep up with any of the guys in gym class and outperform 90 percent of them in just about any sport. She didn’t wear makeup and her wardrobe consisted mostly of gender-n...

Let's have some fun with who could replace Rob Manfred as MLB commissioner
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has announced his retirement, calling it once his contract expires at the end of the 2029 season. There are many people who are perfectly qualified to take over for him, so here are our top 10 choices for the next commish. ...

Wait until you hear what the Kansas City Royals want to do
If you think the Oakland A’s have a lot of nerve in asking for taxpayers to fund their new stadium on the Las Vegas strip to the tune of $380 million in public funding, wait until you hear what the Royals are doing in Kansas City. ...

Tiger Woods is now fine with Saudi blood money funding PGA
After years of holding out from the big money of LIV Golf, Tiger Woods said he isn’t opposed to the Saudi government’s Public Investment Fund being an investor in the PGA Tour. ...

There is no aspect of baseball that MLB won’t make worse for a nickel
We know that MLB owners have no problem making their actual product worse, because it’s cheaper. They’ve expanded the playoffs, making more teams comfortable simply aiming for barely .500. Many teams will use the facade of a rebuild to never actually try, and others will join them to avoid signing a...