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Enormous Fraud Anthony Joshua Knocked Out By Thirsty, Hungry Fella
Andy Ruiz Jr. etched his name in boxing history on Saturday alongside the likes of Buster Douglas and James J. Braddock when he shockingly defeated British boxing sensation Anthony Joshua on a seventh-round TKO to become IBF, WBA, and WBO heavyweight champion of the world....

Columbus Blue Jackets Affiliate Upsets Tampa Bay Lightning Affiliate In Game 1 Of AHL Playoffs
If you missed the chance to root for the underdog in the Blue Jackets-Lightning series because you understandably believed the more talented team would win, then the AHL has a Great Value alternative for you going on right now. The Cleveland Monsters, a Columbus affiliate, are taking on the Syracuse...

UC Irvine Anteaters Snack On Kansas State Wildcats In Upset
After a pretty chalk first day of the NCAA Tournament, the 13-seeded UC Irvine Anteaters picked up the biggest upset of the competition so far, knocking off co-Big 12 champs Kansas State in a 70-64 win....

Alabama Gives Up First November Touchdown To The Citadel
Alabama’s defense has been quite good this month. Both Mississippi State and LSU laid up big fat goose eggs against the Crimson Tide, despite both teams being worthy of top-25 rankings. But The Citadel Bulldogs, a non-conference visiting opponent, had no issue breaking that scoreless trend against t...

North Alabama Shocks Vanderbilt To Win Their First-Ever D-I Game
In one of the most surprising upsets that could possibly happen this Tuesday evening, North Alabama’s women’s basketball team defeated Vanderbilt 74-71 in the program’s first-ever Division I game....

UMBC Raises The Only Good Banner
UMBC men’s basketball became one of the few programs that got to lift multiple banners to commemorate the previous season’s accomplishments on Friday. The first celebrated the Retrievers’ America East Championship. The second was just another reminder that they were the first No. 16 seed to knock ou...

Ohio State Was Thoroughly Spanked
This was near the end of the devastation, but here’s a perfect example of how Purdue kicked Ohio State’s ass Saturday night:...

16 Beats 1: UMBC Shocks Virginia
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Retrievers of the America East conference made history tonight, leveraging lights-out shooting and aggressive rebounding to become the first 16-seed to ever upset a #1 in the NCAA men’s tournament in annihilating Virginia 74-54....

St. John's Shocks Villanova Just Days After Stunning Duke
St. John’s went into Philly tonight wearing a dreadful 0-11 Big East record, yet riding high off a bizarre 81-77 takedown of Duke just four days ago. Still, going up against number-one Villanova, their conference drought seemed all but guaranteed to continue....

St. John's Breaks 11-Game Losing Streak By Beating No. 4 Duke
St. John’s opened its Big East schedule by dropping all eleven games so far this year—even losing to lowly DePaul—but today’s visit by Duke to Madison Square Garden turned things around for Chris Mullin’s squad as the Red Storm knocked off the fourth-ranked Blue Devils 81-77....

Syracuse Stuns Second-Ranked Clemson
The reigning college football national champions fell tonight in Syracuse to a 3-3 Orange team that handed Clemson its first regular season road loss since 2014....

Oklahoma Upset By 31-Point Underdog Iowa State
Baker Mayfield and the third-ranked Oklahoma Sooners were upset this afternoon by unranked Iowa State, a 31-point underdog, after the Cyclones outscored the Sooners 25-7 in the second half....