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Derek Brunson’s late career surge is showing no signs of coming to an end anytime soon. The 37-year-old middleweight contender, a betting underdog entering Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas, recorded his fifth straight victory in an impressive third-round submission of former 170-pound title challenger Darren Till. Brunson (23-7) used […]
The Cowboys will be without a significant part of their offense when they open the 2021 season Thursday night against the defending champion Buccaneers in Tampa. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy told reporters Sunday that the team’s former Pro Bowl right guard has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been placed on the team’s reserve/COVID-19 list. With Martin […]
Teams with postseason aspirations will meet in the 2021 NFL Kickoff Game when the Dallas Cowboys battle the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday, Sept. 9. The Cowboys (6-10 in 2020) have not made the postseason since 2018 and have not advanced past the divisional round since winning Super Bowl XXX in […]
The Louisville Cardinals and the Ole Miss Rebels face off in their 2021 season opener on Monday night. The Cardinals struggled last season finishing 12th in the ACC with a 4-7 record. The Rebels were up and down last season finishing the year with a 5-5 record. Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin will miss […]
With the NHL Expansion Draft at hand, teams around the league had been tasked with either protecting players on their roster or taking the risk of potentially losing them to the incoming Seattle Kraken. And when it came time for the Montreal Canadiens to protect members of a roster fresh off a Stanley Cup Final […]
The Week 1 college football schedule concludes with a matchup between Louisville and Ole Miss on Monday. The Cardinals struggled last year and posted a 4-7 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Rebels broke even in the Southeastern Conference with a 5-5 record and are major favorites ahead of their 2021 debut. Ole Miss […]
Happy Thursday newsletter readers. Shanna McCarriston back to give you all the sports news of the day. It’s starting to sink in that the NHL and NBA seasons are both over (so sad). However, we have the Olympics coming up in under 24 hours, so things won’t be quiet for that long. And speaking of […]
The Kansas City Royals fell to the first-place White Sox on Saturday evening (CHW 10, KC 7), but notable in the losing effort was veteran catcher Salvador Perez, who homered twice to give him 40 for the season. Here’s a look at No. 40: With those two blasts, the seven-time All-Star, in his age-31 season, […]
Darren Till may be caught in a rough chapter of his career, but he’s not giving up on his dream of becoming a UFC champion. Till suffered his fourth loss over his last five fights on Saturday when he was submitted by Derek Brunson in the third round of the pair’s main-event bout at UFC […]
The Kansas City Chiefs fell one win short of repeating as Super Bowl champions last season. Patrick Mahomes and company will look to get back to the big game for the third consecutive season when the 2021 NFL season gets underway. The Chiefs open their season with a home matchup against Baker Mayfield and the […]
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