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UFC 306’s venue is as much part of the show as the fighters competing. Noche UFC, the promotion’s second annual Mexican Independence Day weekend celebration, takes place at the Sphere in Las Vegas for a show billed as a first-of-its-kind sporting spectacle. Even if the attention is more on the venue than the fights, the […]

With the stealth, dexterity, and working silence of a Parisian cat burglar, the Detroit Tigers have sidled back into the American League playoff race.  Tuesday night’s 11-0 ritual disemboweling of the Colorado Rockies pushed the Tigers to 74-71 on the season and also brought them to within three games of the third and final wild-card […]

Getty Images The Miami Dolphins are on a short week in Week 2, and have to face one of their toughest opponents in the rival Buffalo Bills. The Bills are 11-1 in their last 12 matchups vs. the Dolphins, the most recent meeting being that Week 18 matchup that decided the division. To make matters […]

If Mauricio Pochettino were in any doubt as to the scale of the task he has just signed himself up for, he needed only to listen to his predecessor and his captain. Tactical tweaks and squad pruning are a way off for the new USMNT boss. The most fundamental aspects of any squad — culture […]

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The most expensive, ambitious and theatrical UFC pay-per-view card in the promotion’s 31-year history takes place on Saturday when UFC 306 invades The Sphere in Las Vegas.  The 10-fight card, which UFC CEO Dana White reported has already cost the promotion more than double in initial $8 million budget, will be part of UFC’s continued […]

USATSI Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw four one-run innings against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday (GameTracker) in his first appearance since June 15. He had missed nearly three months after suffering from a rotator cuff strain.  Yamamoto held the Cubs to one run on four hits and no walks, all while striking out […]

USATSI Few athletes in history are more closely connected to a particular franchise than Jerry West is with the Los Angeles Lakers, even if the relationship went sour toward the end.  As such, the Lakers will wear a black No. 44 band — the number that West wore during his 14 years as a Lakers […]

It’s fair to say that most NFL teams looked rusty in Week 1 of the regular season, but some were more rusty than others. There is, of course, a great debate centered around playing your starters in the preseason, but then there are other starters who missed considerable time in training camp due to contract […]

The wait is over as U.S. Soccer has entered a new era following the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as the head coach of the United States men’s national team on Monday. Succeeding Gregg Berhalter who was dismissed from the role following the USMNT crashing out of the Copa America group stage, Pochettino is tasked with […]