WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (24-0, 11 KOs) surprisingly stood his ground tonight, winning a questionable 12-round unanimous decision over William Zepeda (33-1, 27 KOs) in their co-feature fight at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York. The scores were 118-110, 118-110, and 119-109. Those scores were disturbingly bad, as they didn’t match the fight that took place tonight. …
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Calvin Kattar can’t seem to catch a break in the UFC. UFC Nashville took place Saturday night with a 12-fight card headlined by heavyweight knockout king Derrick Lewis and the 6’7″ Tallison Teixeira. The Fight Night event is top-heavy, with former headliners littering the main card from karate specialist Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson in the co-main event to boxer Calvin Kattar, …
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BOSTON — Instant reactions from the Red Sox’ 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on Saturday: 1) Boston has won nine straight games to improve to 52-45. The Rays dropped to 50-46. 2) During his pregame media availability, manager Alex Cora referred to ace Garrett Crochet as “the leader.” Crochet pitched his first career complete game …
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By MATTIAS KARÉN, Associated Press LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, handed out the trophy to Iga Swiatek and some consoling words to Amanda Anisimova after the women’s Wimbledon final on Saturday. Swiatek beat Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 for her first Wimbledon title. Kate, the wife of Prince William, is the patron of the All England Club …
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Andreas HaleJul 12, 2025, 11:35 PM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior …
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The No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Cooper Flagg called his Summer League debut performance on Thursday “one of the worst games” in his basketball career. The Dallas Mavericks rookie flipped the narrative on Saturday during his second Summer League performance vs. the San Antonio Spurs. He posted 31 points in just 31 minutes played, along with four rebounds. …
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On Saturday, the 26th annual MLB Futures Game took place at Truist Park, an event that is ideally supposed to promote some of the future stars of the sport that will soon become household names at the MLB level. But unfortunately, both the timing and the overall lack of marketing around the event has subjected to league to a significant …
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Shakur Stevenson retained his WBC lightweight title with a win over William Zepeda, and shouldn’t hear any calls that his fight was boring this time around. Stevenson won on wide cards, scored 118-110, 118-110, and 119-109, but he passed a good test against a strong and capable Zepeda, who came forward all night but just couldn’t quite match Stevenson’s skill …
Read More »Tallison Teixeira’s undefeated run is no more. Derrick Lewis more than made sure of that. Lewis easily handled Teixeira in a matter of seconds on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville in what was his first fight in more than a year. The 40-year-old, who is the UFC’s all-time knockout leader, added another TKO to his tally when he …
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The Nationals will exercise the first pick in the 2025 Draft in Atlanta tonight shortly after 6 p.m. ET, and they’ll probably use almost all of that time before making a decision. It likely will come down to one of three players: Louisiana State left-hander Kade Anderson or Oklahoma high school shortstops Ethan Holliday and Eli Willits. Sources from multiple …
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