Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer are ready for battle. The two ranked middleweights successfully made weight on Friday morning in Las Vegas at UFC Vegas 86’s official weigh-ins. Hermansson, a longtime middleweight contender, tipped the scales at 185 pounds, while up-and-coming prospect Pyfer came in a half-pound heavier, weighing 185.5 pounds for the first main event of his burgeoning UFC career. Hermansson, 35, has alternated wins and losses over his last seven bouts, defeating the likes of Kelvin Gastelum, Edmen Shahbazyan, and Chris Curtis, while falling short against Jared Cannonier, Marvin Vettori, Sean Strickland, and most recently Roman Dolidze. Pyfer,…
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Volume II of The Draftables was released earlier this week, providing not just a comprehensive list of prospects for the 2024 NBA Draft, but a categorization listing potential lottery, first-round, and second-round/two-way prospects.In the nearly three months since the college season arrived, this collective list of prospects has evolved quite a bit, with some players showing they will need more time and thus being removed for the time being, and others emerging.Of the 22 new names from the college basketball ranks, all but two of them currently project as potential second-round picks or two-way candidates. Given that there are 65…
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat Five Degrees of Heat from Tuesday night;s 121-95 rout of the Magic:sun-sentinel.com/2024/02/06/hea… 1. Jimmy Butler’s 3s help seal it. 2. And now another lineup. 3. With significant rotation change, as well. 4. Terry Rozier has himself a night. 5. Tiebreaker secured. – 8:16 AM
Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 9, 2024, 07:00 AM ETCloseSam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com.MISTY McMICHAEL KNEW what she was supposed to do. They had talked about this. They’d talked about this exact situation.How could they not? Misty’s husband, Steve McMichael, was diagnosed with ALS in 2021. The paralysis of the disease steadily, agonizingly, took hold. Steve was at the heart of the legendary 1985 Chicago Bears defense, a beloved rebel who hunted rattlesnakes and had a second act as a professional wrestler and spent most days bopping and bouncing and talking and laughing. But by August of…
Ben Earl says he is one of England’s “senior players” in defenceVenue: Twickenham Stadium Date: Saturday, 10 February Kick-off: 16:45 GMTCoverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales & Radio Cymru; live text on BBC Sport website and app, watch on ITV1 & S4CEngland will leave their “ego at the door” and be “prepared to make mistakes” in defence against Wales on Saturday, says number eight Ben Earl.New defence coach Felix Jones introduced South Africa’s blitz defence system, which he coached, in England’s opening Six Nations victory over Italy.The system had mixed results, with Italy scoring three tries…
By Ben Sully @SullyBen Leaders Bayer Leverkusen will welcome Bayern Munich to the Bay Arena for Saturday’s crucial top-of-the-table clash. Xabi AlonsoBayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen’s memorable campaign continues to go from strength to strength after Xabi Alonso saw his side come from behind on two occasions to beat Stuttgart in Tuesday’s DFB-Pokal quarter-final. Robert Andrich and Amine Adli found the net to cancel out goals from Waldemar Anton and Chris Führich respectively. Just as the contest appeared to be heading towards extra-time, Jonathan Tah headed home a 90th-minute winner to send Leverkusen through to the final four. As a…
Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has sided with rivals Arsenal after they were intensely criticised for how they celebrated last Sunday’s win over Liverpool.Goals from Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard handed the Gunners a vital 3-1 win over the Premier League leaders at the Emirates Stadium, cutting the gap between the sides to just two points.Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and his players basked in the glory post-match, with captain Martin Odegaard notably parading around with a photographer’s camera, but the manner of their celebrations were criticised by Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville.But the Gunners…
The upcoming UFC 298 broadcast team will look a little different than usual. Former middleweight champion Michael Bisping will sit in for Daniel Cormier as part of the commentary team calling the fights from Anaheim, Calif. The rest of the pay-per-view team remains the same with Jon Anik handling play-by-play duties and Joe Rogan handling color commentary alongside Bisping. Megan Olivi will handle reporting duties for the broadcast. UFC officials confirmed the broadcast team to MMA Fighting on Friday. Of course, Bisping has sat in for pay-per-views in the past, often times for international cards where Rogan typically doesn’t travel…
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Spencer Percy @QCHspencer #Hornets trade deadline recap: – Rozier (2 yrs.), Hayward (expiring), PJW (2 yrs.) & two 2nd round picks OUT. – Tre Mann (1 yr.), Davis Bertans (1 yr. non-guaranteed), Micic (1 yr.), Grant Williams (3 yrs.), Seth Curry (1 yr.) & two ’27 1st round (at least) picks IN. pic.twitter.com/4tA007IyyQ – 1:30 PM