“That’s the kind of stupid s— I think about in the car when I’m driving to the gym.”
Cory Sandhagen made a statement Saturday, thoroughly dominating Marlon “Chito” Vera in the UFC on an ESPN headline bout.
The win marks the second in a row for Sandhagen (16–4), as well as the fourth victory over his last six bouts. He immediately blitzed Vera (20-8-1) in the opening two rounds, landing 50 significant strikes to Vera’s 11.
Author: Michael
The Edmonton center’s numbers defy comprehension.
Even by his lofty standards, Oilers center Connor McDavid has hit another gear this season.
Coming into 2023, there didn’t seem to be much more for McDavid to accomplish. In every season of his career except for his rookie year and pandemic-shortened 2020, the Richmond Hill, Ontario native has topped 100 points. He’s recorded six straight top-five finishes in the Hart Trophy voting and appears bound for the Hall of Fame.
The Colts are interested in the Ravens quarterback, but only at the right price.
After Colts general manager Chris Ballard expressed that the team would do their due diligence on Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, owner Jim Irsay told ESPN reporter Stephen Holder that there’s one problem:
Compensation.
However, it’s not Jackson’s salary that concerns Irsay, it’s the draft picks and additional compensation that the Colts would have to give up in a trade of if the team were to sign Jackson off his non-exclusive franchise tag.
“The money is not a problem,” Irsay told Holder.
Although the two MVP frontrunners didn’t get the chance to face one another Monday, the Nuggets star was asked his thoughts about the 76ers big man.
The 2022–23 NBA MVP race has grown rather contentious in recent weeks as lines have been drawn between supporters of two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokić and 76ers star big man Joel Embiid. However, there seems to be nothing but respect between the two players involved in the battle for the league’s highest individual honor based on comments made by the Nuggets star on Monday evening.
San Francisco 49ers GM John Lynch believes Brock Purdy has earned the right to be under center.
Purdy was a surprise hit down the stretch for the San Francisco 49ers after Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo both suffered health issues. The former Iowa State star also suffered an elbow injury in the playoffs, but once he’s healthy, it sounds like he’ll be above Trey Lance, who is also recovering from an ankle injury, on the depth chart.
At the very least, that’s how San Francisco’s GM feels it should be.
John Lynch endorses Brock Purdy as QB1 for the San Francisco 49ers.
The three-time World Series champion called it a career Monday night.
Over the course of a nine-year career with the Giants, pitcher Sergio Romo evolved into both one of baseball’s most effective relievers and a fan favorite. He registered 84 saves for San Francisco from 2008 to ’16, seventh-most in franchise history, and won three World Series titles.
However, it was gestures like the one he made for his farewell game Friday that most endured Romo to the Bay Area faithful.
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images
And at this point in the season, both streaks are pivotal in their own ways.
Nuggets top Embiid-less Sixers, 116-111
This game coulda had class. It coulda been a contenda. Instead of bein’ a bum. Which isn’t totally what this game ended up being, but considering what it would have represented had Joel Embiid been available for it, it’s ultimately a disappointment.
World Athletics – the international governing body for track and field – officially banned transgender athletes from competing in all women’s events. The announcement came last week, and tennis legend Martina Navratilova believes that this is a “step in the right direction.”
READ: FEMALE CYCLING CHAMPION RETIRES FROM THE SPORT AFTER HAVING TO RACE AGAINST TRANSGENDER WOMEN
The 18-time Grand Slam winner wrote an interesting op-ed in The Times of the UK not only showing support for the decision but also proposing a separate category for all transgender athletes.
You can’t do this to a ref!
The XFL, in case you forgot, is a football thing that continues to be a football thing. And one of the best parts about this football thing continues to be the mic’d up refs.
We had another example of this on Monday night when the refs tried to figure out a very important call during the Houston Roughnecks-DC Defenders game.
Here’s what happened: A Houston player on the sideline squirted some water at one of the officials, which was just an incredible move.
Once an obscure art, pitch framing has become an essential MLB skill. But it is suddenly endangered.
Charlie Greene tries to find something he can compare to what might soon happen to MLB catchers. He can’t.
The Brewers’ catching instructor reaches for a few analogies. This would be like telling a quarterback he can’t make passes of over 50 yards, he says. It would be like telling a basketball player he can’t dunk or take a three-pointer. But Greene knows these comparisons aren’t quite right.