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Everything you need to know about watching the 2023 NHL Draft, including start times, streaming info, draft order and more.

Bryan Danielson.
Kazuchika Okada.
Two of the greatest wrestlers in the world, separated by different promotions—and different continents.
Long a dream match, the prospects of the two facing off appeared improbable. Danielson starred for WWE as Daniel Bryan, and the only way he was squaring off against Okada was if WWE lured him away from New Japan Pro-Wrestling. That, clearly, was simply an unrealistic proposition.
Mounting injuries then forced Danielson to retire in 2016. Okada focused his time and energy on redefining brilliance in the ring.

Hiroshi Tanahashi is getting ready for the summer, which he plans on spending as AEW world champion.
One of the most decorated champions in all of wrestling, Tanahashi has worn New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s IWGP heavyweight championship a record eight times. Now he is seeking his first reign as AEW champion. He lost in a match against Jon Moxley last year for the belt, but will get a second chance Sunday at the Forbidden Door pay-per-view against reigning champ MJF.
“I feel very honored to challenge for the AEW title,” says Tanahashi, speaking through a translator.

Taylor Silverman will join Riley Gaines to protest Austin Killips competing in the women’s division of the 2023 USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships Sunday.
Killips — a biological male —has been stealing podium spots and prize money from female athletes since he decided to compete in women’s events last year.
“I hope that UCI and USA Cycling hears us and decides to change the rules that currently allow male athletes like Killips to compete in the women’s division because it’s simply unfair,” Silverman said.

Bust. It’s the dirtiest four-letter word in fantasy football.
Fantasy managers who drafted players such as Russell Wilson, Jonathan Taylor and Deebo Samuel last season know the term (and its consequences) all too well. Selecting a bust, especially in the earlier rounds of your draft, can be detrimental to your chances of fielding a true fantasy league postseason contender.

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MacKenzie Hughes, the 10-year PGA Tour pro, had to withdraw prior to the Travelers Championship and provided the painful details why.
MacKenzie Hughes, the 10-year PGA Tour professional, was forced to withdraw from the Travelers Championship following an opening round 6-over 76. Initially, few details were revealed, but Hughes provided a detailed and painful account on social media Thursday night.

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Welcome to The Weekly Takedown, Sports Illustrated’s in-depth look at MMA. Every week, this column offers insight and information on the most noteworthy stories in the fight world.
Cory Sandhagen defeated Chito Vera in March. The win was dominant, displaying that Sandhagen is a legitimate contender for the bantamweight title.
Now Sandhagen seeks to remove any remaining doubt over that. He has accepted a bout against the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov, which will headline the UFC Fight Night in Nashville this August.

As the A’s appear destined to leave Oakland for Las Vegas after failing to reach a new stadium deal, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred was widely criticized for comments made about the team’s fan base following the reverse boycott conducted at a game last week.
The reverse boycott by A’s fans led to 28,000 strong showing up to Tuesday, Jun 13. game against the Rays. Manfred, who was asked about the boycott, responded with snarkiness.
“It was great,” Manfred said last week.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was benched from Thursday night’s game because he is not a nice person.
Yes, like something out of Little League, Rays manager Kevin Cash said that he benched Franco to teach him a lesson about being kinder to his peers.
Cash told reporters that the shortstop had been told “multiple times that the way he [Franco] has handled his frustrations have not been the way that we ask our players to uphold being the best teammate.

CROMWELL, Conn. — Denny McCarthy looks on from the first hole during the second round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 23, 2023. | Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images
Denny McCarthy, the 30-year-old from Maryland, has put himself in position to win his first PGA Tour event this weekend in Connecticut.
TPC River Highlands, host of this week’s Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour, is no stranger to record-breaking low scores.
Jim Furyk carded a PGA Tour record 58 at this Connecticut course in 2016.