Month: August 2021

7:50 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Edson Barboza and Giga Chikadze is a genuine, well-deserved, undisputable fire emoji. When the UFC first announced this 145-pound pairing, fight nerds around the world rejoiced on social media. It features world-class technique, skill, athleticism and power. There can be only one dark horse in
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7:51 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — All-Star catcher Buster Posey was out of the San Francisco Giants‘ starting lineup for the second consecutive game Thursday night because of discomfort in his left knee. Posey was on the bench for the major-league-leading Giants, but first baseman Brandon Belt was unavailable against the New York
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9:32 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The IBF has mandated that Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 7 to proceed with their Oct. 5 fight in New York for the undisputed lightweight championship, Triller’s Ryan Kavanaugh told ESPN on Thursday. Both Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) and Kambosos (19-0, 10 KOs)
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10:43 PM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ilya Ivashka, Emil Ruusuvuori and Mikael Ymer all took down seeded opponents — including No. 1 Pablo Carreno Busta — on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Winston-Salem Open. Ivashka beat Carreno Busta 7-6 (2), 6-3, upending the world’s 12th-ranked player. That sent the 27-year-old from Belarus
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