Month: February 2023

11:36 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — South Africa’s Ockie Strydom shot a 9-under 63 on Sunday to power up the leaderboard and clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke from Finland’s Sami Valimaki. Strydom carded a final round of 63 — the best score of the final day at Laguna National Golf Resort Club
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Feb 11, 2023 Yair Rodriguez is the UFC’s interim featherweight champion following a masterful finish over Josh Emmett at UFC 284. Rodriguez (15-3) submitted Emmett via triangle choke at 4 minutes, 19 seconds of the second round. The 145-pound bout co-headlined UFC 284, which took place on Sunday morning local time at RAC Arena. The
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11:02 PM ET Jens Pulver will be inducted into the pioneer wing of the UFC Hall of Fame later this year, the promotion announced Saturday. Pulver, 48, became the UFC’s first lightweight champion in February 2001, when he defeated Caol Uno at UFC 30 in Atlantic City. Nicknamed “Lil Evil,” he went on to defend
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1:39 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Everything was different this time. Islam Makhachev successfully defended his UFC lightweight championship Saturday night in a performance that did not resemble the victory last October that earned him the belt. On this night, Makhachev mostly stood and traded punches to win his superfight against featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski in
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2:40 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — LeBron James was out and the new-look Los Angeles Lakers looked locked in with a 109-103 road win against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. “You couldn’t ask for a better first game,” said Jarred Vanderbilt, who had 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in 17 minutes off
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3:02 AM ET ESPN News Services SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — WNBA star Brittney Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday in what is believed to be her second public appearance since her release from a Russian prison. Griner was part of a crowd of about 200,000 fans at the tournament, watching the action from
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3:28 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — There aren’t many occasions anymore when one can say Sidney Crosby did something in a game for the first time. Saturday night, though, he accomplished a first he hoped to avoid. Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar, received a game misconduct for the first time in his 18-year
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