McIlroy has not held the 54-hole lead at any major since the US PGA Championship in 2014 – a tournament he went on to win. In fact, he has closed out at every major he has led going into the final round, apart from at Augusta National, when a meltdown on the second nine cost … Read more
MIAMI (AP) — Alexander Volkanovski reclaimed the featherweight championship early Sunday morning, defeating Diego Lopes by unanimous decision at UFC 314. Two judges scored the fight 49-46 and the other had it 48-47. Advertisement Volkanovski (27-4) had successfully defended his belt four times before losing to Israel Makhachev on Feb. 11, 2023. Now he has … Read more
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Mats Zuccarello scored at 2:47 of overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday night to inch closer to a playoff berth. Zuccarello beat goalie Kevin Lankinen on a breakaway after Kirill Kaprizov freed him in the zone with a nifty pass. Advertisement With one game … Read more
Brian White celebrates after scoring one of his four goals in Vancouver’s thrashing of Austin FC (Derek Cain) Brian White scored four goals as the Vancouver Whitecaps extended their lead at the top of Major League Soccer’s Western Conference with a 5-1 thrashing of Austin FC on Saturday. Fourth-placed Austin went into Saturday’s road game … Read more
OXFORD — Senior pitcher Riley Maddox broke down in a conversation with first-year Ole Miss baseball pitching coach Joel Mangrum before last week. It turned out to be a good thing. The No. 7 Rebels beat No. 4 Tennessee 8-5 on Saturday, April 12. It evened the series and set up a rubber match for … Read more
Paddy Pimblett’s win streak continued at UFC 314. Is he a true lightweight contender now? (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) (Sean M. Haffey via Getty Images) Paddy Pimblett notched his ninth straight win at UFC 314, and it wasn’t pretty for Michael Chandler. The UFC’s No. 12-ranked lightweight bodied, bloodied and battered his opponent … Read more
Yair Rodriguez of Mexico punches Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire of Brazil in a featherweight bout at UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) (Jeff Bottari via Getty Images) Yair Rodriguez gave Patricio Pitbull a tough welcome to the UFC. The former UFC interim featherweight champion outworked and ultimately overwhelmed the longtime … Read more
Yair Rodriguez delivered on his promise to play spoiler for Patricio Freire’s octagon debut when he came out of the UFC 314 main card opener with his hand raised. After losing his past two fights, Rodriguez (19-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) showed on Saturday that he shouldn’t be discarded as a title threat in the featherweight … Read more
Jean Silva provided what many were hoping to see at UFC 314 when he defeated the controversial Bryce Mitchell. Silva (16-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) put further momentum behind his rising star when he delivered a third-round submission victory over Mitchell (17-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in their featherweight bout at Kaseya Center in Miami. Check below … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Surridge scored on a penalty kick in the first minute of second-half stoppage time to rally Nashville SC to a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Surridge scored for the second time this season after Nashville (4-3-1) was awarded a PK when Hany Mukhtar drew a foul … Read more