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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 13: Max Holloway reacts to the knockout of Justin Gaethje in the BMF championship fight during the UFC 300 event at T-Mobile Arena on April 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)We knew heading into UFC 300 that every fight mattered. And after a night of watching some of the…

San Antonio Spurs guard Devonte' Graham (4) shoots the winning shot against the Denver Nuggets during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Friday, April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) SAN ANTONIO — To hold serve at the top of the Western Conference standings, the Nuggets had to weather one last…

Drew O'Connor put Pittsburgh ahead 1-0 at 2:40 of the first period, putting in the rebound of Rust’s shot with a backhand in the crease. Raymond tied it 1-1 at 3:39 with a backhand in front. Kris Letang gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead at 15:09 with a wrist shot from the slot. Raymond tied it 2-2 at 19:46, taking a pass from DeBrincat on a 2-on-1…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Greg Norman played in the Masters 23 times. He had eight top-five finishes and was the runner-up three times. His play during his 1981 debut here is what inspired his “Great White Shark” nickname. But he had never experienced Augusta National Golf Club as he did Wednesday.Norman, the LIV Golf chief executive, was like every other…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Early in the second half of Monday night’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament championship game between a pair of No. 1 seeds, Purdue’s Zach Edey leaped for a one-handed putback dunk against Connecticut. It’s a shot the two-time reigning national player of the year made routinely over a decorated career.Except this time the ball…

CLEVELAND — And then it was over. Confetti fell. At 5:10 p.m. Sunday, inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Caitlin Clark was not at the center of the basketball world but maybe 10 steps away.South Carolina celebrated nearby, arms and heads all tangled in joy. The Gamecocks, not Iowa, had just won the national title, meaning Clark had lost in the…

For the second consecutive weekend, the Commonwealth of Virginia hosts a NASCAR race as the Cup Series shifts from Richmond Raceway to Martinsville Speedway.This weekend also marks the second consecutive short-track race and third in the last four weeks. But Martinsville is not just any short track; it is both NASCAR’s smallest and oldest racing…

By Brandon DrenonBBC News, Washington7 hours agoImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Caitlin Clark plays for IowaThe scene was described as "controlled chaos".Dozens of people queued down the block and around the corner to get into the Sports Bra in Portland, Oregon, the first bar in the world - according to owner Jenny Nyugen - to only show…

LOS ANGELES — It all happened so quickly for Ambar Roman. The lifelong Dodgers fan watched as her husband dove to the ground with others in search of Shohei Ohtani’s home run ball.Then Roman looked at the ground, near her feet, and there it was. She picked up the milestone baseball, Ohtani’s historic first with the Dodgers, and pumped her fist…

Two veteran players on the U.S. women’s national soccer team Wednesday denounced teammate Korbin Albert’s social media activity that supported anti-LGBTQ+ content, calling it “extremely, extremely sad.”Midfielder Lindsey Horan and forward Alex Morgan made an unscheduled appearance on a video call with reporters ahead of the SheBelieves Cup…