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Daniel Dubois will make his first IBF heavyweight title defense on Saturday when he takes on former three-belt champion Anthony Joshua in a 12-round bout at Wembley Stadium in London. The main card is expected to get underway approximately 11 a.m. ET. Dubois, who has won 91% of his fights, is coming off a TKO […]

Amid a blowout loss to the New York Jets on Thursday night, the New England Patriots got a brief glimpse of the future when Jerod Mayo pulled veteran starter Jacoby Brissett out of the game and thrust first-round rookie Drake Maye under center. This wasn’t technically a benching of Brissett as the game was out […]

With the 2024 regular season winding down and the races for postseason berths reaching peak intensity, let’s take a moment to dishonor those clubs who have methodically worsened their lot over the recent weeks and months. Yes, it’s time to do the grim but necessary work of talking about second-half disappointments.  Some of the clubs […]

Joel Embiid has signed a contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers, the team announced Friday. It’s a three-year max deal worth $192.9 million, as reported by ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and confirmed by CBS Sports’ Bill Reiter. Embiid himself announced the deal in an Instagram post. “Philadelphia is home,” he wrote. “I want to be here for […]

Exactly 350 former NFL players have a chance to join pro football’s most coveted fraternity in 2025. This month, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has revealed its 167 modern-era and 183 senior players whose Hall of Fame candidacy will he heard in the comings months.  Trying to figure out who will make up this […]

Welcome to the weekend! The opening UEFA Champions League matchday might be over but the big games are not stopping in European soccer with the likes of Manchester City vs. Arsenal and the Milan derby. Jonathan Johnson here to get you ready for another big weekend of action. Footy fix All times U.S./Eastern Friday, September […]

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables has seen Tennessee coach Josh Heupel give everything for the teams he cares about.  The duo were key figures in Oklahoma’s national title run in 2000 — when Venables was in his second year as the co-defensive coordinator for the Sooners and Heupel was the star, Heisman Trophy-finalist quarterback. In the […]

Shohei Ohtani is out-of-this-world ridiculous. We already knew this, of course, but his exploits in Miami on Thursday evening — 6 for 6 with three homers, 10 RBI and two stolen bases — were the most emphatic reminder he could offer. This was the game he became the first MLB player in history to reach […]

Thursday afternoon, Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani became the charter member of the 50-50 club. He hit his 49th, 50th, and 51st home runs of the season, and also stole his 50th and 51st bases of the season, in a blowout win over the Miami Marlins (LA 20, MIA 4). No player had ever […]

The Brooklyn Nets will retire Vince Carter’s No. 15 jersey in a ceremony at Barclays Center on Jan. 25, following their game against the Miami Heat, the team announced on Thursday. Carter played for the Nets from 2004 to 2009. At the time, they were the New Jersey Nets and played their home games in […]