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In the penultimate pairing, Montreal’s Louis Jourdain dominated and submitting Magno Dias to make his case for joining his brother Charles on the UFC roster. And in the main event, Damian Pinas closed things out by flooring Vitor Costa with thudding right hand.It didn’t take Dana White long to make his decisions, with the UFC President inviting all four finishers — Campbell, Alvidrez, Jourdain, and Pinas — to compete in the UFC going forward. That’s now 35 contracts through eight weeks and another evening filled with entertaining performances and electric action inside the UFC APEX.Check out how things played out…

“Manchester City had 32.8% possession in their 1-1 draw at Arsenal last month, the lowest of Pep Guardiola’s career,” begins Graham Murphy. “Do any managers have a higher lowest-possession figure in the English top flight?”That figure of 32.8% was the lowest for Guardiola in a league game, as mentioned in last week’s column. We can’t compare him to every Premier League manager, mainly because possession stats were only recorded from the 2003-04 season onwards. Instead, we asked our friends at Opta to deliver the statistical goods on selected managers, past and present.At least five have a higher lowest-possession figure, though…

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández belted two home runs apiece. Blake Snell didn’t allow a run until the seventh inning. The Los Angeles Dodgers were well on their way to the sort of dominant victory that would reaffirm their status as the favorites to emerge as World Series champs for a second straight year.Then manager Dave Roberts had to go to his ineffective, oft-maligned bullpen.AdvertisementRelievers Alex Vesia, Edgardo Henriquez and Jack Dreyer turned a seemingly insurmountable, eight-run lead into a dicey one over the course of a confidence-sapping, 59-pitch top of the eighth inning. Boos rained down…

“If you take a young, talented future doctor who is in high school, one who has the potential to be one of the best surgeons in the world, and you take him and put him in the operating room, he is going to be in shock, he is going to overreact, he is going to get scared,” Salita said. “If he goes through the process of going to college, going to medical school, internship, step by step, level by level, that is how his potential comes to life.”

Following Tuesday’s surgery on his badly injured knee, there are reasons for optimism that Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill will make a full recovery by next season. His status in Miami, however, has become much more complicated following the injury.Even before Monday night, Miami likely would not have been inclined to pay Hill $36 million in 2026. On the third day of the league year in March 2026, $11 million of his $29.9 million base salary for 2026 becomes fully guaranteed. Currently, none of it is guaranteed, for injury or otherwise. The Dolphins also owe him a $5 million roster bonus…

Wanderlei Silva and Acelino Freitas were both hit with long suspensions, whereas the person who knocked out the ex-UFC vet in the post-fight brawl came out of the melee, sans suspension. This was decided upon by the Brazilian National Boxing Council, with several cornermen on both sides also facing suspensions after the controversy of Spaten Fight Night 2. After being disqualified for several headbutts, Silva would also be knocked out by Rafael Freitas, Acelino’s son, during a sizable post-fight brawl that saw the opposing teams throw down in the ring. MMA Fighting was informed about this decision from the regulatory…

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Sep 30, 2025, 05:00 PM ETAthletics general manager David Forst received a new contract for next season, when he will continue steering the club through transition in California’s capital region while waiting for a planned relocation to Las Vegas in 2028.”I will be back in 2026,” Forst said Tuesday during an end-of-the-season video call.The A’s finished 76-86 playing their first year in West Sacramento, California, getting seven more wins than in a 69-93 finish in 2024, their final season in Oakland.Editor’s Picks”We had a lot of success to be very proud of in 2025,” Forst said.Forst, 49, has been general…

The Jonathan Kuminga saga has finally come to a close (sort of) as the soon-to-be 23-year-old agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million deal with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, with the second year being a team option. This situation can only be categorized as “sort of” resolved, of course, because questions remain.Here are three main ones. 1. Will Kuminga still be traded?The smart money says yes. The Warriors, outside of Joe Lacob, do not appear in any way committed to Kuminga and Kuminga did everything he could to get away from the Warriors. This is a lack-of-options marriage, and when…

Renowned boxing champion Terence “Bud” Crawford was ordered out of his vehicle at gunpoint and given a citation for reckless driving, police said, just hours after a victory parade in his honor in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. According to a press release from Omaha police, the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning and has prompted an internal affairs investigation. On Saturday, Crawford had attended a celebratory parade in Omaha to mark his victory over Canelo Álvarez earlier this month, which saw him crowned the undisputed world super middleweight champion. Footage that has been widely circulated on…