Author: Amanda Collins

Former UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje is pretty furious with the way he is currently being treated by the promotion.Last month, UFC fans were hit with some shock news when Justin Gaethje‘s manager claimed that Gaethje is considering retirement after he was snubbed for the vacant lightweight title fight at UFC 317.The fan favorite seemingly went on to explain that if he isn’t given a title shot in his next fight then he will retire from the sport, and things got worse when Ilia Topuria went on to snub him as his next opponent.Not only that, but UFC boss…

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Francisco Lindor continues to fight through it offensively. After taking another 0-for during Tuesday's comeback win over the Angels, the Mets' shortstop is now hitless over his last 30 at-bats, which is a career-worst slump.Mets fans even tried to will him to a big knock as they did when he struggled during the early part of last season, but it was to no avail this time around. Despite the rough stretch, Carlos Mendoza isn’t sensing another frustration from his superstar talent. “The one thing with him is he’s always so steady,” the second-year manager said. “It doesn’t matter whether he’s going 4-for-4 and…

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Free agent forward Josh Okogie has signed a one-year, $3.1 million deal with the Houston Rockets, sources told ESPN.The Rockets announced the agreement on Tuesday but didn’t reveal terms.Okogie, 26, enters his eighth NBA season and gives the Rockets another active wing defender who has averaged 6.3 points over 416 games.Last season, Okogie recorded career highs in field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage and effective field goal percentage. But he played a career-low 40 games.Rockets officials and agent Calvin Andrews of Klutch Sports negotiated the deal for Okogie, who averaged a career-high 1.2 steals and ranked fourth in steals…

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NFL NationJul 22, 2025, 08:29 PM ETCloseNFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season.Training camps have kicked off around the NFL, and our 32 team reporters are on the ground each day following all the action. NFL Nation has the latest intel on standouts, highlights, position battles, depth chart movement, cut decisions and, of course, the quarterback room.Follow the links below to learn everything we are seeing and hearing at camp. We will update…

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Liverpool consider Rodrygo as possible Luis Diaz replacement, Alexander Isak wants £300,000 a week to sign new deal at Newcastle and Granit Xhaka agrees move to SunderlandReal Madrid’s Brazil winger Rodrygo, 24, is one of the candidates to replace Luis Diaz at Liverpool should the 28-year-old Colombia winger leave Anfield. (Florian Plettenberg), externalSweden striker Alexander Isak, 25, wants £300,000 a week to sign a new contract at Newcastle. (Talksport) , externalGranit Xhaka has agreed terms with Sunderland, with the club now in talks with Bayer Leverkusen over a fee for the 32-year-old Switzerland midfielder. (Times – subscription required), externalBrentford have…

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Jul 23, 2025, 01:09 AM ETSEATTLE — Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 39th home run of the season, Logan Gilbert tossed 6⅓ shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners ended the Milwaukee Brewers’ 11-game winning streak 1-0 on Tuesday night.Raleigh, who hadn’t homered since July 11 against the Detroit Tigers, received an elevated fastball from Brewers right-hander Nick Mears (1-3) and hit it well past the right-field wall.”I really thought that was an outstanding at-bat,” Seattle manager Dan Wilson said. “When you look at the whole approach to the at-bat, I thought he just battled, and was waiting for a…

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A rematch between Green and Crews-Dezurn would create an undisputed champion. However, Crews-Dezurn’s criticism of her on social media has spoiled communication between the two camps. “The thing about Franchon, she’s doing the smear campaign so much that it’s hard to want to even do business with her,” insisted Green. “When we reached out, when she had nothing going on, to do the rematch, she felt like she was being belittled or low-balled or whatnot, and she had no interest in the pot. She had taken the belt, and she had no reason to come over and fight me again,…

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Dallas Cowboys – Jaydon BlueThe Cowboys’ rookie running back caught some negative rumors over the weekend and even took to social media to reassure his doubters that he’d quiet the noise. Blue has every opportunity in the world to leap up the Cowboys’ running back depth chart this summer, if he puts in the work. His 127th overall ADP on Yahoo is still reasonable, as you can just drop him if he doesn’t earn an early-season role. His range of outcomes is quite wide — a possible value starting back to a healthy scratch on game day — and we…

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The UFL is getting blown up.Via James Larsen of PFNewsroom, four of the league’s eight teams will be relocated for 2025. (The news apparently was first reported by Mark Perry of UFLNewsHub.com.)Moving on are Birmingham, Michigan, Houston, and Memphis. It’s a clean sweep for the entire USFL conference.Memphis is no surprise; attendance was very poor. Michigan, however, had a significant spike in 2025. And Birmingham won three straight championships (two in the USFL, one in the UFL) before losing in the playoffs in 2025.A report surfaced in May that the UFL had filed trademark applications for a quartet of old…

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