UFC 196 Expert Picks: Predicting McGregor vs. Diaz, Holm vs. Tate
More UFC: Why McGregor wins | Why Diaz wins | Inside the Numbers | How to watchPerhaps it's because he's been a pro fighter for more than a decade.Perhaps it's because he's also the little brother of a pro fighter. Or perhaps it's because he was brought up in the far-from-glamorous environs of Stockton, California.Regardless of the reasoning, one thing is clear.More so than a lot of guys who punch, kick and grapple for a living, Nate Diaz sounds authentic.And when it comes to his assignment thi..>> view originalNASCAR's Martin Truex Jr. flourishing in transition season
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APWith Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler set to become a free agent on Wednesday, the team is trying to entice him to stay in Denver. Mike Klis of KUSA reports that the Broncos offered Osweiler a three-year contract worth more than $45 million. That comes on the heels of a Denver Post report that pegged the Broncos’ offer to Osweiler at more than $12 million a year. Neither report has indicated how much money is guaranteed in these offers, and the guaranteed money is often more important to p..>> view originalBud Collins was the first gentleman of American tennis
Bud Collins died on Friday. He was 86 and he’d been sick for a while so it wasn’t a shock. But I felt as if I’d lost my best friend. Here’s what’s significant about that: I know for a fact that I was one of hundreds who felt that way. Bud Collins wrote and talked about tennis better than anyone who ever lived. Period. But he also taught countless young reporters how to cover tennis and how to love the game even when many of those in it were anything but loveable. John Feinstein is a sports col..>> view originalUFC 196 Predictions: Can Nate Diaz Upset Conor McGregor?
Getty Image Hey fight fans, we’ve got a big one here. UFC 196 might have lost the champion versus champion match when Rafael Dos Anjos got hurt, but Nate Diaz taking on Conor McGregor is getting a ton of hype behind it. The fights kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Fight Pass, so let’s dive into the predictions. 2016 Important Results: Jessica: 42-32-2 (57 percent) Burnsy: 35-27-1 (56 percent) Ryan: 5-1 (83 percent) Jason: 7-5 (58 percent) Jackman: 7-5 (58 percent) Enrique: 7-5 (58 percent) Jamie: 3-3 ..>> view originalReport: Tony Romo to miss 6–8 weeks after collarbone procedure
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will miss 6–8 weeks after having collarbone surgery, ESPN reports. Romo will opt not to have a plate inserted in his shoulder and instead undergo the Mumford procedure, which shaves off part of the clavicle to relieve potential pressure on the shoulder. He reportedly made the decision after a CT scan on Wednesday. Last week, Romo was leaning toward the plate. The 6–8 week timetable sets him up for a return to team activities in May and June. Romo started just four g..>> view originalThe 8 weirdest things about Illinois firing Bill Cubit in March
Nothing about what Illinois did Saturday is normal. Yet it might all make sense. Illinois stunned fans and observers on Saturday with the firing of Bill Cubit, who had been retained as head coach just months earlier. But the degrees of strangeness bear repeating. 1. Cubit was fired on new AD Josh Whitman's FIRST DAY. Whitman, a former Illinois tight end, was hired on February 18 to replace fired athletic director Mike Thomas. (Thomas was fired in November, shortly after Illinois released the fi..>> view originalClemson completes BC's losing ACC regular season, 66-50
By Ken Powtak | AP March 5 at 3:56 PM BOSTON — Clemson coach Brad Brownell walked over to Boston College coach Jim Christian and gave him a long embrace, offering some encouragement at the end of the Eagles’ long regular season. “He’s a good friend and he’s a guy I know that it’s harder on him than people realize,” Brownell said after the Tigers finished off the Eagles’ winless regular season in Atlantic Coast Conference play with a 66-50 victory on Saturday. “As a fellow coach you agonize..>> view originalFalcons' “gender-based” questions may have been “widespread”
Getty ImagesThe Falcons apologized on Friday for asking Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple whether he “likes men.” The Falcons may need to be issuing more apologies. D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Falcons’ behavior was not isolated to Apple. “A few players told me the Falcons were asking gender questions,” an unnamed source told Ledbetter under a headline indicating that the practice may have been widespread. “After [Michael] Sam and the Jonathan Martin ..>> view original
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