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    Juan Francisco Estrada too much for Dewayne Beamon in ninth-round TKO | Sporting News

    Dewayne Beamon made it interesting against Juan Francisco Estrada on Saturday night. Click Here: Rugby league Jerseys But the WBC super flyweight champion was far too good for the gutsy, game challenger. After dropping Beamon twice in the second round, Estrada unleashed a barrage of body punches and shots upstairs to get the ninth-round TKO and retain his title at the Centro de Usos Múltiples in Hermosillo, Mexico and live on DAZN. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Estrada started out hot early, breaking out of a clinch and dropping Beamon with a short left hook in the second round. Moments later, that same punch…

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    The best, worst XFL 2020 team names and logos, ranked | Sporting News

    The new XFL now has team names and logos to go with the eight cities that will be part of the league’s reboot in 2020. The team names and logos were made official during Wednesday’s nationally televised afternoon press conference. New York and Los Angeles are back without the Hitmen and Xtreme, their original XFL nicknames. This time around, the other six cities – Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa Bay and Washington – are brand-new, and five of them host NFL teams. MORE: A complete guide to the XFL’s 2020 reboot Before you invest in new XFL gear, here’s ranking what we think of the newly revealed names and…

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    Andrew Luck retires: What are the most surprising retirements in NFL history? | Sporting News

    Andrew Luck caught a lot of people off guard Saturday when he retired from the NFL, but he’s not the first player to do that. In this league, the wear and tear can take a toll on a player, several stars decided to hang up their cleats unexpectedly. We look at a few over the years we didn’t see coming. Most surprising retirements in NFL history Jim Brown, Browns, RB, 1966 The original surprise came when Jim Brown, the NFL’s MVP in 1965, announced two months before the start of the 1966 season that he was hanging up his cleats. Brown retired as the NFL’s all-time leading rusher and was…

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    2019 Fantasy Tiers: Draft strategy for top RBs, sleepers in rankings | Sporting News

    What’s your fantasy football draft strategy when it comes to running backs? Always take one in the first-round? Employ the “Zero-RB” strategy where you just load up on undervalued rookies, sleepers, and breakout candidates late? Avoid injury/suspension/holdout risks? Handcuff all your starters? There are plenty of ways you can attack fantasy’s most important position, but regardless of your plan, one thing is certain: You need a good set of RB rankings tiers on your cheat sheet. By tiering backs, you get a good idea of who you should be targeting and when you should be looking to draft them. No draft goes according to consensus rankings, so having a group…

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    Brandon Figueroa uses relentless assault to finish Javier Chacon in four rounds | Sporting News

    Brandon Figueroa is a force to be reckoned with. “The Heartbreaker” made his first defense of the interim WBA world super bantamweight title a successful one in front of his hometown fans at the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas in the main event of PBC on FS1 when he stopped Javier Chacon in the fourth round Saturday night. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year​ It didn’t take long for the younger brother of former champion Omar Figueroa to impose his will with body shots that landed with a resounding thud on the body of the 38-year-old Chacon. The relentless body assault continued into the…

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    Miami vs. Florida: Gators win an ugly one in college football's season-opener | Sporting News

    It wasn’t pretty – pretty ugly, actually – but the first FBS game of the 2019 season has concluded. Florida found a way to end the game with a higher score than Miami. We don’t say “win the game” because honestly, it appeared neither team really wanted to win. But the Gators finished the game with 24 points to Miami’s 20, and so will advance to 1-0. MORE: Picks against the spread for every top-25 team in Week 1 Miami had 14 penalties for 119 yards (Florida had nine for 93) but showed some positive signs in a mistake-prone game by both teams. Jarren Williams completed 19 of 30 passes…

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    Tour Championship 2019: Brooks Koepka takes lead on tough scoring day at East Lake | Sporting News

    Click:double air fryer Scoring was very difficult on Friday at East Lake at the FedExCup’s Tour Championship, but it wasn’t too bad for the No. 1 player in the world. Brooks Koepka was one of just five players to shoot 3 under or better on the day, and he used that to move into the solo lead after two rounds at 13 under for the tournament. Due to the Tour Championship’s new scoring system, Koepka started the tournament at 7 under due to being third in the FedExCup standings. Koepka finished his round with a birdie at 18 to move one shot clear of Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy who…

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    Unai Emery says Arsenal have ‘reduced the distance’ to Liverpool despite 3-1 defeat at Anfield

    Unai Emery has stressed that there are positives to take from Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday, claiming his side are closer to their rivals than last season. The Arsenal manager watched on as the hosts ran rampant for a period when they built a 3-0 lead at Anfield, with Lucas Torreira’s late goal a mere consolation for the Gunners. Asked for his assessment of the game, Emery said: “It was not all we wanted to do in the match because we wanted to keep the ball more, but their pressing was very strong. The second half the key was the penalty. I think (it was) very soft, I…

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    Chelsea hit back as Manchester United’s troll tweet massively backfires with Crystal Palace defeat

    Chelsea fans have been ripping into Manchester United’s official Twitter account after their admins seemingly got ahead of themselves with a mocking tweet on Saturday. The Red Devils caused a stir by posting three images of Old Trafford followed by a caption: “Wish we were playing Chelsea again, though…” In the opening game of the season, United thumped the Blues 4-0 at their famous stadium. However, Saturday’s match against Palace did not follow a similar pattern. Despite almost constant pressure early on, Jordan Ayew was able to break away and put the Eagles 1-0 up after 32 minutes. United looked to have salvaged a point on 89 minutes thanks to…

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    Brighton striker Florin Andone sent off for tackle described by Paul Merson as ‘worthy of five red cards’

    Brighton and Hove Albion striker Florin Andone saw red for a horror tackle described by Paul Merson as ‘worthy of five red cards’. The striker was brought in to replace Neal Maupay by boss Graham Potter, but the Seagulls manager will have been disgusted by what he saw. After a quiet first half an hour, the 26-year-old clearly had a rush of blood as he rushed in for a challenge on the youngster. With his studs raised, Andone sank his studs into Valery’s shin, just below the knee. Clearly distressed by the images he was seeing, the former Arsenal man said on Gillette Soccer Saturday: “Ah that should have been…

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