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By: Sean Crose Few expected the fight to turn out like it did. WBA lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis was supposed to lay waste to challenger Lamont Roach in brutal fashion, just as he had laid waste to his opponents in all but two of his previous fights. Things didn’t work out that way. Although Davis wasn’t defeated by Roach when they fought Saturday in Brooklyn, many – if not most- fans felt he should have been. For Roach proved able to take Davis’ power shots. What’s more, he was able to land on his own, often with frequency. The…
Joe Highsmith avoided missing his fourth cut in six starts and then shot back-to-back 64s to earn his first career PGA Tour win last week at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. Highsmith became the first player to make the cut on the number and go on to win the event since Brandt Snedeker accomplished the feat at the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open. With the victory, the 24-year-old Highsmith clinched spots in all of the remaining signature events this season, beginning with this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. He has also punched his tickets to the Masters…
Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander remained as consistent as ever in February as they led the NBA in PER for the month with marks of 33.2 and 30.5 respectively. But Zion Williamson finished third with a 29.9 PER as he has played some of the best basketball of his career since returning from injury. NBA PER (February 2025):1. Nikola Jokic: 33.22. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 30.53. Zion Williamson: 29.94. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 27.75. LeBron James: 26.76. Evan Mobley: 26.67. Jalen Duren: 26.28. Stephen Curry: 24.19. Jayson Tatum: 23.810. Donovan Mitchell: 23.8
It’s been a frustrating road to the UFC title for Magomed Ankalaev. Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) challenges light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 313 headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+). However, that title opportunity didn’t come right away. Ankalaev battled Jan Blachowicz to a split draw in their vacant title fight at UFC 282, but despite the unsettled outcome, the promotion decided to move on from both fighters. Ankalaev had to fight three more times before returning to the title picture. “I don’t know if they (UFC) appreciate…
The 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards have announced their finalists. The list of contenders for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award is a who’s who of sporting royalty, including France’s Olympic hero Léon Marchand, tennis star Carlos Alcaraz, pole vaulting legend Mondo Duplantis, all-conquering Formula One champion Max Verstappen, and Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar. The shortlist for the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award contains some of the greatest athletes not only of the past 12 months, but of all-time. Four-time Laureus Award winner Simone Biles’ magical displays in Paris ensured she became the most decorated gymnast in history, while last year’s winner, Aitana Bonmatí, is…
The 2025 cobbled Classics season began at the weekend as the men’s peloton headed to Belgium to take on Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.The races lie a long way away from the biggest goals of spring – the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix – but serve to provide early bragging rights for the riders and teams who will do battle on the cobbles during the next six weeks, including the next stop at Ename Samyn Classic (formerly Le Samyn).Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took home the spoils on Saturday and Sunday, but Tuesday brings a second chance…
Home » How the Top 25 fared: Week Three https://cdn.d1baseball.com/uploads/2025/03/02184646/Top-25.png 500 1000 Kendall Rogers https://cdn.d1baseball.com/uploads/2024/11/21163231/d1-logo.svg Kendall Rogers2025-03-02 21:36:142025-03-02 23:21:52How the Top 25 fared: Week Three More From This Author
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The Waratahs’ hopes of extending their unbeaten run to start 2025 have hit a minor hurdle, with their prized recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii set to miss the Super Rugby side’s crucial next fortnight.The $5 million man was forced out of last Friday night’s nail-biting 29-24 win over the Drua because of a foot issue he sustained in their round-one win over the Highlanders.The 21-year-old sitting in the coach’s box was hardly the sight NSW fans wanted to see after a long, disappointing decade slide since…
American Emma Navarro became only the fifth player this century to win a WTA final 6-0 6-0 with victory over Emiliana Arango at the Merida Open in Mexico.World number eight and top seed Navarro, who did not drop a set during the tournament, saw off the Colombian world number 133 in only 55 minutes to claim the second title of her career.Navarro, 23, is the first player to record a ‘double bagel’ scoreline in a final since Iga Swiatek beat Karolina Pliskova at the 2021 Italian Open.The other women to have achieved the feat since 2000 are Simona Halep, Agnieszka…
Feb 28, 2025, 05:15 PM ETXander Schauffele will return at next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.Schauffele had said he was targeting the signature event in Florida for his comeback from a rib cage injury, and the world No. 2 was among those listed in the field announced Friday.He is coming off his best season as a pro, winning his first major title at the PGA Championship and then following that up several weeks later with a victory at the Open Championship.But Schauffele hurt his rib cage during the offseason, tried to play through it at the season-opening Sentry in Hawaii (where…