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UFC Fight Night main event off after Curtis Blaydes’ positive COVID-19 test

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- The main event bout between Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night -- planned for Saturday -- has been called off after Blaydes tested positive for COVID-19, the UFC said Friday. The UFC also said a featherweight bout between Renato Moicano and Rafael Fiziev has been moved to Dec. 12. A flyweight bout between Amir Albazi and Zhalgas Zhumagulov also had to be rescheduled due to travel restrictions. A featherweight bout between Jonathan Pearce […]

todayNovember 27, 2020

Entertainment

NFL makes schedule updates for Week 12

NEW YORK (Midwest Sports Network) -- The National Football League (NFL) would announce in a press release Wednesday that one game is changing from its initial schedule. Due to multiple positive tests for COVID-19, the game between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers is moving to Sunday. The game, scheduled for Thanksgiving is moving to 1:15 p.m. Eastern on Sunday. The Ravens/Steelers game will be broadcast on NBC. This decision was made out of an abundance of caution to ensure […]

todayNovember 25, 2020

CFL News

NFL tightening COVID-19 protocols, requiring more masks

NEW YORK (UPI) -- NFL players will be required to wear face coverings on the sidelines if they are not wearing helmets or entering games -- and will be disciplined if they don't -- as an added COVID-19 precaution, the league announced. The NFL sent a memo to all 32 teams Monday to detail updates to its COVID-19 protocol. The memo said teams are required to enforce the rules, and violations by players or staff members will result in league […]

todayNovember 25, 2020

Basketball

Eye of the Tiger basketball league to begin play next week

TOWER HILL -- While schools might not be holding winter sports due to newer COVID-19 mitigations, basketball fans can still get their fix. Beginning Monday, Nov. 30, the Eye of the Tiger Sports Complex in Tower Hill is launching their own basketball league. Groups participating are from throughout the region, from Mt. Zion to Vandalia, from Taylorville to Teutopolis. "All are very good teams," states Jim Dial, owner of the facility. The teams are being called from the school they […]

todayNovember 24, 2020

General News

Mizzou announces all-SEC gymnastics schedule for 2021 season

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri (Mizzou) gymnastics team announced their 2021 schedule Monday. While the Mizzou team usually holds a 20-week season, Mizzou Athletics did not feel that it would be appropriate. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Mizzou's last full season in 2019, the team would finish 8-11-1 (2-5 Southeastern Conference), finishing eighth in the conference championship. They did not advance past the NCAA Regionals. Mizzou's 2020 season was cut one meet short due […]

todayNovember 24, 2020

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Entertainment

Calvin Tankman to make MLW debut Wednesday

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Calvin Tankman will be making his Major League Wrestling (MLW) debut during this week's broadcast of MLW FUSION. This is according to a press release Monday. Tankman, a 6'2", 355-pound super-heavyweight out of Indianapolis, is seeking to make a scene in professional wrestling. Tankman was signed to MLW in April, COVID-19 causes delays "The world has been waiting for Calvin to storm into MLW, and it finally happens this Wednesday night," states MLW CEO Court Bauer. […]

todayNovember 23, 2020

Entertainment

MLW announces tournament brackets for 2020 Opera Cup

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Major League Wrestling (MLW) announced the tournament bracket for the 2020 Opera Cup, which begins next week. Recent tapings of MLW's weekly show FUSION at a currently undisclosed location recently would finish, with the opening round to begin Wednesday, Nov. 25. The tournament will air during several weeks of MLW FUSION every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern. The program is available on Fubo Sports, Pluto TV, and YouTube. The show can also be viewed in […]

todayNovember 21, 2020

AEW News

AEW Dynamite: Cody Rhodes, Darby Allin team up

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) -- Cody Rhodes and newly crowned TNT Champion Darby Allin joined forces on Dynamite to take on FTW Champion Brian Cage and Ricky Starks of Team Taz. Cage and Starks' manager Taz was a guest commentator during the main event match. Rhodes was accompanied to the ring by his coach Arn Anderson. Anderson was thrown out of the match, however, after he got upset about Taz coming down to the ringside area and grabbing Rhodes' foot. Anderson […]

todayNovember 19, 2020

MLS News

MLB legend Ken Griffey Jr. joins Seattle Sounders ownership group

SEATTLE (UPI) -- Seattle Mariners legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. has joined the Seattle Sounders' ownership group, the Major League Soccer club announced Tuesday. Griffey joins an ownership group that has undergone significant changes over the past two years. Among other people who form part of the group are Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, his wife and singer Ciara and rapper Macklemore. The Griffey family's ownership stake was finalized earlier this year, before the coronavirus pandemic. […]

todayNovember 19, 2020

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