LAS VEGAS — Jan Blachowicz knew he needed to change things in his approach after he lost the UFC’s light heavyweight title to Glover Teixeira last year. The joy was gone from the game for Blachowicz and he knew that at 39 years old, he’d have to find it quickly. Blachowicz on Saturday looked like the guy who had won five in a row and nine of 10 before losing his title at UFC 267 to Teixeira on Oct. 30. He stopped Aleksandar Rakic in the third, but it’s a win that will live with an… Source link

Evander Holyfield’s son Evan just suffered the first loss of his young boxing career, and it wasn’t pretty. The younger Holyfield entered Saturday’s Trillerverz 5 event with a 9-0 record. To say he was the favorite against Jurmain McDonald was an understatement; some books had Holyfield as a -10000 favorite. Here’s how that ended up working out. Holyfield was complimentary of McDonald’s punch after the fight. To get a sense of what just happened here, consider that McDonald entered the boxing… Source link

We have plenty of ways to show the Brooklyn Nets‘ season did not go according to plan this year — chief among them they are currently sitting at home despite employing Kevin Durant — but an assistant coach using ESPN to announce he is quitting then calling out Kyrie Irving is quite illustrative. Former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire spent the last two seasons as an assistant on former teammate Steve Nash’s coaching staff. During a series of appearances on ESPN on Thursday, he revealed he… Source link

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc will allow its partners and managing directors to take as much time off as they want under a new “flexible vacation” scheme to promote “rest and recharge,” The Telegraph reported on Saturday, citing an internal memo. The Wall Street bank memo said that, as of May 1, there will be no cap on paid leave and senior staff can “take time off when needed without a fixed vacation day entitlement,” the newspaper added. All employees are expected to take at least 15… Source link

Earl Thomas was reportedly arrested Friday. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) Former Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas was reportedly arrested Friday night after an arrest warrant was issued for him in late April. Thomas was reportedly arrested in Orange, Texas, after he was recognized at a restaurant, according to KOMO News in Dallas. An arrest warrant for Thomas was signed April 27. Thomas is charged with allegedly violating the protective order two or more times within 12 months, a… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the latest year-end reports. Global spending across iOS, Google Play and third-party Android app stores in China grew 19% in 2021 to reach $170 billion. Downloads of apps… Source link

Seeing NBA officials go to the replay center at midcourt has become a commonplace yet frustrating aspect of these playoffs, with refs determining if contact is worth a flagrant foul. What’s a flagrant? Is it a Flagrant 2? What happened to the hard playoff foul, to reasonably stop a player from scoring on a touch foul and going for a 3-point play? The interpretations of the rules have changed through the years and with multiple camera angles equipped in every arena, there’s no lack of… Source link

A baby formula shortage gripping the U.S. since March has parents in a panic over where and when they’ll be able to find the products they need to feed their kids. The out-of-stock rate, representing the amount of formula that’s not in stock compared to what’s typically available, was 43% for the week ending May 8, according to Datasembly, a provider of real-time product data for retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. With no easy end in sight, caregivers nationwide have… Source link

We have three Game 7s on Saturday, which is super exciting. That also means some DFS opportunities as well. The first game is at 4:30 p.m. EDT. Here are the players to target, and to avoid, for your lineups. GOALIE Mike Smith, EDM vs. LOS ($37): Smith remains my process-of-elimination choice in net. Antti Raanta is a backup being forced to start. Jonathan Quick and Jeremy Swayman are on the road against top-10 offenses. Tampa and Toronto have been piling up the goals. As such, give me Smith at… Source link

Jayson Tatum is no longer 19 years old. He is 24, and he has already experienced a lifetime of NBA playoff games for the Boston Celtics, but none so legendary as Friday’s performance with his season on the line. The Celtics suffered a devastating collapse in Game 5, blowing a 14-point lead with 10 minutes remaining to give the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Not only did a stellar season flash before their eyes, but a legitimate chance to… Source link