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Throughout the build-up to their rematch for the welterweight title Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York, Colby Covington disdainfully referred to champion Kamaru Usman as “Marty Fakenewsman.” Well, this isn’t fake news: Usman is the best fighter in the world, and it’s not particularly close at this point. He survived a spirited upset bid from Covington to pull out a unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 268 and retain his welterweight title. Scores were 48-47 twice and… Source link

The 2021 French Open is already off to a rousing start, with No. 11 Petra Kvitová coming back from a set one loss to beat Germany’s Greet Minnen, and Naomi Osaka defeating Romania’s Patricia Maria Țig (and then skipping her contractually mandated media obligations and drawing a $15,000 fine). But just like every tournament, we’ve also seen that a high ranking doesn’t mean anything once the players are on the clay. Follow all the early round upsets and surprise victories below.  Austria’s… Source link

INDIANAPOLIS — The long, tortured revival of Arkansas to the forefront of college basketball took more than a quarter century. The Razorbacks parted ways with a Hall of Fame coach, churned through three forgettable tenures and wandered through long stretches of irrelevancy. Arkansas hasn’t played in the Final Four since reaching back-to-back national title games in 1994 and 1995, a time when the school’s famous “Calling the Hogs” provided a soundtrack for the sport. Well, that nostalgic… Source link

No. 13 Wright State buried two 3-pointers in the final minute to deliver the NCAA women’s basketball tournament its first major first-round upset in nine years. The Raiders eked out a 66-62 win against No. 4 Arkansas on Monday in the Alamo Region in its third ever appearance in the tournament. The No. 13 seeds were 6-100 all-time against No. 4 seeds before Wright State’s victory, per the ESPN broadcast. The last 13-4 upset was in 2012 when Marist toppled Georgia. Only one team seeded lower… Source link

The most popular first-round upset pick among Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em users didn’t come close to rewarding that optimism. Georgetown’s stagnant offense and inept 3-point defense had TV viewers taking a red pen to their brackets by halftime. A Georgetown team that reeled off four wins in four days to claim the Big East tournament title seven days ago turned back into middling eighth-place afterthought a week later. The 12th-seeded Hoyas were never remotely competitive in a 96-73 loss to… Source link

Oral Roberts’ stunning upset of No. 2 Ohio State didn’t just break Buckeye hearts, it broke 98 percent of the brackets in Yahoo Sports’ pick-’em tourney. A full 98 percent of brackets had Ohio State at least advancing to the second round. When Oral Roberts triumphed 75-72 in overtime, it vaporized brackets everywhere. Oregon State dealt another blow to the pristine nature of America’s brackets. Only about 19 percent of Yahoo’s players picked the 12th-seeded Beavers to upset fifth-seeded… Source link

Not even 90 seconds into his team’s matchup against Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State, college basketball’s leading scorer demonstrated he wasn’t intimidated by the NCAA tournament stage. Max Abmas came around a screen 30 feet from the rim, brazenly pulled up and sank a 3-pointer with both feet inside the mid-court logo. That shot was emblematic of everything that followed in Oral Roberts’ stunning 75-72 overtime upset of the second-seeded Buckeyes. Not once did the 15th-seeded Golden… Source link

Yahoo users really like Georgetown’s chances against Colorado. The Hoyas got into the NCAA tournament after a surprise run to win the Big East tournament last week. That run has made Georgetown the most popular pick among Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em users to pull off an upset. The No. 12 seed Hoyas are being picked by nearly 47 percent of entrants to beat No. 5 Colorado in the East Region, far more than any other 12 seed in the tournament. The second-most popular No. 12 to beat a No. 5 is Winthrop…. Source link

Yahoo users really like Georgetown’s chances against Colorado. The Hoyas got into the NCAA tournament after a surprise run to win the Big East tournament last week. That run has made Georgetown the most popular pick among Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em users to pull off an upset. The No. 12 seed Hoyas are being picked by nearly 47 percent of entrants to beat No. 5 Colorado in the East Region, far more than any other 12 seed in the tournament. The second-most popular No. 12 to beat a No. 5 is Winthrop…. Source link

Yahoo users really like Georgetown’s chances against Colorado. The Hoyas got into the NCAA tournament after a surprise run to win the Big East tournament last week. That run has made Georgetown the most popular pick among Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em users to pull off an upset. The No. 12 seed Hoyas are being picked by nearly 47 percent of entrants to beat No. 5 Colorado in the East Region, far more than any other 12 seed in the tournament. The second-most popular No. 12 to beat a No. 5 is Winthrop…. Source link