Month: March 2021

Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event on April 10 between middleweights Darren Till and Marvin Vettori has been canceled. Till was ruled out of the contest due to a collarbone injury, according to Damon Martin of MMA Fighting. 

Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and his coaches had called Till as the “front-runner” to be his next opponent. Vettori, the No. 6 middleweight, is 4-0 since falling to Adesanya in 2018. Till is 1-3 in his last four and enters off last summer’s loss to Robert Whittaker. 

Other recent losses came in matchups with Jorge Masvidal and Tyron Woodley, who he fought for the welterweight title in 2018. But the No. 5 middleweight is capable of more, considering he went 5-0-1 to start his UFC career. 

Darren Till out of UFC main event vs. Marvin Vettori on April 10 due to broken collarbone

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The Darren Till vs. Marvin Vettori main event on April 10 has been canceled after Till broke his…

03/30/2021 4:57 PM

 

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NFL owners approved to add a 17th game to the schedule beginning in 2021, the NFL’s first significant regular-season schedule change since 1978. The change will also result in the league reducing preseason games from four to three — the maximum amount of games the new CBA allows. 

One of the biggest changes to the schedule will be the interconference alignment for the 17th game. Teams will play five interconference games instead of four as AFC teams will get the home game for the 2021 season (which will rotate to the NFC the following season). The NFC East will play the AFC East, NFC West vs AFC North, NFC South vs. AFC South, and NFC North vs. AFC West — as the matchups are determined from division finish from the 2020 season.  Under new the scheduling formula, every team plays 17 regular-season games with one bye week. Clubs will host 10 games overall – either nine regular-season games and one preseason game or eight regular-season games and two preseason games.

The season will begin on Sept. 9, with the conclusion of the regular season on Jan. 9. The NFL postseason would start the weekend of Jan. 15-17 and Super Bowl LVI would be played on Feb. 13, 2022 — the latest Super Bowl kickoff ever.

Breaking: NFL Owners Approve 17-Game Season for 2021

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CINCINNATI — The Bengals will play an extra game in 2021. The NFL owners officially…

03/30/2021 2:48 PM

 

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The No. 1 seeded women’s tennis player in the world Ash Barty defeated Victoria Azarenka in three sets to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2021 Miami Open on Monday in Miami Gardens, Fla. No. 2 seeded Naomi Osaka also advanced to the quarterfinals with a straight sets win over Elise Mertens, 

Barty defeated Azarenka 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 in a match that lasted nearly two hours;  She is the defending champion of the tournament, which was last played in 2019 after being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Barty will face No. 7 seed Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals.

Osaka beat Mertens 6-3, 6-3; she had three aces, three double faults and converted five of 14 break points in the win.  Osaka faces Jessica Pegula or Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals Wednesday in Miami Gardens.

Miami Open Masters 2021 Results: Naomi Osaka’s Win Highlights Monday’s Action

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The Miami Open Masters continued on Monday, with men’s round-of-32 action and women’s…

03/29/2021 8:35 PM

 

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MLB players who are vaccinated against COVID-19 will have more relaxed protocols that will allow them to “mostly restore their normal lives. In a memo sent to teams Monday, MLB “strongly encouraged” players and team staff to get vaccinated and outlined the new guidelines for individuals who are vaccinated or are part of a team that has 85 percent of individuals in Tier 1 fully vaccinated.

Individuals who meet the new requirements can gather in hotel rooms and exercise without masks. They will also be allowed to go out to restaurants and meet outside with anyone while traveling, and they won’t have to inform a compliance officer when they leave the team hotel. Carpools and card games on airplanes can resume, while teams with 85 percent of Tier 1 individuals vaccinated will be allowed to go maskless in dugouts and bullpens.

Those players will only have to test for COVID-19 twice per week and will not be required to quarantine if they are determined to be a close contact of someone with the virus, provided they are asymptomatic.

MLB relaxes protocols for vaccinated players

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Major League Baseball issued a memo to teams on Monday outlining relaxed protocols for…

03/29/2021 6:03 PM

 

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