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Belal Muhammad has encouraged former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington to retire from mixed martial arts. Covington (17-4 MMA) last fought in a loss to Leon Edwards at UFC 296 in December 2023. The 36-year-old “Chaos” is 3-3 in his last six fights inside the Octagon. Muhammad shared his thoughts on Covington on The Schmo: “Let's be honest here: Colby Covington needs to retire. He literally has nothing left.” Belal Muhammad continued without hesitation: “He's still trying to connect his glory days of three or four years ago, when everybody thought he was good, and now I think everybody…
Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton is ready to declare his draft class the best in NBA history. Appeared in Underdog Fantasy that's reality During the show, Sexton said the 2018 class was the “most talented group” in draft history, ranking the 2003 class second.Contains NSFW language. Sexton emphasized his comments by saying “anyone you ask” would agree that the 2018 draft class was the best of all time. Perhaps the best indication of Sexton's lack of thorough research on the subject was his response when asked about the 1996 draft. There's certainly an argument to be made that the 2018…
The college football season is rapidly approaching, as evidenced by conferences across the country holding media days (as you may know, Big Ten coaches, players and media are gathering in Indianapolis next week).This time of year marks the unofficial start of a new season, and for the defending champion University of Michigan football team, there are more questions than there were at this time a year ago, when six seniors and graduate students returned to Ann Arbor to set the tone for “unfinished business.”The Wolverines finished the job with the team's first 15-0 season and its first national championship since…
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street's record rally hit a wall Wednesday as worries about a worsening trade dispute with China hit shares of semiconductor companies, with indexes suffering their worst day in months, but things may not be so depressing beneath the surface.The S&P 500 fell 1.3% from the previous day after hitting its 38th all-time high this year. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.6% and is on track for its worst day since 2022. Market leaders such as Nvidia and Apple also lost ground.However, advancers still outnumber decliners in the S&P 500 Index, with the Dow Jones Industrial…
The University of Maine field hockey team is looking to bounce back from an unusually losing season last fall. The Black Bears finished below .500 in the America East division for the first time since 2012, falling to 3-5. The sixth-seeded Black Bears beat third-seeded New Hampshire, 3-2 in overtime, in the league quarterfinals, but lost 8-1 to second-seeded Albany in the semifinals. Head coach Josette Babineaux and assistants Michelle Simpson and Leslie Smith have brought in eight new recruits, including four transfer students, in an effort to return to the top of the America East. The University of Maine…
Finally, Florida State football fans will be able to play as the Seminoles with the release of College Football 25 .The last time EA Sports released a college football video game was in 2013 with NCAA Football 14. Back then, gamers didn't get to play as Jameis Winston; instead, FSU had QB #5 under center. Now, with the introduction of the NIL rule, for the first time, players' names and likenesses will appear in the game, and FSU fans can play on the digital field with DJ Uiagalelei, Patrick Payton and other Seminoles players. (Sorry, FAMU fans, you can't get…
Amanda Lemos won't be fighting Virna Jandiroba for very long in a scheduled 25-minute main event bout just a few days from now. On Saturday, at UFC on ESPN 60 (ESPN, ESPN+) from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, former title challenger Lemos (14-3-1 MMA, 8-3 UFC) will face Jandiroba (20-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in a top 10 strawweight bout. At this point, Lemos is no stranger to the big UFC stage, appearing in her third UFC main event after winning a unanimous decision over Mackenzie Dern in February at UFC 298. The win marked her return to a winning…
Hundreds of soccer enthusiasts and area residents gathered at the Robert Crown Community Center on Saturday for the 10th annual Unity Soccer Festival. This is an event unlike most other sporting events. While a typical soccer tournament involves multiple rounds of eliminations with one team emerging as the winner, the Unity Soccer Festival doesn't focus on goals or winning, instead focusing on celebrating inclusivity, diversity and friendly competition. More than 60 teams of all ages gathered on 20 fields for a day of 4-on-4 football, music and food. In keeping with the festival motto, “A Goal Ain't a Goal,” no…
More than 500 athletes will represent Team USA in the 2024 Olympics, but some American stars will be watching the games from home. Whether it was injuries that kept them away or they simply didn't qualify for their respective sports, some big name athletes lost their chance to compete on the Olympic stage. The top 10 athletes who will not be competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics are: Caitlin Clark, Women's Basketball She may be taking the WNBA by storm, but Caitlin Clark's Olympic debut will have to wait. The NCAA's all-time leading scorer and top WNBA draft pick was…
Mohammed Mokaev's dream was to become the youngest champion in UFC history, but as he approaches his 24th birthday, he may have to wake up from that dream.UFC Fight Night Preview: Amanda Lemos vs. Virna Jandiroba, Best Fights & Full CardUFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has long held the record, having won gold at the age of 23 years and eight months when he defeated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in 2011. Flyweight contender Mokaev had hoped to get his first title fight by that age, but given injuries and the time it took for him to win six straight bouts inside…