Israel Adesanya retained his middleweight belt with a tepid unanimous-decision victory over Jared Cannonier in the UFC 276 main  event on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena on the Vegas Strip.  In the co-main event, Alexander Volkanovski defeated Max Holloway for the third time, defending his featherweight title by unanimous decision with a dominant striking performance. Adesanya (23-1, 15 finishes) won his belt three years ago as … Continue reading UFC: Israel Adesanya Retains Middleweight Belt In Unanimous Decision

After hitting a speed bump in Houston, the Yankees reverted to their winning ways again, sweeping a doubleheader against the Guardians, with a 13-4 win in the opener and a 6-1 victory in the nightcap at Progressive Field. The Yankees, who have won six of their past seven games, hit four homers in the opener and then got a strong bounce-back start from Nestor Cortes in the … Continue reading Yankees’ Offense Puts On Show In Doubleheader Sweep Over Guardians

The Yankees have played 14 teams and have a winning record against all but one. It shouldn’t be hard to come up with the exception, as the Yankees lost to the Astros, 2-1, — and have lost three of the team’s five meetings so far this year. They’ve also been held to one runs or fewer in three of those games, including last week’s no-hitter … Continue reading Yankees Fall to Rival Astros in Pitchers’ Duel