Sunday, December 22, 2019

NFL
The Ravens clinched the AFC top seed with a win over the Browns, while the Bengals have clinched the top pick in the draft in April with their fourteenth loss of the season


Major League Baseball
Umpires have approved a plan for automated strike zones, although the system will require human backup


Bellator 236 Recap
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has defended her Bellator flyweight title with a win over Kate Jackson. She is now 11-0 as a pro and 10-0 in Bellator

AJ McKee is into the men's featherweight Grand Prix semifinals with an armbar submission of Derek Campos to move to 16-0 in his career. The second quarterfinal will be next month


College Football
The FCS title game is set for noon Eastern on ABC on Saturday, January 11th, and will pit 14-1 James Madison against 15-0 North Dakota State


Women's Volleyball
Stanford has claimed the 2019 NCAA D1 title with a sweep of Wisconsin

Friday, December 20, 2019

UFC Norfolk- potential preview- men's flyweight title bout
Joseph Benavidez v. Deiveson Figueiredo
Benavidez: 28-5 as a pro, won 15-of-18 under UFC banner
Wins: Seventeen by stoppage (nine submissions, eight knockouts), eleven by decision
Losses: Four by decision, one by knockout
Tied with Demetrious Johnson for most wins (13) in UFC flyweight history
Most knockouts (5) in UFC flyweight history
Four UFC post-fight bonuses (one knockout, three performance)

Figueiredo: 17-1 as a pro, won 6-of-7 under UFC banner
Wins: fourteen by stoppage (eight knockouts, six submissions), three by decision
Lone loss by decision
One UFC post-fight bonus (fight)


College Football
There are two bowl games today: Buffalo v. Charlotte for the Bahamas Bowl and Utah State v. Kent State for the Café Frisco Bowl


Women's Volleyball
Stanford v. Wisconsin- tomorrow, NCAA D1 National Championship


College Football Tomorrow
Alcorn State v. North Carolina A&T- Celebration Bowl (HBCU Championship)
Montana State v. North Dakota State- FCS Semifinal
Weber State v. James Madison- FCS Semifinal
Central Michigan v. San Diego State- New Mexico Bowl
Liberty v. Georgia Southern- Cure Bowl
SMU v. Florida Atlantic- Boca Raton Bowl
Florida International v. Arkansas State- Camelia Bowl
Boise State v. Washington- Las Vegas Bowl
Appalachian State v. UAB- New Orleans Bowl


NBA
In a potential Finals preview yesterday, the Bucks topped the Lakers and now hold the NBA's best record at 25-4


Major League Baseball
Two-time all-star P Julio Teheran has signed a one-year contract with the Angels. A member of the Braves for the previous entirety of his career, Teheran has won 77 games with 1,184 strikeouts in 1,360 innings pitched with a 3.67 ERA


Mixed Martial Arts
20-5 Robert Whittaker will take on 13-4 Jared Cannonier on March 7th at UFC 248. The card is expected to be headlined by a strawweight title fight between champion Weili Zhang and challenger Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Thursday, December 19, 2019

UFC Norfolk
Mickey Gall v. Alex Oliveira at welterweight is the fifth bout added to the card 


Soccer- FA Cup Third Round 
Saturday, January 4th
Bristol City v. Shrewsbury
Birmingham v. Blackburn
Rochdale v. Newcastle
Rotherham v. Hull City 
Millwall v. Newport County
Burnley FC v. Peterborough
Preston v. Norwich City
Brighton & Hove Albion v. Sheffield Wednesday
Cardiff City v. Carlisle
Southampton v. Huddersfield
Reading v. Blackpool
Bristol Rovers v. Coventry
Watford v. Tranmere
Fulham v. Aston Villa
Oxford United v. Hartlepool
Brentford v. Stoke City
Bournemouth v. Luton Town
Wolverhampton v. Manchester United
Fleetwood v. Portsmouth
Manchester City v. Port Vale
Leicester City v. Wigan Athletic

Sunday, January 5th
Chelsea v. Nottingham Forest
Charlton v. West Bromwich Albion
Middlesborough v. Tottenham
Sheffield United v. Fylde
Queens Park Rangers v. Swansea City
Burton v. Northampton
Crystal Palace v. Derby County
Crewe v. Barnsley
Liverpool v. Everton
Gillingham v. West Ham

Monday, January 6th
Arsenal v. Leeds United 


NBA News
Raptors Paskal Siakam (groin), Marc Gasol (hamstring) and Norman Powell (shoulder) are all out indefinitely 


Europa League- Round of 32
First-leg games will take place on February 20th with second-leg games scheduled for February 26th


Mixed Martial Arts
Henry Cejudo has been stripped of his flyweight title. The 15-2 Cejudo last fought in June, where he defeated Marlon Moraes by TKO to claim the vacant 135-pound belt. A title fight between Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo will most likely take place at UFC Norfolk on Saturday, February 29th
Professional Bowling
The PBA Hall of Fame Classic will be on Sunday, January 19th


Major League Baseball
Three teams (Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs) will pay luxury-tax penalties on their 2019 payroll, according to sources


Boxing
February 29th on DAZN will see Mikey Garcia v. Jesse Vargas at welterweight. Garcia is 39-1 with 30 wins by KO, while Vargas is 29-2-2 with 11 wins by KO


UFC's return to London on March 21st
The UFC London card on March 21st at O2 Arena now has two bouts: Paul Craig v. Ryan Spann at light heavyweight in addition to a women's flyweight bout between Molly McCann and Ashlee Evans-Smith


NBA Finals Preview
The 24-4 Lakers will meet the 24-4 Bucks this evening (8 pm Eastern) on TNT


NFL News
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott will look to start against the Eagles despite shoulder troubles

Saints QB Drew Brees and Patriots QB Tom Brady are locked in a battle for most career touchdown passes. Brees currently holds top spot with 541, with Brady in third with 538

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson can set the franchise record for single-season touchdown passes this weekend (currently tied for top spot), in addition to having the all-time single-season record for QB rushing yards

Falcons QB Matt Ryan is the tenth in NFL history with 50,000 passing yards

Saints QB Drew Brees holds the NFL record for single-game completion percentage (29-of-30), in addition to his career passing yards record from last season


Champions League Round of 16- First Leg Games
February 18th
Atletico Madrid v. Liverpool
Borussia Dortmund v. Paris Saint-Germain

February 19th
Atalanta v. Valencia
Tottenham v. RB Leipzig

February 25th
Chelsea v. Bayern Munich
Napoli v. Barcelona

February 26th
Lyon v. Juventus
Real Madrid v. Manchester City

Second leg games will be played in March


Ultimate Fighting Championship- February
UFC 247 on Saturday, February 8th
Main Event: Jon Jones v. Dominick Reyes for Light Heavyweight belt
Co-Main: Valentina Shevchenko v. Katlyn Chookagian for Women's Flyweight belt

UFC Rio Ranch (NM) on Saturday, February 15th
Main Event: Corey Anderson v. Jan Blachowicz at Light Heavyweight

UFC Wellington (New Zealand) on Saturday, February 22nd
Main Event: Paul Felder v. Dan Hooker at Lightweight

UFC cards in Rio Rancho and Wellington have potential title eliminator headliners at Light Heavyweight and Lightweight


UFC Norfolk Preview
UFC Norfolk is set for Saturday, February 29th
Felicia Spencer v. Zarah Dos Santos- Women's Featherweight
Felicia Spencer is 7-1 as a pro and 1-1 in the UFC, with four wins by submission , one by knockout, and two by decision and her lone loss by decision. In her last two bouts, she defeated Megan Anderson by first-round submission in her UFC debut before taking former UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg to the scorecards in a unanimous decision loss.
Zarah Dos Santos is 6-3 overall but 0-1 in the UFC after being submitted by Megan Anderson.

Megan Anderson v. Norma Dumont- Women's Featherweight
Megan Anderson is 10-4 overall and 2-2 in the UFC. Norma Dumont is 4-0 as a pro and will be making her UFC debut.
College Football
The FCS semifinals will be on Saturday, with James Madison, Weber State, Montana State and North Dakota State still in the hunt

The FBS semifinals will be next Saturday- Oklahoma v. LSU and Ohio State v. Clemson


Champions League Soccer
The Round of 16 first-leg games will take place on February 18th and 19th


Peach Belt Basketball
Both Young Harris teams will host Lander today and travel to Francis Marion on Saturday


Soccer in March 2020
The first round of final 2021 Gold Cup qualifying will start (twelve teams, including the United States, have already booked spots, but twelve other teams will be competing for the last four positions)

The final round of Euro 2020 qualifying will start on March 26th


Tokyo 2020
Men's Basketball- The United States is in, along with Australia and Japan
Women's Water Polo- The United States has secured a spot


Tennis
The ATP Cup will kick off on Friday, January 3rd and continue through Sunday, January 12th

The Olympic-year schedule will kick off with the first Grand Slam event of the calendar year, as the Australian Open will start on Monday, January 20th


Mixed Martial Arts
Rory MacDonald, who previously fought for Bellator and UFC, will join the Premier Fighting League at welterweight in 2020

Ticket prices for UFC 246 start at $300, with $1500 getting a cageside seat. Along with Conor McGregor's UFC return v. Donald Cerrone at welterweight, the card will also feature Anthony Pettis' lightweight return v. Diego Ferreira, a rematch pitting Holly Holm v. Raquel Pennington, and 8-0 Maycee Barber taking on Roxanne Modaferri.

The Premier Fighting League Season 2 finals will be on Tuesday, December 31st. Key bouts to look at are both at lightweight. Lance Palmer will look to defend his title from Season 1 on the men's side, while two-time Olympic judo champ Kayla Harrison will look to move to 7-0 in her pro MMA career on the women's side

The UFC fight card in Norfolk, Virginia on February 29th now has two women's featherweight bouts on the docket- Felicia Spencer v. Zarah Dos Santos joining the previously mentioned Megan Anderson v. Norma Dumont


Soccer
The Carabao Cup semifinals have been set, with Aston Villa facing Leicester City and Manchester City squaring off against Manchester United. The first legs will be the week of Monday, January 6th and the second legs the week of Monday, January 27th

Liverpool will meet Flamengo in the Club World Cup final in Qatar on Sunday

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Mixed Martial Arts
There will be a Bellator card in Hawaii on Saturday- updates concerning winners will most likely come late Saturday or early Sunday Eastern time. Included on the card is the first quarterfinal in the men's Featherweight Grand Prix

Bellator 236 will be on Friday

The final UFC event of 2019 will be Saturday in South Korea. The prelims will start at 2 am Eastern with the main card starting at 5 am Eastern.


Major League Baseball
Starting in the 2020 season, pitchers will face, at minimum, three batters or at least a half-inning


Soccer
Three of the four Carabao Cup quarterfinals will be tomorrow (Liverpool v. Aston Villa is the lone quarterfinal contest today)


Boxing
Canelo Alvarez is relinquishing his WBO 175-pound belt, as his next fight will most likely be seven pounds lighter.


UFC Matchmaking
UFC president Dana White likes the idea of Colby Covington v. Tyron Woodley

The Norfolk card scheduled for February 29th has its first scheduled fight- Megan Anderson v. Norma Dumont at women's featherweight

Thursday, December 5, 2019

NCAA Skiing
Dartmouth will open their season Friday, January 17th and Saturday, January 18th with the Harvard Carnival


Soccer- German Bundesliga tomorrow
Eintracht Frankfurt v. Hertha Berlin
*Eintracht Frankfurt can move four points back of the current league top four with a win
*Hertha Berlin is 3-8-2 with a -9 goal differential in league play


Soccer- Spanish Primera Division tomorrow
Villareal v. Atletico Madrid
*Villareal can log their sixth league win in eighteen league matches
*Atletico Madrid can move to fourth on points with a win


Soccer- Italian Serie A tomorrow
Internazionale v. AS Roma
*A win for Internazionale will extend their league lead to four points
*A win for Roma will move them from fifth to third in the standings


Soccer- Dutch Eredivisie tomorrow
Ajax v. Willem II Tilburg
*Ajax will extend their league lead to nine points with a win
*Willem II can move from fourth to third in the standings with a win


Soccer- English League Championship tomorrow
Millwall v. Nottingham Forest
*Millwall can move one point back of the promotion playoff spots with a win
*Nottingham Forest can move into a tie for third in the standings with a win

*West Bromwich Albion and Leeds United hold the top two spots, which equate to season-ending automatic Premier League promotion


NCAA Men's Ice Hockey
Dartmouth will look to extend their three-game win streak and 3-1-1 conference record with two home matches this weekend: Colgate tomorrow and Cornell on Saturday


NCAA Women's Ice Hockey
Dartmouth will have two road contests this weekend: Brown tomorrow and Yale on Saturday


NCAA Women's Fencing
New York will be at the Sacred Heart Tradition Tournament on Sunday. They will face Penn State, Princeton, Temple, Vassar, Sacred Heart and Brown 


NCAA Men's Polo
Cornell will host Harvard on Saturday to close their spring season


NCAA Men's Basketball
Dartmouth will be at South Florida tomorrow

Cornell will host Lafayette on Saturday


NCAA Equestrian
Cornell will open their spring season Saturday, February 15th at Alfred University


NCAA Women's Basketball
New York will put their two-game win streak on the line at home on Saturday against St. John Fisher

Cornell will host Binghamton later today and Duquesne on Tuesday


NCAA Fencing
Cornell will open their spring season on Saturday, January 18th with the Philadelphia Invitational hosted by Penn


NCAA Men's Squash
Cornell will close out 2019 with a home contest on Sunday against Columbia


NCAA Women's Squash
Cornell will close out 2019 with a Sunday home contest against Columbia


NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving
Dartmouth will close 2019 at Princeton's Big Al Invitational tomorrow through Sunday

Cornell will travel to Akron tomorrow through Sunday for the Zippy Invitational


NCAA Men's Wrestling
New York will match up with Centenary-New Jersey tomorrow


NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving
New York will close out 2019 tomorrow through Sunday at the Bomber Invitational hosted by Ithaca College

Cornell will close out 2019 tomorrow through Sunday at Akron's Zippy Invitational

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Sports News- Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019

Mixed Martial Arts
The UFC will look to expand their summer Contender Series into Asia in the summer of 2020

Bellator will trek to Honolulu, Hawaii on Saturday, December 21st. Included on this card will be the first quarterfinal bout in the men's featherweight grand prix

ONE Championship will open their 2020 slate Friday, January 10th in Bangkok, Thailand

There will be a UFC Fight Night card in Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday, January 25th

The UFC will return to London on Saturday, March 21st


Formula 1
Both Lewis Hamilton and Valteri Bottas will remain as drivers for the Mercedes team for 2020


Men's Tennis- Davis Cup
Both France and Serbia have earned wildcard spots for the 2020 tournament


Major League Baseball
The winter meetings will start on Monday


Men's Soccer- Euro 2020
The final qualifying session will start on March 26th and the actual tournament will start June 12th with Turkey v. Italy


Professional Bowling
The PBA Hall of Fame Classic will take place on Sunday, January 19th


Horse Racing
The All-Star Mile will take place March 14th. Fan voting will open on January 16th and conclude on February 16th


Boxing
The Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz heavyweight rematch will be on Saturday


Soccer- Premier League today (top six at conclusion of season claim Europa League spots)
Crystal Palace v. Bournemouth
*Crystal Palace can move fifth on points with a win
*Bournemouth can move into a three-way tie for sixth on points with a win

Burnley v. Manchester City
*Burnley can move into either a solo hold on fifth on points (Burnley win and Crystal Palace loss) or a two-way tie for fifth on points (both Burnley and Crystal Palace win)
*Manchester City can tie Leicester City for second on points with a win


Soccer
The FA Cup is now down to 64 teams, as third-round matches will take place between January 3rd and 6th


Soccer- FA Women's Super League tomorrow
Birmingham City Women v. Tottenham Women