English Soccer Promotions

League Two- Playoff Final

Morecambe def. Newport County 1-0 and will be in League One next season 

Boxing on June 12th

IBF Super Lightweight Eliminator: Lewis Ritson v. Jeremias Ponce

UEFA U-21s

Quarterfinals

Netherlands def. France 2-1

Spain def. Croatia 2-1 in added extra time 

UFC This Weekend

Gregory Rodrigues will replace Maki Pitolo against Dusko Todorovic 

Boxing on June 26th

Welterweight: one-loss Fazlidden Gaibnazarov v. undefeated Quinton Randall 

Australian A-League

MacArthur FC def. Western United 2-1  

Boxing on July 3rd

Lightweight: Unbeaten Michel Rivera will face one-loss Jon Fernandez 

Bellator 260 on June 11th

Levan Chokheli v. Kyle Crutchmer 

Taylor Johnson v. Lance Wright at middleweight 

Women's College Basketball

HC Geno Auriemma will be staying with UConn until at least 2025 

Boxing on August 21st

Welterweight: Manny Pacquiao v. Errol Spence Jr. 

UFC Fight Night on June 26th

Lightweight: Yancy Medeiros v. Damir Hadzovic 

Middleweight: Brendan Allen will replace Anthony Hernandez against Puna Soriano 

World Series of Poker 2021

The main event will be at the Rio Hotel and Casino starting November 4th 

UEFA Potential Rule Change

Club competitions next season could see the away-goal differential scrapped 

UFC on July 24th

Men's Bantamweight: TJ Dillashaw v. Cory Sandhagen 

Heavyweight: Shamil Abdurakhimov v. Chris Daukaus 

World Cup Qualifiers

CONCACAF First Round action will continue on Wednesday 

NBA Draft on July 29th

Jared Butler, Baylor 

Teofimo Lopez v. George Kambosos Jr on June 19th

Women's Super Middleweight Co-Main: WBC champ Franchon Crews-Dezurn v. IBF/WBA champ Erin Cederroos

WBA Eliminator: Michael Hunter v. Mike Wilson 

Opener: Andy Vences v. Jono Carroll

Tokyo Summer Games- Karate

The World Qualifier Tournament will be June 11th through the 13th 

June 19th Boxing- Showtime Headliner

31-0 WBC middleweight champ Jermall Charlo defends opposite Juan Macias Montiel

Bare Knuckle

BKFC has signed former UFC middleweight Alan Belcher, who's expected to compete at heavyweight 

June 19th Top Rank Boxing

Mikaela Mayer defends her junior lightweight title against Erica Farias 

Featherweight: Adam Lopez v. Isaac Dogboe     

2021-22 European Soccer Outlook

Champions League: AC Milan, Atalanta, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Juventus, Lille, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain, RB Leipzig, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Wolfsburg   

Europa League: Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lazio, Leicester City, Lyon, Marseille, Napoli, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, West Ham 

Europa Conference League: Rennes, Roma, Tottenham, Union Berlin, Villareal   

UEFA Champions League

Final: Chelsea def. Manchester City 1-0 

English League Championship

Playoff Final: Brentford def. Swansea City 2-0 

*Norwich City, Watford and Brentford will replace West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United and Fulham in the Premier League next season 

Bundesliga Promotion/Relegation Playoff

Cologne def. Holstein 5-1 and win 5-2 on aggregate 

Australian A-League

Sydney FC def. Adelaide United 4-1 

IndyCar Indianapolis 500

Tomorrow at 12:45 pm Eastern 

Asia- Men's World Cup Qualifiers

Yesterday: Japan def. Myanmar 10-0. With this result, they move to 6-0 in their group and clinch a Third Round spot. 

Tomorrow: Guam v. China 

Thursday: Philippines v. Guam 

UFC 264 on July 10th

Welterweight: Kevin Lee v. Sean Brady

Men's Featherweight: Ryan Hall v. Ilia Topuria 

Welterweight: Michel Pereira v. Niko Price 

MLB Draft

Starts on July 11th and runs through the 13th 

The Ultimate Fighter

Season 29 starts on Tuesday and will feature middleweights and men's bantamweights 

NBA Draft

Takes place July 29th 

College Football News

Quarterback TJ Finley is transferring from LSU to Auburn 

UFC 266 on September 4th

Women's Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield v. Sarah Alpar 

Heavyweight Boxing

Tyson Fury v. Deontay Wilder 3 will take place July 24th in Las Vegas  

Bellator 262 on July 16th

Juliana Velasquez will make the first defense of her flyweight title against Denise Kielholtz

ONE Championship

The start of the atomweight Grand Prix has been postponed- it was originally scheduled for yesterday  

Upcoming UFC Fight Nights

June 19th

Welterweight: Tim Means v. Danny Roberts 

July 17th

Men's Featherweight Main Event: Max Holloway v. Yair Rodriguez 

July 24th

Men's Featherweight: Darren Elkins v. Darrick Minner 

July 31st

Welterweight: Philip Rowe v. Orion Cosce 

Strawweight: Cheyanne Buys v. Gloria de Paula

Men's Featherweight: Doo Ho Choi v. Danny Chavez  

August 21st

Men's Flyweight: Alexandre Pantoja v. Brandon Royval

Lightweight: Clay Guida v. Mark Madsen 

Welterweight: Sasha Palatnikov v. Ramiz Brahimaj 

September 25th

Light Heavyweight Main Event: Thiago Santos v. Johnny Walker 

College Football on ABC

September 4th: Clemson v. Georgia and Alabama v. Miami

September 5th: Notre Dame v. Florida State 

September 11th: Washington v. Michigan

September 18th: Penn State v. Auburn  

Bellator 260 on June 11th

175 Catchweight: Paul Daley v. Jason Jackson

Men's Featherweight: Aaron Pico v. Aiden Lee 

UFC next weekend (June 5th)

Alessio di Chirico is out of his planned bout opposite Roman Dolidze 

Bellator (Limited) Fan Attendance

Bellator 260 on June 11th

Bellator 261 on June 25th  

2021 Ryder Cup

Event set for September 24th through the 26th at Whistling Straits near Kohler, Wisconsin 

UFC 265 on August 7th

Middleweight: Uriah Hall v. Sean Strickland

Men's Bantamweight: Jose Aldo v. Pedro Munhoz 

Women's Flyweight: Victoria Leonardo v. Melissa Gatto  

Australian A-League

Melbourne City def. Adelaide United 4-1

NCAA D1 Women's Soccer

Santa Clara def. North Carolina 3-1 and will face the Florida State-Virginia winner for the national title

USL Championship

Tacoma Defiance def. San Diego Loyal 3-1  

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Semifinals- First Leg

Pachuca def. Club America 3-1

Santos Laguna def. Monterrey 2-1

Eredivisie

Willem II def. ADO Den Haag 4-1

Ajax-Amsterdam def. VVV Venlo 3-1

Emmen def. Heerenveen 3-1

Groningen and AZ Alkmaar tied 0-0

Fortuna Sittard and Vitesse tied 3-3 

Heracles and Feyenoord tied 1-1

PSV Eindhoven def. PEC Zwolle 4-2 

RKC Waalwijk def. Twente 2-1

Sparta Rotterdam and Utrecht tied 0-0  

La Liga

Villareal def. Valladolid 2-0

Eibar and Real Betis tied 1-1 

Real Madrid def. Granada 4-1 

Serie A

Crotone def. Verona 2-1 

UFC Fight Night on August 14th

Middleweight Main Event: Darren Till v. Derek Brunson

DFB Pokal Final

Borussia Dortmund def. RB Leipzig 4-0 and will meet the Bundesliga winner in the Supercup to start the 2021-22 season 

UFC Fight Night next weekend

Heavyweight: Ben Rothwell v. Chris Barnett 

NBA Playoffs

After missing the postseason last season, the Warriors have clinched a play-in spot 

UFC Fight Night on July 17th

Lightweight: Jeremy Stephens v. Mateusz Gamrot 

NHL Playoffs- First Round Matchups

Hurricanes v. Predators

Panthers v. Lightning 

Penguins v. Islanders

Capitals v. Bruins 

Maple Leafs v. Canadiens

Oilers v. Jets  

UFC Fight Night on August 21st

Middleweight Main Event: Paulo Costa v. Jared Cannonier

Men's Flyweight: Alexandre Pantoja v. Brandon Royval

Lightweight: Vinc Pichel v. Austin Hubbard

Heavyweight: Chase Sherman v. Parker Porter

NFL Season Opener

Thursday Night Football

Thursday, September 9th- 8:20p Eastern on NBC

Cowboys @ Buccaneers 

RIZIN MMA Promotion

RIZIN 28 has been moved from May 23rd to June 13th

RIZIN 29 has been moved from May 30th to June 27th 

Major League Soccer

DC United def. Chicago Fire 1-0  

More UFC releases

Yorgan de Castro, Maurice Greene and Justine Kish 

They join KB Bhullar, Anthony Birchak, Aalon Cruz, Bartosz Fabinski, Jordan Griffin, Alistair Overeem, Oskar Piechota, Diego Sanchez, Luke Sanders and Anderson Silva

*On a related note, this now means that everyone Greg Hardy's beaten in the UFC is now off the roster  

UFC at the Apex

June 5th, 19th and 26th

Premier League

Aston Villa and Everton tied 0-0

Liverpool def. Manchester United 4-2 

UFC Fight Night on September 25th

Light Heavyweight: Thiago Santos v. Johnny Walker  

Heavyweight Boxing Title Unification 

August 7th or 14th in Saudi Arabia

IBF/WBO/WBA champ Anthony Joshua 

WBC champ Tyson Fury 

UFC 263 on June 12th at the Gila River Arena

Women's Bantamweight: Pannie Kianzad v. Alexis Davis  

Middleweight rematch: Eryk Anders v. Darren Stewart 

Sports Tomorrow

Noon Eastern

Bundesliga on ESPN+: Schalke v. Hertha Berlin 

12:30p Eastern

Serie A on ESPN+: Cagliari v. Fiorentina

2:45p Eastern

Scottish Premiership Promotion/Relegation Playoff Semifinal First Leg on ESPN+: Raith Rovers v. Dundee 

Serie A on ESPN+: Atalanta v. Benevento, Inter Milan v. Roma, Lazio v. Parma, Sampdoria v. Spezia and Torino v. AC Milan 

Scottish Premiership on ESPN+: Ross County v. Hamilton Academical  

Serie A on ESPN2/ESPNDeportes: Sassuolo v. Juventus

5p Eastern

USL League One on ESPN+: New England Revolution 2 v. Union Omaha   

7p Eastern

MLS on ESPN+: Toronto FC v. Columbus Crew

NBA on ESPN: Wizards v. Hawks 

7:20p Eastern

MLB on ESPN+: Blue Jays v. Braves 

7:30p Eastern

MLS on ESPN+: Inter Miami v. Montreal Impact and Philadelphia Union v. New England Revolution

8:30p Eastern

MLS on ESPN+: Houston Dynamo v. Sporting Kansas City

9p Eastern

NHL on ESPN+: Golden Knights v. Sharks and Kings v. Avalanche 

MLS on ESPN+: Minnesota United v. Vancouver Whitecaps

9:30p Eastern

NBA on ESPN: Trail Blazers v. Jazz 

10:30p Eastern

USL Championship on ESPN+: Sacramento Republic v. Las Vegas Lights 

MLS on ESPN+: San Jose Earthquakes v. Seattle Sounders 

La Liga

Osasuna def. Cadiz 3-2 

Premier League

Leicester City def. Manchester United 2-1

*Leicester moves up to third

*Man U remains in second

*Man City clinches the league title (interestingly enough, Liverpool clinched last season due to a Man City loss) 

2021 UFC Roster Releases

KB Bhullar 

Anthony Birchak 

Aalon Cruz 

Bartosz Fabinski 

Jordan Griffin 

Luke Sanders

They join Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, Diego Sanchez and Anderson Silva

English League Championship playoffs

Leg One: Monday

Leg Two: Next Saturday

Bournemouth v. Brentford

Barnsley v. Swansea City 

2021-22 Premier League

Norwich City, Watford and the winner of the Brentford/Swansea City/Barnsley/Bournemouth playoff will replace Fulham, Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion in England's top flight 

Showtime Boxing on Saturday

The top two bouts remain intact, but the opener will see a replacement, as Juan Carlos Burgos will replace Abraham Montoya against Xavier Martinez

Scottish Cup

Hibernian will meet Saint Johnstone in the final next Saturday  

Heavyweight Boxing

Agit Kabayel v. Kevin Johnson on June 5th

NCAA D1 Men's Soccer

Quarterfinals -- Semifinals

Indiana

Marshall 

North Carolina 

Pittsburgh   

Cruiserweight Boxing

WBA moved-up-from-interim-by-the-sanctioning-body champ Ryad Merhy will face third-ranked Kevin Lerena on July 17th 

Professional Fighters League

Renan Ferreira's stoppage win over Fabricio Werdum has been overturned to a no-contest, meaning both fighters take home one point in the season standings 

UFC Fight Night on August 21st

Lightweight: Vinc Pichel v. Austin Hubbard 

Heavyweight: Chase Sherman v. Parker Porter

English Soccer

Fulham, Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion have been relegated from the Premier League and will compete in the English League Championship next season 

Bellator 261 on June 25th

Interim Heavyweight Title Fight: Timothy Johnson v. Valentin Moldavsky 

NHL East Division

Top Seed: Pittsburgh Penguins

Second Seed: Washington Capitals

Both will open the playoffs at home  

UFC Fight Night on June 5th

Women's Flyweight: Manon Fiorot v. Maryna Moroz 

Soccer Tomorrow (among others)

Australian A-League: Adelaide United v. Wellington Phoenix

Bundesliga: Stuttgart v. Augsburg 

Eredivisie: Sparta Rotterdam v. Vitesse 

La Liga: Real Sociedad v. Elche 

Ligue 1: Racing Club de Lens v. Lille 

Major League Soccer: Real Salt Lake v. San Jose Earthquakes

Premier League: Leicester City v. Newcastle United

USL League One: Fort Lauderdale v. Union Omaha 

Europa League

Semifinals -- Final

Manchester United

Villareal

UFC Fight Night on May 22nd

Women's Featherweight: Norma Dumont will replace Danyelle Wolff against Felicia Spencer 

South African Premiership

Orlando Pirates def. Black Leopards 3-0 

NCAA D1 Men's Soccer Tournament

Round of 16 -- Quarterfinals

Georgetown

Indiana 

Pittsburgh

Stanford

Wake Forest  

Washington

Australian A-League

MacArthur FC def. Melbourne Victory 2-1

USL Championship

Rio Grande Valley Toros def. San Diego Loyal 1-0  

CONCACAF Champions League

Quarterfinals -- Semifinals

Club America

Cruz Azul 

Monterrey 

Philadelphia Union

Bundesliga

Hertha Berlin def. Freiburg 3-0 

CONCACAF Champions League

Monterrey def. Columbus Crew 3-0 and win 5-2 on aggregate

*Monterrey joins Philadelphia Union and Cruz Azul in the semifinals 

FA Women's Super League

Chelsea def. Tottenham 2-0 

UEFA Champions League

Chelsea def. Real Madrid 2-0

*Aggregate score 3-1

*First win in the series for Chelsea in team history (Real Madrid previously 2-0-1 in the series)

The final will pit Manchester City against Chelsea in an all-Premier League final 

NFL Preseason Optimism Grades

*And remember these are just my opinions 

Bears- As a fan, I want to say A, but...

With all due respect to QB Justin Fields, everyone thought QB Mitchell Trubisky would be the answer to Chicago's QB problems when he arrived. Fields is a good start, but the Bears also need offensive line help and some more weapons on offense.  

Bengals- Cautiously A- WR Ja'marr Chase is reunited with QB Joe Burrow- but will Burrow remain uninjured this season? 

49ers: A B right now- Was FCS and didn't-play-in-2020 Trey Lance a better choice than national-championship-experience-in-2020 Justin Fields at the keystone position for the offense? 

Jets: Close to an A: This boils down to one question. Will Zach Wilson work out better long-term than Justin Fields under center?

Jaguars: A at the moment- they have a new QB with national-championship experience in Trevor Lawrence and a new addition to the backfield in RB Travis Etienne, who will be reunited with Lawrence to continue a connection that gave Etienne the ACC's all-time rushing yards record. But how will their offensive line work in 2021 and beyond?  

Falcons: About a 90- They got TE Kyle Pitts to have a three-headed weapon along with Jones and Ridley; The shored up their offensive line; And they got safety help to replace Allen and Neal. However, they still don't have a viable backup for Matt Ryan at QB, who's been playing well but will be 37 when the season rolls around. 

NBA Playoffs: Who's In?

Eastern: Nets, 76ers and Bucks 

Western: Jazz, Suns, Clippers and Nuggets 

Boxing on May 29th- Oubaali/Donaire on Showtime

Co-main event: Subriel Matias v. Batyrzhan Jukembayev

Location: Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California  

Bare Knuckle FC 18 next month

Heavyweight Title Fight: Joey Beltran v. Sam Shewmaker

Middleweight Title Fight: Hector Lombard v. Joe Riggs

Welterweight Title Fight: Thiago Alves v. Uly Diaz

Lightweight Title Fight: Luis Palomino v. Tyler Goodjohn   

Boxing on June 19th

Middleweight: 12-0 Amilcar Vidal v. Immanuwel Aleem 

NHL North Division

Edmonton will join Toronto in the postseason 

Boxing: IBF Flyweight Eliminator

Jay Harris v. Ricardo Sandoval has been postponed from next Friday

Bellator 258 on Friday

Rafael Carvalho will replace Costello van Steenis on less than seven days' notice against Lorenz Larkin at middleweight  

Women's Junior Welterweight Boxing

May 29th will see 13-0 Chantelle Cameron will defend her WBO title against Melissa Hernandez on the DAZN Haney-Linares card

Boxing on June 6th

Floyd Mayweather v. Logan Paul

The undercard will see Jean Pascal v. Badou Jack 2 and potentially Jarrett Hurd v. Luis Arias 

NFL Quarterback Trades

Teddy Bridgewater- from the Panthers to the Broncos 

UFC Fight Night on Saturday

Michelle Waterson v. Marina Rodriguez at flyweight will be the event headliner

Donald Cerrone v. Alex Morono will serve as a short-notice bout  

CONCACAF Champions League

Philadelphia Union and Cruz Azul moved on to the semifinals on aggregate score 

Quarterfinal second-leg matchups today: Monterrey v. Columbus Crew and Club America v. Portland Timbers

Lightweight Boxing

Vasiliy Lomachenko v. Masayoshi Nakatani on June 26th 

South African Premiership

Mamelodi Sundowns def. Maritzburg United 2-0  

Australian A-League

Brisbane Roar def. Western United 2-1

Melbourne City def. Perth Glory 3-1

USL Championship today

LA Galaxy 2 v. Las Vegas Lights, 10:30p Eastern on ESPN+

UEFA Champions League

Manchester City advanced to the final 4-1 on aggregate over Paris Saint-Germain and will face either Chelsea or Real Madrid.

*Real Madrid is 2-0-1 all-time against Chelsea 

Sporting TV Tomorrow

2:15p Eastern

English League Championship on ESPN+: Luton Town v. Rotherham United

7p Eastern

MLB on ESPN: Astros v. Yankees

7:30p Eastern

NBA on TNT: Nets v. Bucks 

7:40p Eastern

MLB on ESPN+: Dodgers v. Cubs (game two of a doubleheader)

10p Eastern

NBA on TNT: Raptors v. Clippers 

NHL on ESPN+: Oilers v. Canucks 

NCAA D1 Men's Soccer Tournament

Round of 16 on Thursday: Pittsburgh v. Central Florida 

NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Tournament

Friday: Monmouth v. Central Florida 

UFC 263 on June 12th

Men's Featherweight: Chase Hooper v. Steven Peterson 

Premier League

West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton tied 1-1

West Ham def. Burnley 2-1 

Bellator 259 on May 21st

Men's Bantamweight: Darrion Caldwell v. Leandro Higo

Bundesliga

Mainz and Hertha Berlin tied 1-1  

July 17th UFC Fight Night

Middleweight: Rodolfo Vieira v. Dustin Stoltzfus 

Serie A Scoreboard

Torino def. Parma 1-0 

Women's Super Featherweight Boxing

14-0 WBO champ Mikaela Mayer will take on Erica Farias in a title defense June 19th 

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao def. Sevilla 1-0 

ONE Championship: May 15th

Heavyweight Title Fight: Brandon Vera v. Arjan Bhullar 

July 24th UFC Fight Night

Welterweight: Mickey Gall v. Jordan Williams 

Men's Bantamweight: Raphael Assuncao v. Kyler Phillips  

NCAA Baseball

Three-games-if-necessary Peach Belt semifinals beginning on Friday:

UNC Pembroke v. Columbus State

North Georgia v. Young Harris 

UFC 264 on July 10th

Men's Bantamweight: Sean O'Malley v. Louis Smolka 

PGA Tour Golf

Sam Burns' Valspar Championship victory secures him a 2022 Masters spot in addition to a berth in this month's PGA Championship  

Serie A

Inter Milan break Juventus' nearly decade-long streak as league champs and qualify for 2021-22 Champions League group stage soccer- Atalanta 1-1 Sassuolo confirmed Inter's hold on top spot is secure, as the result gave them a thirteen-point edge on top spot with four games remaining. 

Formula 1

Heading into the fourth race of the year on Sunday, Lewis Hamilton leads the driver standings with 69 points, eight in front of Max Verstappen 

NCAA Softball

Peach Belt semifinals on Saturday:

North Georgia v. Columbus State

Young Harris v. UNC Pembroke