At 29-43, the Giants have been one of the most disappointing teams in the league this season

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: (L-R) Ciryl Gane of France is interviewed by Joe ROgan in the UFC interim heavyweight championship fight during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn at the White House on June 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLCHeading into Sundays UFC Freedom 250 fight card, one of the hot topics was focused on Alex Pereiras standing among the MMA greats if he managed to defeat Ciryl Gane in the evenings co-main event. That talk quickly fizzled when Gane stopped Pereira via TKO 97 seconds into their bout. With the stoppage win, the victorious Gane became a two-time interim UFC heavyweight champion. With that, the post-fight talk question became, when and where would Gane fight current UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall in a unification bout. At the UFC Freedom 250 press conference, Gane was asked what his perfect scenario for a rematch with Aspinall would look like. As soon as possible, in Paris is a good idea, but I know, let the staff of the UFC work on it, said Gane. As for Aspinall, he seemed to like Ganes thinking. "Paris in September, eh? Ill do that," Aspinall said in a video posted on Instagram. "You're up for it? I'll do that. Let me know. I don't mind. I'll go to Paris. I'll be there. Ciryl Gane in Paris let's go. Let's go. I'm back to training now literally right now."Aspinall and Gane first met at UFC 321 in October. That fight, which took place in Abu Dhabi, was for Aspinalls UFC crown. The bout ended prematurely after an eye pokes left Aspinall unable to continue. The matchup was ruled a no contest at 4:35 of the first round. Aspinall underwent surgery to both his eyes, enduring procedures in January and February. In early April, Aspinall resumed training. The UFC has held four fight cards in Paris, with each of those bouts being Fight Night events, not numbered fight cards. This years visit, scheduled for September 5 at Accor Arena is expected to also be a Fight Night affair. No fights have been officially announced for the card. Pereira entered UFC Freedom 250 as a former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight champion. Had he won the interim heavyweight title to become a three-division promotional champ, UFC CEO Dana White said of Pereira, "If he wins the third world title that night, he jumps over Jon Jones and becomes the greatest of all time.When Pereira and Gane entered the Octagon on Sunday, both fighters were listed at -110, making the bout a pick em. In the second round, Gane landed 31 of his 41 significant strikes attempts and scored the only knockdown of the fight before referee Herb Dean waved off the affair. Pereira landed a single punch in the second stanza.Gane is a two-time interim champ. He failed to unify the titles in January 2022 when then-champ Francis Ngannou beat him via decision at UFC 270. Gane had a second crack at the undisputed championship in March 2023. He lost that fight to Jon Jones via first-round submission. Jones claimed the vacant title with that win. Gane is 3-0-0-1 since the Jones fight.Aspinall won the interim UFC heavyweight belt in November 2023 with a knockout of Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295. He defended the interim title in July 2024 with a KO of Curtis Blaydes. Aspinall was promoted to undisputed champion in June 2025 when Jones announced his retirement. The Gane matchup was his first attempt at defending that crown.This article was originally published on Forbes.com

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The NCAA asked a Texas appeals court Monday to stay a temporary injunction that cleared the way for Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play this fall despite being declared ineligible for gambling while the Big 12 Conference filed a federal complaint warning the Texas attorney general to stay out of a case that has rattled college sports. The filings in separate courts raised the stakes in the fight over whether Sorsby can play and who makes that decision.In documents filed with the Court of Appeals for the Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo, the NCAA asked for an emergency motion to stay the June 8 injunction granted by a Lubbock County court in favor of Sorsby, who has admitted he has a gambling addiction and has made thousands of bets, included some on his own team when he was a freshman at Indiana. NCAA seeking for case to be resolved before season openerThe NCAA also asked for a resolution of the case by Aug. 28, which it said would spare the potential disruption of a ruling after Texas Tech begins its season on Sept. 5. Trial is currently scheduled for February, well after the season ends.The NCAA has long banned players for gambling but Texas Tech says Sorsby, who transferred there in January after the past two seasons at Cincinnati, would be better off on the team for his mental health and well being.The trial courts temporary injunction sweeps beyond anything Texas law permits, attorneys for the NCAA wrote. It undermines the integrity of college sports, rewrites member-adopted rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, immunizes Brendan Sorsby from discipline for admitted and serial violations of NCAA anti-gambling rules, incentivizes a run on courthouses across the country to challenge even the most obvious and straightforward student-athlete eligibility decisions and demolishes the status quo.The injunction last week from Judge Ken Curry prevents the NCAA from being able to block the Sorsby's eligibility for what will be his final college season with a team among the favorites to win the Big 12 and return to the College Football Playoff for a second consecutive season.Big 12 goes to federal courtThe Big 12, meanwhile, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Dallas seeking a court order backing its ability to use its bylaws for possible sanctions against Texas Tech if Sorsby plays this season. Last week, the Texas attorney generals office warned the league of potential legal action from Texas Tech for any sanctions against the school.The Big 12 filing names Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee in the U.S. Senate race this fall, as well as Texas Tech leadership, including its president, chancellor and athletic director. It accused them of trying to prevent the Big 12 from exercising its own rules the school itself agreed to long ago. Sorsby isn't named as a defendant.An athlete with an extensive, documented history of wagering on intercollegiate athletic contests especially his own teams games presents a reputational and integrity risk to the conference and its championship competition that the conference has both the right and the responsibility to address, attorneys for the Big 12 wrote. "The conference is not required to accept that risk on behalf of its 15 other member Institutions, their student-athletes, their fans and its commercial partners. And no government official has the power to compel it to do so.Big 12 board issues a statementThat federal lawsuit came before a meeting Monday of the Big 12 board of directors, which is made up of presidents and chancellors from the league's 16 schools. After meeting, the board said it was keeping all options on the table and made clear where it stands on the issue.The Big 12 has long spoken out about the dangers of sports wagering by student-athletes and remains committed to protecting the competitive integrity of conference competition. Universities should not field players who have bet on their own teams games in college athletics," the statement read, not specifically naming Texas Tech or Sorsby. Big 12 athletic directors in a conference call with Commissioner Brett Yormark last week expressed opposition to Sorsby playing for the Red Raiders this season, and some even suggested maybe not playing Texas Tech if he does. Gambling by Sorsby spans 3 schoolsCourt records show that Sorsby has acknowledged making thousands of impermissible bets on pro and college sports totaling at least $90,000 during his time at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech. That included 40 bets on Indiana while he was a freshman there in 2022, though none on the game in which he played for the Hoosiers that season. While some guidelines for penalties related to gambling have changed in recent years, NCAA rules still call for a permanent loss of eligibility for any player who wagered on his own team. At least two schools, Nebraska in the Big Ten and Georgia in the SEC, have indicated they will not schedule Texas Tech.Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond last week called on the Big 12 to suspend Sorsby, and said claims by the Texas AG's office that sanctions against Texas Tech would violate antitrust laws are meritless. The Kansas attorney general, Kris Kobach, said Monday his office would provide support to the Big 12 in any legal dispute with Paxton's office. Both states have public schools that are in the conference.___AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

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