Magomed Ankalaev not only got a win, but also a finish in his return to the cage. Yet, fans are not happy with what the Dagestani fighter showed at UFC Fight Night 282.Ankalaev (21-2-1 MMA, 12-2-1 UFC) stopped Bogdan Guskov (18-3-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) in a fifth-round TKO in the headliner of Saturday's UFC event in Abu Dhabi. It was a fight that didn't have much action, and many online were criticizing it for being boring. Most of the blame has been targeted towards Ankalaev, who has been in this position before.Chris Weidman, a former UFC champion turned analyst, thinks the public is being unfair to Ankalaev, and he actually liked what he saw from him."I think he's as good as we always thought he was," Weidman said on "Deep Waters". "I think he's very good, and so you want to see him go out there and just dominate this guy. The first couple of rounds, I think he was taking his time. In the third round, I think he made a decision and realized that Bogdan isn't going to throw at him crazy and go to war with him. He tried to push the pace. He tried to look for the finish, and Guskov was running from him. He shot for a takedown and took him down super easy. He ends up getting the finish by TKO. It wasn't a super exciting fight, but I don't think this one was his fault. I think it was Guskov's fault."Weidman feels the blame should be put on Guskov, who was the one backing up most of the fight. Guskov had taken the fight with Ankalaev on short notice, replacing an injured Khalil Rountree on just a week's notice."I don't think it was (Ankalaev's) fault," Weidman said. "Five-round fight, the first couple of rounds, I think you do have to pace yourself a little bit, feel it out but he dominated the fight everywhere. I think this was the first time we saw him wrestle in a long time. This is what you wanted him to see when he fought Pereira."He finished a guy who's very dangerous, so you have to give him props. I feel like we're being harder on him than most people because I think we realize he's that good. The guy goes out there and gets a finish, and we're still saying he's boring."This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Chris Weidman: Boring UFC headliner was not Magomed Ankalaev's fault

The Miami Dolphins have added a veteran defensive end/edge rusher who once was a top five NFL Draft pick.Clelin Ferrell, whom the Las Vegas Raiders made the fourth overall pick in 2019, was signed two days before the first practice of training camp. Ferrell, 29, who won the Ted Hendricks Award (as the nation's top defensive end) in 2018 and helped Clemson win a national championship in 2016, lasted four seasons with the Raiders. He has played for four different teams in the last three seasons.Ferrell has appeared in 98 career games with 57 starts in seven seasons. He has 181 tackles, 21 sacks, 12 passes defensed, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.More Miami Dolphins: Dolphins training camp opening; What statement will Malik Willis make?Ferrell replaced defensive linemanKahlil Saunders on the roster.This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Miami Dolphins sign edge rusher who was NFL top five draft pick

Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski - Imagn Images; The Dan Patrick ShowThe story of San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan getting into a severe car accident would have been fairly serious on its own, and it was only made more serious by the way the news of it emerged from ESPN.Heading into 49ers training camp, the team released an announcement about the incident and Shanahans recovery, noting that he would be away from the team for the start of practices. Two minutes later, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter posted about it on social media, and the network published a web report with the news.Count Dan Patrick among those who are confused about that sequence of events.It happened on July 14, so the Niners kept it quiet for 11 days. I dont know how they did this, or why they did this, Patrick said on his radio show Monday. The Niners posted a statement regarding the accident at midnight Eastern on Saturday. Adam Schefter posted his first tweet on the situation one minute later. The ESPN article about the accident published one minute after that.Patrick then questioned whether San Francisco instructed Schefter and ESPN about how to handle the information, and even wondered aloud if the NFLs stake in ESPN had anything to do with how the network covered the story.Why is ESPN holding the information? Patrick asked. If youre in the news-gathering business, or at least you used to be, the NFL now owns 10 percent of ESPN, but did ESPN have the information and chose to sit on it? For 11 days? Did ESPN say to the Niners, We wont release it until you tell us to release it? Hmm. OK.Why is ESPN holding the information? Why are the Niners? DP on the Kyle Shanahan car accident reporting pic.twitter.com/F9bArW23wE Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) July 27, 2026Elsewhere on NBC Sports platforms, analyst Chris Simms revealed that he knew about the accident for several days before it became public. Simms and his father, fellow television commentator Phil Simms, are close with the Shanahan family. In a podcast conversation with cohost Mike Florio, Simms speculated whether Schefters relationship with the Shanahan family may have had something to do with ESPN withholding the story.If nothing else, the timing of the reporting suggests that ESPN was closely communicating with San Francisco in advance of the release. The fact of such close contact between the team and the network leads to questions about why the 49ers did not want the story out when the accident first happened.Patrick underscored the clear ethical breach that Schefter and ESPN seem to have participated in.This isnt journalism. Not really reporting, he said. Theyre giving you the information, and the acknowledgment of, OK, now you can tell everybody.'Often, questionable situations like these lead sports fans to ask why it matters if the 49ers wanted a story delayed, or what the problem is with Schefter or ESPN cooperating. The answer here and almost always is to imagine what could come next. If it is OK for ESPN to withhold the basic news of the accident, would it be OK for them to withhold knowledge of foul play around the accident? By waiting, did ESPN give up a chance to see if there was more to the story? Certainly, keeping the information quiet made it harder for the rest of the media to pursue additional details.The job of a company like the 49ers is to do exactly that: Protect its employees and control the narrative. The job of a news outlet like ESPN and a reporter like Schefter is to get the truth out as accurately and quickly as possible. As Patrick noted, they abdicated that responsibility here. We can all hope it amounts to nothing, but if there is any more smoke to the Shanahan story, ESPNs handling of it will only look worse.The post Dan Patrick calls out ESPN for holding Kyle Shanahan car crash story: This isnt journalism appeared first on Awful Announcing.

TheOklahoma Coaches Association2026 high school All-State athletic events began Monday across the state. Here's a look at what happened.More: A look at The Oklahoman's 2027 Super 30 high school football recruiting seriesOrder book on Oklahoma HS basketball at 'The Big House'July 27: West vs. East golf ends in tie for first timeHistory was made Monday at KickingBird Golf Club in Edmond.For the first time, the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf event ended in a tie as the West and East teams each finished with an overall score of 24.The event is a match-play tournament, and scores from the boys and girls teams are added to a cumulative total.The West boys beat the East 13-10, while the East girls won by the same score.For golfers like Heritage Hall standout Gabriella Gross, it was a fun day, although the brutal heat made it tough at times.More: The Oklahoman seeks fall high school sports internWe havent been playing as much as we did in high school season and stuff, but we were confident, said Gross, who competed with Edmond North star and Jacksonville University signee Abbie Justiz. We played yesterday and we played well, so it was more of like a try to minimize mistakes and just play good golf.Gross and Justiz played against Stillwaters Nikki Pitts and Sequoyah-Tahlequahs Kodee Bearpaw-Pritchett.Gross and Justiz earned three points for the West, while Pitts and Bearpaw-Pritchett got one point.Gross finished in a tie for second place at the Class 3A state tournament in May and was named The Oklahomans All-City Golfer of the Year.She had Division-I offers but wont play in college, so Monday was special and had some similarities to her high school career as a whole.You get that team aspect, Gross said. I like that I got to do that one last time and it was fun and we got to do it with really good players.Nick Sardis, Staff writerThis article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Oklahoma 2026 All-State week: Golf matchup ends in tie for first time

TheOklahoma Coaches Association2026 high school All-State athletic events began Monday across the state. Here's a look at what happened.More: A look at The Oklahoman's 2027 Super 30 high school football recruiting seriesOrder book on Oklahoma HS basketball at 'The Big House'July 27: West vs. East golf ends in tie for first timeHistory was made Monday at KickingBird Golf Club in Edmond.For the first time, the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf event ended in a tie as the West and East teams each finished with an overall score of 24.The event is a match-play tournament, and scores from the boys and girls teams are added to a cumulative total.The West boys beat the East 13-10, while the East girls won by the same score.For golfers like Heritage Hall standout Gabriella Gross, it was a fun day, although the brutal heat made it tough at times.More: The Oklahoman seeks fall high school sports internWe havent been playing as much as we did in high school season and stuff, but we were confident, said Gross, who competed with Edmond North star and Jacksonville University signee Abbie Justiz. We played yesterday and we played well, so it was more of like a try to minimize mistakes and just play good golf.Gross and Justiz played against Stillwaters Nikki Pitts and Sequoyah-Tahlequahs Kodee Bearpaw-Pritchett.Gross and Justiz earned three points for the West, while Pitts and Bearpaw-Pritchett got one point.Gross finished in a tie for second place at the Class 3A state tournament in May and was named The Oklahomans All-City Golfer of the Year.She had Division-I offers but wont play in college, so Monday was special and had some similarities to her high school career as a whole.You get that team aspect, Gross said. I like that I got to do that one last time and it was fun and we got to do it with really good players.Nick Sardis, Staff writerThis article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Oklahoma 2026 All-State week: Golf matchup ends in tie for first time

(L-R) LeBron James stands next to Stephen Curry during the second quarter in game one of the Western Conference Semifinal Playoffs at Chase Center on May 02, 2023Credit: Ezra Shaw/GettyNEED TO KNOWLeBron James announced he is leaving the Lakers to join the Philadelphia 76ers after weeks of speculationSteph Curry expressed understanding of James decision and previously said he was open to playing with himJames revealed he needed time to decide his next steps but confirmed his love for the game remains strongSteph Curry has shared his candid reaction to LeBron James joining the Philadelphia 76ers.After weeks of speculationabout where he would head afterannouncing that he was leaving the Los Angeles Lakers after eight seasons James, 41, shocked fans when he announced that he was heading to Philadelphia.Curry, 38, who previously expressed that he was open to playing with James on the Golden State Warriors, said he understood his decision.Thats why you dont envision anything until it happens, he told The Athletic on Saturday, July 25. Theres a lot of moving parts.Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors looks on during the game against the Sacramento Kings on April 10, 2026Credit: Rocky Widner/NBAE via GettyJames agent, Rich Paul, confirmed to ESPN that he would not be returning to the Lakers during his first day of free agency on June 30.LeBron James will continue his NBA career for the 2026-27 season and has informed the Los Angeles Lakers that the franchise can move on without him because he will play elsewhere, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul tells ESPN, Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania posted on X.James played eight seasons with the Lakers, two of which were with his son, Bronny.While playing in the ACC Golf Championship on July 8, Curry weighed in on the possibility of playing with James.LeBron James during a game against the LA Clippers at Crypto.com Arena on March 02, 2025Credit: Luke Hales/Getty (2)Im sure we would obviously love to play together, he said. Hopefully it happens. But hes deserved the opportunity and the right to take his time with the decision.James confirmed he needed some time to decide on his next steps while confirming his move to the 76ers on X on Friday, July 24.Follow your favorite athletes on and off the field with PEOPLEs free sports newsletter sign up now!Ithought I was done when the season ended. I wasnt ready to announce it, and I knew I needed some time to really decide, but I was pretty sure I played my last game, he said. I was honest at that last press conference when I said I needed to look at myself and deicide [sic] if I still love this game. I still truly love this game, and I have more to give.Read the original article on People

The Milwaukee Brewers continue a stretch of 15 straight games against teams currently under .500 this week as they face the San Francisco Giants in a three-game series at Oracle Park. The Brewers won seven of nine games at American Family Field against the Miami Marlins (52-54), New York Mets (44-62) and Colorado Rockies (42-65).The Brewers now begin a six-game stretch on the West Coast against the Giants (44-61) and Los Angeles Angels (42-64). Though the Giants are 17 games below the .500 mark, they have played much better at home (24-26).Though the Brewers have looked dominant at times coming out of the all-star break, they also losy their last three games in Pittsburgh at the end of a their previous trip away from home.Former Brewer shortstop Willy Adames and the Giants will miss Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski in the series after Misiorowski struck out 12 batters over five innings July 26, However, Logan Henderson has a 2.70 ERA and a 0.80 WHIP with 13 strikeouts over his last two starts. He will pitch the middle game of the series.Here's how to watch and listen to the Brewers-Giants series this week:What channel is Brewers vs Giants on Monday, Tuesday and WednesdayTV channel:All games are on Brewers.TV. For Brewers.TV, channels include 1263 on XFinity, 670 on DirecTV and 1743 on U-Verse. For Spectrum customers, the channel varies, depending on the local system check 308, 1308, 319, 317 and 469 for the channel or channels in your community.Live stream:The broadcasts are available onBrewers.TVand through the MLB app. A full-season plan costs $99.99 and monthly plans are $19.99. It includes all games not covered by a national broadcast, like ESPN or AppleTV.Fubo alsooffers a free trial for new subscribers.Announcers:Brian Anderson or Jeff Levering (play-by-play), Vinny Rottino or Tim Dillard (analysts) and Sophia Minnaert (field reporter) will call the games.Stream Brewers TV on FuboBrewers vs Giants start times Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Dates:July 27-29Times:8:45 p.m. July 27-28 and 2:45 p.m. July 29.What radio station is the Brewers-Giants series on?You can listen to the game via the Brewers Radio Network, including flagship station AM-620 WTMJ.Here's a list of the radio stations.Announcers:Jeff Levering (when not on Brewers.TV), Lane Grindle and Josh Maurer will call the games on the Brewers Radio Network.Is the Brewers-Giants series on Sirius XM Radio?Yes, the Brewers broadcast is on the Sirius XM app. The Giants broadcast is on Channel 176 July 27, Channel 184 July 28 and Channel 179 July 29.Brewers probable pitchers and scheduleJuly 27:Milwaukee RHP Brandon Sproat (3-3, 5.09 ERA) vs. San Francisco RHP Tyler Mahle (2-9, 5.31) July 28:Milwaukee RHP Logan Henderson (4-1, 3.05) vs. San Francisco RHP Landen Roupp (7-8, 3.93) July 29:Milwaukee LHP Shane Drohan (5-4, 3.51) vs. San Francisco RHP Logan Webb (5-7, 3.98) This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What time is the Brewers game on tonight vs Giants? Where to watch.

Coach Kyle Shanahan's voice in Brock Purdy's helmet has been nearly a constant at practice during Purdy's first four seasons in the NFL. That has forced Purdy to adjust as he prepares for year five with the San Francisco 49ers with Shanahan starting training camp as a silent observer at practice rather than an active part of it following a serious car crash that left the coach with a concussion. "Hes our guy," Purdy said about Shanahan after practice on Monday. "Hes the one leading all the team meetings and stuff and going over just situational football, what practice is going to look like. Hes our leader. It has been weird in terms of not having that. But I will say I think the assistant coaches have done a good job with stepping up." As the starting quarterback, Purdy typically interacts with Shanahan as much or more than any other player on the team, whether it be at meetings or on the practice field where the coach typically calls in the play to the quarterback on a walkie-talkie. That role has been given to offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak to start camp this summer as Shanahan recovers from the concussion. Offensive line coach Chris Foerster is running the team in Shanahan's absence with help from coordinators Kubiak, Raheem Morris and Brant Boyer. Purdy said his contact with Shanahan since the car crash on July 14 has been mostly messages about Shanahan's well-being and a brief hug on the field at practice on Monday. Shanahan once again came out about midway through practice and watched alongside general manager John Lynch for the final 45 minutes. Shanahan even had to dodge an errant deep pass from Purdy to Mike Evans. "I saw it after and I was like, Damn, I almost hit Kyle," Purdy said. "But I was mad we couldnt complete the throw. ... Heads up coach." Purdy was able to joke about it in Monday but the emotions were much different when he first heard about it from Shanahan's wife, Mandy, shortly after the crash. Shanahan suffered a concussion, broken ribs, a broken nose and broken hand in the crash that sent him to the hospital. Purdy said he initially checked with teammate George Kittle to make sure the news was real and then focused on his coach's health. "It hurt really bad just reading that text," Purdy said. "First off, is he OK? Whats next? How is he and all that? I reached out to him and he hit me back up. Once he texted me back and stuff, I was, all right, hes good. Its a scary moment, because all you care about is life at that moment. Is he alive? Is he good? But after hearing Mandy and then what Kyle had said, I was like, all right, Kyles good. This is going to be a little process. I dont know what the road to recovery looks like, but hes going to be good. Thats all I cared about in that moment. I know hes good, just seeing him talking to him and stuff. ... I have a lot of faith that hell bounce back quick." Rookie Romello Height Gets Hurt In Practice Rookie defensive lineman Romello Height was carted off the field after suffering cramps late in practice. Height was attended to for several minutes before being taken off the field on the cart. Four other players didn't practice after getting hurt in the first session on Sunday. Swing tackle Vederian Lowe has a high ankle sprain and is expected to miss a chunk of training camp. Receiver Christian Kirk (calf strain), rookie DL Gracen Halton (bruised knee bone) and DL Andrew Farmer (back) were also out on Monday. Cornerback Nate Hobbs returned to practice after sitting out the first session on Sunday. Reporting by the Associated Press.

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield has made it clear that his deadline for getting a new deal done is the start of training camp. With Buccaneers veterans reporting on Wednesday, July 29, the clock is ticking. Loudly.The Bucs reportedly are trying to get something done. Of course, they tried to extend defensive tackle Vita Vea's deal; that has resulted in Vea requesting a trade.Mayfield's play apparently would be to finish the final year of his three-year, $100 million deal and see what happens next.Over the weekend, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reported that Mayfield would be willing to play under the franchise tag in 2027, at a one-year tender of $47.97 million. The question is whether the Bucs would use it. The challenge continues to be putting the right new-money value of an extension. The ultimate question, in our view, is whether it starts with a 4 or a 5.However it plays out, Mayfield has shown a willingness to bet on himself, at all times. If the bet ends up resulting in a fully-guaranteed 2027 salary of $47.97 million with a second tag in 2028 at $57.56 million (or free agency then), that wouldn't be a bad outcome.

The Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians scheduled Monday, July 27, game was rained out and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Tuesday, July 28.The Reds announced at 7:47 p.m., before the first pitch, that the game would be postponed and rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader, with game times scheduled for 1:40 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.Per the Reds, fans holding tickets for the July 27 game may present their same ticket for the make-up game at 1:40 p.m., with no exchange necessary.The 3-2-1 Tuesday promotions will be offered at both games on July 28. Cincinnati is scheduled to start Monday's planned pitcher, Chase Burns, in the 1:40 p.m. game. The Reds will not use a scheduled pitcher for the 7:10 p.m. start. Instead, the team will use an opener. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: The Reds vs. Guardians game was rained out. What you need to know