That won’t be the case. Serious back pain stemming from his days as a pro wrestler forced Punk to have surgery, pushing back his Octagon debut. MORE: Fighters turned actors “My back has always bugged me,” Punk told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, who broke the news. “Figured it was just wrestling — Turns out it was. “It got bad enough to the point where I couldn’t do anything the week before I went to train with the New Jersey Devils last month....

“Those of us in New York and the Northeast are worried about you, our friends, our loved ones and our viewers across the country, now more than ever really,” Smith said on Friday night in the final segment of The News with Shepard Smith. “This new COVID surge is awful. So, follow the Fauci. Not for us, we are mostly good around here, we are worried for you.” Smith was referring to Dr....

PKNP FC are in unchartered territories when they line up on the opposite side of Kedah in Saturday’s FA Cup quarterfinal first leg at Darul Aman Stadium. However, it is not unprecedented for a Premier League club to reach that stage of the competition, as they look to emulate PKNS FC’s triumph in reaching the final of last year’s edition. Apart from being drawn to face Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT), PKNP was given arguably the second toughest draw available....

That’s why Mike Krzyzewski enlisted the help of his grandsons to send a text message to former Duke standout Justise Winslow in a new ESPN commercial. MORE: Dick Vitale in the Duke-UNC rivalry | Super Saturday preview We know Winslow’s emoji game is strong.

During a press briefing U.S. Coast Guard Miami Sector Captain Jo-Ann Burdian said that during a search of Florida’s Northern straits over the past 24 hours, officials found four more bodies, “[b]ringing the total to five deceased bodies we’ve recovered in our search area,” she said. The comments by Burdian come shortly after the 25-foot capsized boat was discovered by a “good Samaritan” Tuesday. In a statement, the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast Twitter account wrote that the individual discovered a man “clinging to a capsized vessel approximately 45 miles east of Fort Pierce Inlet....

All of your favorite shows do it now; having to wait months for the next episode to resume is like waiting to get a cavity filled at the dentist. The wait is unsatisfying, even if the end result is. The 2019 season has already offered a ton of intrigue. The Mariners were good, until they weren’t. The Yankees were broken, then they kept winning. The defending World Series champs answered some questions, but still haven’t looked great....

The list of people who wanted Arkan dead is long. A career criminal–he got his start as a hit man for the Yugoslav communists–Arkan ruthlessly built a fortune as a smuggler and war profiteer. The paramilitary unit that he commanded, known as the Tigers, was famous for vicious ethnic cleansing in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. He was a major figure in Belgrade’s mobocracy, and played the role to the hilt....

Line: Louisville -4.5 , Total: 137.5 (check our odds page for current point spreads and totals) Louisville (23-6 SU, 11-16-1 ATS) is in fourth place in the conference at 11-5, trailing Virginia (16-1), Duke (13-3) and Notre Dame (12-4). The Cavaliers have already wrapped up first place. Coach Rick Pitino is more concerned about getting his team focused after a major late season distraction. Starting point guard Chris Jones (13....

Other games to watch this weekend are the rivalries. Will Texas be able to slow down Oklahoma’s offense in the Red River Rivalry? Can FSU’s leaky offensive line hold up against Miami’s surging defense? And can Florida pull out another upset this week as they host LSU in the Swamp? WEEK 5 NFL DFS: Values | Stacks | Lineup Builder When the writers at CFBDynasty debate their weekly college fantasy player rankings and college DFS rankings, we start by looking at Vegas lines....

Here are more tips and value picks for your FanDuel lineups, with an extra emphasis placed on GPP tournaments (large-scale, big-money contests). MORE: College fantasy football playbook | FanDuel NFL strategy Best college football FanDuel values for Week 1 Tommy Armstrong, QB, Nebraska ($8,800). Armstrong is coming off a strong close to last season against Iowa and USC. He finished in the top half of Big Ten quarterbacks, and his $8,800 price against a not-so-strong BYU defense makes him a great pivot play off the higher-priced, chalkier options this weekend....

Take a look at the CFBDynasty top plays in college DFS this week, and join CFBDynasty as a member for weekly college fantasy football rankings, college DFS advice, and more. WEEK 11 NFL DFS: Best stacks | Best values | Lineup Builder NOTE: Check back for updates and additional picks ahead of Saturday’s games. Week 12 College Fantasy Football DraftKings Picks: QBs TIER 1: Best plays Kyle Trask, Florida @ Vanderbilt ($9,700)...

Kickers won’t make or break your season, of course – that is, unless you draft a kicker too early after watching Sebastian Janikowski highlights on YouTube like Al Davis. Don’t let the classic kicker hype videos influence your draft strategy all that much. Hopefully by 2023, we’ll have a punters list. Punters are people, too. DOMINATE YOUR COLLEGE FANTASY DRAFT: Join CFBDynasty Visit CFBDynasty’s Draft Central to subscribe and gain access to our complete rankings of more than 1,500 players....

That’s OK — the final leg of the 2019 season will really heat up in the second week of November, so this week’s slate of games will serve as the calm before the storm. Even so, the two headliners this week still have College Football Playoff and New Year’s Day 6 implications. Get the latest NCAA odds & betting advice at Sportsbook Review The first of those games is No....

We’re a long way off from this year’s College Football Playoff, which will have the semifinals at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 29. The College Football Playoff championship game is scheduled for Jan. 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. 2018 SEASON: Questions | Predictions That said, Michigan basketball’s run to the national championship game drew some criticism because the Wolverines played double-digits seeds until running into Villanova in the championship game....

Sporting News will break down the College Football Playoff picture each week, with the four teams we think are in and the field behind them. Bowl projections are coming Monday. MORE: College football Week 4 highlights Here is the playoff picture heading into the last week of September: 1. Alabama The 59-0 victory against Vanderbilt wasn’t so much a warning shot — it was an eviction notice. The Tide rolled up 677 yards and eight touchdowns while rushing for 496 yards and averaging 7....

That said, the season enters November with the Pac-12 and Mid-American Conference returning to action and several teams finding separation. Everyone is playing, and while the race might be in different stages across the FBS, the chase is on. The first set of CFP rankings won’t be revealed until Nov. 24, so there are three more weeks of game action. With that in mind, Sporting News breaks down the College Football Playoff picture with four teams in, four teams out and four teams to watch heading into the first week of November:...

LSU and Ohio State consolidated the top two spots with dominant wins over Ole Miss and Rutgers respectively, while Clemson extended its winning run to 26 games with a 52-3 rout of Wake Forest. A week after leapfrogging Alabama into the top four, meanwhile, Georgia clinched the SEC East title with a 21-14 road win over Auburn, which should further boost its playoffs credentials. Here’s what to look for ahead of the latest set of CFP rankings, which are released on Tuesday, November 19....

Would Ohio State and Alabama be the fifth team in the Week 14 CFP top 25? Whoever was placed in that position stood to slide into the final four with a loss by one of the top four teams during conference championship weekend. The sixth team would need more help to make the Playoff. Here’s how things stand after Tuesday’s reveal: Georgia remains in the top spot, trailed by No....