Weigh-ins for this month’s blockbuster “UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares” event take place Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The same venue hosts the following night’s Spike TV-broadcast fight card, which serves as a lead-in to the debut...

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Rookie left-hander Travis Wood hit his first homer and allowed one unearned run over seven innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-1 win over St. Louis on Saturday. View full post on ESPN.com – MLB

For the opening five minutes of Thursday’s Bellator 27 main event, the self-described “baddest man on the planet” looked like anything but. Then came round two. After getting tagged throughout the first round with lead left hands and nasty right uppercuts, Joe Warren uncorked a powerful...

Josh Freeman’s preseason is over, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers can only hope his injured thumb doesn’t lead to another slow start when the real games begin. View full post on ESPN.com – NFL

Josh Freeman’s preseason is over, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers can only hope his injured thumb doesn’t lead to another slow start when the real games begin. View full post on ESPN.com – NFL

Do the Texas Rangers have what it takes to survive the dog days of August and be playoff contenders? ESPN.com examines their chances. View full post on ESPN.com – MLB

Jim Thome hit his 579th homer, Joe Mauer had three more hits and the Twins took sole possession of the AL Central lead by beating the White Sox 12-6. View full post on ESPN.com – MLB

MMAjunkie.com Radio today reaches another milestone and celebrates its 800th show. In addition to our look back at the show’s history, we recap Sunday’s UFC on Versus 2 event. Lead staff reporter John Morgan, who covered the San Diego event, drove back to Las Vegas overnight and joins us...

MLB Hall of Fame Capsules: Dawson, Herzog lead Hall of Fame class COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Andre Dawson stared almost in awe as he watched a brief video biography of his playing career, brushing away tears as familiar faces spoke in admiration of the intense man most still call “Hawk.” Read...