Month: October 2022

Georgia scored a pair of touchdowns in the final 10 minutes of the game to secure a 26-22 victory over Missouri.

Check out the full highlights for the Texas Longhorns vs. West Virginia Mountaineers. Texas QB Hudson Card threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns in the Longhorns’ 38-20 win.

The Jayhawks have enjoyed their best start to a season since 2009.

Jayhawks fans, ESPN’s College GameDay has heard your pleas over the last several weeks. They’re coming to Lawrence for the first time.

Kansas will host the network’s popular traveling Saturday morning show as it seeks to continue its undefeated streak when against TCU, who is fresh off of a commanding 55–24 upset win over Oklahoma. 

For weeks, the Jayhawks have made their case to be taken seriously, starting after their overtime win over Big 12 foe West Virginia. They went on to top Houston 48–30, then Duke 35–27 a week later before going on to hold on against Iowa State this past weekend. 

Kansas sits at 5–0, marking its best start since 2009. 

Since 1942, the Horned Frogs hold a 25-4-9 advantage against the Jayhawks and are the winners of the last three matchups between the two teams. The last time Kansas defeated TCU was in 2018 in Lawrence.

Kansas is looking for its first 6–0 start since 2007. College GameDay will begin on ESPN at 9 a.m. ET, and the game airs on FS1 at noon. 

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The Mercedes driver had been summoned by the stewards for an alleged infraction of the International Sporting Code due to wearing it.

F1 driver Lewis Hamilton managed to avoid a penalty at the Singapore Grand Prix for wearing his nose stud after providing a medical exemption letter, explaining how his doctors advised against taking it out due to an infection. 

However, Mercedes received €25,000 fine after it submitted a self-scrutineering form that said “that the driver complied with the requirement not to wear jewellery in the form of body piercing,” per the FIA.

The FIA has been cracking down on the jewelry ban, and earlier this season ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, Hamilton had threatened to not compete if the ban was enforced. He was granted an exemption until the British Grand Prix because of a piercing that couldn’t be easily removed, and the Mercedes driver had since been taking the nose stud in and out. 

However, he had the nose stud in on Saturday, and he had to see the stewards. But, Hamilton said wearing it was not a statement of sorts. 

“I’ve had my jewelry and my nose stud for years and obviously we had that whole commotion at the beginning of the year,” Hamilton said. “At the time it was like soldered in, so it didn’t come loose. They gave me, at the time for many races, an exemption so I could find a solution. Then I went to get it taken out and tried to find a solution, putting it in and out.

“It got infected because of that, and I was just continuing on with this infection. I got a blood blister and had quite a sore on my nose. Then I went back and had to have the blood blister fixed, because there was puss and blood.

“I put this back in, and in the last two weeks, it’s started to heal and they’ve asked that I keep it in. It’s crazy that we’re having to talk about something so small. I take everything else out. At this point, I don’t really care to be honest.”

FIA Deputy Medical Delegate Dr. Ian Roberts looked at the medical report Hamilton had and agreed. The stewards didn’t take any further action with the driver “in light of the extenuating circumstances.” 

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Yan showed improved grappling skills in fending off submission ace Dern over the course of five rounds in Las Vegas.

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While Chinese strawweight Yan Xiaonan is generally lauded for her striking abilities, she showed vastly improved grappling abilities, as well, en route to scoring a hard-fought decision win over Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern.

The contest served as the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 211, which streamed live on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

As expected, Yan was the aggressor to start, walking forward with strikes and looking to score damage on the feet. Dern initially looked to return fire but quickly seized each opportunity to clinch and turn the bout into a grappling contest. She did eventually work the action to the canvas late in the frame, though she was largely unable to capitalize with any real submission attempts.

Dern pulled guard quickly in the second, entangling Yan’s leg and dragging her to the floor. Yan was careful to stay out of trouble but did take the chance to drive in punches at every available opportunity. Undeterred, Dern was able to maneuver into position for a deep arm-triangle attempt before abandoning it to move to mount. Yan turned to her knees, exposing her back, leaving Dern opportunities to look first for a choke and then an armbar, though Yan was able to squirm and survive until the bell.

Dern clinched quickly in the third and pulled guard, again dragging the fight to her world, though Yan was able to pull free and move back to the feet, where she switched stances and rifled in big punches while looking to keep range. Yan landed a few punishing kicks to the body, as well as big punches up top, all while using active footwork to keep away from any further grappling exchanges.

Dern shot forward early in the fourth, latching on to a single-leg takedown that she wasn’t able to convert. Bolstered by the rebuttal, Yan turned up the heat with her strikes, keeping her volume high and landing heavy punches up top, while also continuing to drive kicks to the body. Dern was eventually able to overhook an arm and drag Yan to her guard, though she was again unable to do much with the limited time on the floor.

With the fight potentially on the line in the fifth, Dern was able to work inside and drag the fight to the floor, where she quickly moved to the back and was able to work in her hooks. Yan defended well and desperately looked to escape back to the feet, though she struggled to get free. In the final minute. Dern turned her attention to her opponent’s left arm, nearly earning a full extension before Yan broke free and swept to the top, furiously pounding away with punches until the final bell.

In the end, Xiaonan was awarded a majority decision, with one judge scoring the fight even at 47-47, and two giving it to Yan, 48-47.

Afterward, an exhausted Yan admitted she was proud of her efforts to fight out of some very compromising positions.

“I know her jiu-jitsu is amazing,” Yan said. “She’s a black belt, I’m a white belt, so I knew what I should expect in this fight, but I trained so hard. so I knew I could do this.”

Yan (16-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC), who entered the matchup at No. 6 in the UFC’s official strawweight rankings, snapped a two-fight skid with the result. Meanwhile, No. 5 Dern (12-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) falls to 1-2 in her past three contests.

Main Card

• Yan Xiaonan def. Mackenzie Dern via majority decision (48-47, 48-47, 47-47)
• Randy Brown def. Francisco Trinaldo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Raoni Barcelos def. Trevin Jones via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-27, 30-27)
• Sodiq Yusuff def. Don Shainis via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 0:30
• Mike Davis def. Viacheslav Borshchev via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 30,26)

Preliminary Card

• Daniel Santos def. John Castaneda via knockout (punches, knee) – Round 2, 4:28
• Ilir Latifi def. Aleksei Oleinik via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Joaquim Silva def. Jesse Ronson via TKO (flying knee, punches) – Round 2, 3:08
• Brendan Allen def. Krzysztof Jotko via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:17
• Chelsea Chandler def. Julija Stoliarenko via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:15
• Guido Cannetti def. Randy Costa via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:04

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