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LAS VEGAS – Gilbert Burns dominated former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley to win a unanimous decision Saturday night in the return of the mixed martial arts promotion to Las Vegas. Brazilian heavyweight Augusto Sakai used some unpunished playing skill to claim a split decision victory over Bulgarian Blagoy Ivanov in the penultimate bout of the first UFC show in …

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. could not have had a more bumpy return to racing after NASCAR’s 10-week shutdown. How bad was Stenhouse crashed on the first lap of the first race and finished last. It followed with a 25th place finish in the second Cup race at Darlington Raceway, then 24th at the Coca-Cola 600. In three races, …

In a weeklong series, The Post is looking at alternative realities in New York sports. Today’s edition looked at whether the Giants would have won a second consecutive Bowl if wide receiver Plaxico Burress hadn’t shot himself in 2008. Below are other great Giants events from the past 30 years: What if Bill Belichick was the successor to Bill Parcells …

The College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta was smashed and looted Friday as part of the riot in response to the death of George Floyd. The windows of the hall of fame were smashed and the gift shop was ransacked, according to local police. It is not known whether the museum portion of the building was destroyed and …

Rick Schosberg begins his Mondays at 4:15 a.m., when he arrives at Belmont Park to train his horses and help the nearly 600 back-stretching workers who call the track home to stay safe during the coronavirus era. The races will finally return to Belmont on Wednesday, but the horse training and care work never stopped, even as the pandemic began …

Charter flights to transport US open tennis players. USA And limited groups from Europe, South America, and the Middle East to New York. Negative tests of COVID-19 before traveling. Centralized housing. Daily temperature controls. There are no spectators. Fewer officials on the court. There is no access to the changing rooms on practice days. All are among the scenarios being …

As negotiations between MLB owners and players continue, hopeful fantasy baseball Players remain vigilant in their quest for a 2020 championship. If you’ve already recruited and your league stubbornly insists on keeping it going, you should be working hard on the exchange phones to adjust your roster for the dramatic changes that a truncated season will bring to your strategy. …

Since George Floyd’s death and the nationwide protests that followed, many athletes have used social media to express their feelings about the situation. One of them, Falcons offensive tackle Kaleb McGary, took a stance that he almost immediately regretted. In a Twitter post, the Atlanta first-round pick in 2019 equated the protesters with the cops who contributed to Floyd’s death …

We are not suggesting that an MLB-type public dispute occur during NHL negotiations with the NHLPA as the parties seek to create a safe, sensible, and equitable way to put the 24-hockey tournament on ice this summer, But no one should expect the players to simply turn around and accept the wishes of Sixth Avenue as dictated. This will apply …

Part 3 of a series analyzing the main perspectives of the New York Mets Amed Rosario is 24 years old and is entrenched at shortstop. Ronny Mauricio is considered the best prospect for the Mets, although he is only 19 years old. Then there is Andrés Giménez, 21, who was fined by Triple-A Syracuse before the COVID-19 pandemic closed spring …