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The UFC confirmed the bout on Monday afternoon.

Akiyama had lost three straight as a middleweight, dropping bouts to Vitor Belfort, Michael Bisping and Chris Leben,

It was comforting to realize the frauds we had to deal with Sunday were merely of the professional football variety. It required no soul-searching to watch the Jets’ being exposed as 90 percent hot air, the Lions unmasked as unthreatening bullies, or the Chiefs as ... gee, I’m not even

Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Jurgen Klinsmann has won only one of his six games in charge of the U.S. national team, but with more than two years until the next World Cup, there are still many players he wants to evaluate.

It probably shouldn’t be a surprise that some fans of

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Jack Raykovitz, the chief executive of the Second Mile foundation for 28 years, has resigned amid a sexual abuse scandal involving the charity’s founder, the former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

Raykovitz’s failure to do more to stop Sandusky, who has been charged with

The Jets’ latest loss to the New England Patriots raises the question of whether quarterback Mark Sanchez will ever be able to lead the team to elite status.

The Patriots grounded the Jets. They pounded them, too, rolling to a 37-16 victory that reminded all those dressed in green and white Sunday night — from fans to players to MetLife Stadium staff — that the division goes through New England, same as it ever has.

“We think we’re