Paul’s unassailable popularity and Silva’s Hall-of-Fame worthy resume — even if UFC won’t officially bestow upon him that much deserved honor — makes their Saturday PPV must-watch. Bettors agree. Following the September announcement that the Arizona Department of Gaming would make approve legal online wagering for the fight, most online sports books have offered odds with Paul emerging as a -190 favorite per Caesars. MORE: Best bets, expert picks for Jake Paul vs....

On April 17, Paul will face retired mixed martial artist Ben Askren in an 8-round fight that will headline Triller’s Fight Club at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Since starting his boxing career, Paul has gone 2-0 with both victories coming by way of knockout against AnEsonGib and Nate Robinson. Neither fighter had ever stepped into a boxing ring prior to facing Paul. Former Bellator and ONE FC champion Askren hasn’t had a professional boxing match, either....

Paul got to work early, knocking Robinson down two times in the first round. He knocked him down once more at the start of Round 2 before ultimately delivering the knockout blow. Robinson lay on the canvas for several minutes before eventually getting up. The fight stats weren’t too impressive considering how short the fight was. With the win, Paul moves to 2-0 as a professional boxer. He won via TKO in his first fight and gets a KO in his second fight....

The Seahawks pulled off a stunning trade on Saturday, giving up first-round picks in the next two NFL Drafts, a 2021 third-rounder and safety Bradley McDougald to acquire Adams, with the Jets sending a 2022 fourth-round pick back to Seattle as part of the deal. It was a significant price to pay for Adams, a two-time Pro Bowler who was named a first-team All-Pro last year, his third in the NFL....

MORE: NFL Year 2 breakout candidates The team held the event in an effort to raise money and awareness in the fight against childhood cancer. In the end, Tampa Bay raised $40,000 for the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. The Bucs quarterback had his head shaved by Josh, a 7-year-old cancer survivor. “I trust him because he had me last year,” Winston said in a video of the event. MORE: Racism to blame for Winston media coverage?...

Winston was the final attraction of the trip for NFL scouts, including four representatives from the Buccaneers, owners of the No. 1 pick. MORE: Two-round Mock Draft | FSU receiver crashes into TV equipment Tampa Bay head coach Lovie Smith and GM Jason Licht stood nearest to Winston as he threw a lofty 102 passes to a host of receivers. After the workout, Licht said Winston’s performance was “outstanding.”...

The marchers are reportedly headed towards the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Sunset Park neighborhood of west Brooklyn. The marchers agree with the mother of Floyd who asserts that police “murdered” her son, who had an underlying condition of asthma. A follow-up protest is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Friday at the Metropolitan Detention Center. The march coincides with ongoing citywide protests against police brutality following the May 25 death of George Floyd (no relation), the 46-year-old black man who died in police custody after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes....

Comey also referred to Trump as a “shrunken, withered figure” in the article which describes Comey’s experiences with being on the receiving end of the president’s attacks. Comey wrote that after the initial shock of the attack wears off, “the impact diminishes, the power of it shrinks.” “It no longer feels as though the most powerful human on the planet is after you,” Comey said. “It feels as though a strange and slightly sad old guy is yelling at you to get off his lawn, echoed by younger but no less sad people in red hats shouting, ‘Yeah, get off his lawn!...

Halyna Hutchins, 42, died after she was fatally shot by the actor when a prop gun malfunctioned on the set of the movie Rust. The film’s director Joel Souza was also seriously injured in the incident. Hollywood is reeling from the tragedy, with many questioning how it could have occurred and how a prop gun is capable of actually firing bullets. Gunn, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy, has said that such an accident happening on set is one of his biggest fears....

Given his credentials, it’s hard to look at Harden as an underdog, but he will be just that when he enters Saturday’s Three-Point Contest. Harden is just one big name in an eight-man field loaded with All-Stars and elite shooters. MORE: All-Star schedule | All-time 3-point contest | Klay Thompson’s ascent “That’s what those guys do, they shoot threes as specialists,” Harden said. “It’s my first time, a little nervous, but I’ll just work on my mechanics and go out there and shoot the ball....

Then, Harden kicked LeBron in the, uh, crotch. MORE: Nuggets count down season | Bulls ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Rose | Amar’e has no regrets about NY As the Harden was falling to the floor, his leg suddenly jerked up and rocketed out and into The King’s nether region. It seemed to be the theme of the day – when Beverley fell to the floor earlier in the game he tried the same tactic....

The first released BodyArmor commercial features Jame Harden: NBA playoffs 2018: Tyronn Lue challenges Cavs to step up with LeBron James Other commercials feature the Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis, Angels outfielder Mike Trout and WNBA star Skylar Diggins-Smith. The ads all include the tagline, “Thanks Gatorade. We’ll take it from here.”

The former Real Madrid playmaker remains sidelined with a thigh complaint while Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Thiago Alcantara, Juan Bernat and Javi Martinez have also been ruled out of the clash at the Allianz Arena, with Arturo Vidal no certainty to start. The absences add to Ancelotti’s headache after an underwhelming pre-season in which the German champions lost to Arsenal, AC Milan, Inter, Liverpool and Napoli. Bayern did improve to beat Borussia Dortmund on penalties in the DFL-Supercup before dispatching third-tier Chemnitzer 5-0 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal last weekend....

“I knew kids weren’t going to get the opportunity to go to camp this year,” Curtis told Newsweek in an exclusive interview over the phone, “so we decided to bring summer camp to them.” That delivery comes in the form of a serialized Audible Original podcast, Letters from Camp. It’s a heartwarming and quick-witted story about Mookie Hooper, a sixth-grader trying to follow in the footsteps of her mother—a world-renowned investigative journalist....

Essential non-resident travelers include workers such as truck drivers and government or emergency response officials who cross at U.S. land borders. Essential travelers who enter the country by water borders via ferry must also be fully vaccinated by the same date, the official said. The official spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of their anonymity to preview the announcement. The United States land borders of Mexico and Canada opened up earlier this month to non-essential travelers for the first time since they closed during the pandemic....

Pogba, who joined the Old Trafford side from Juve for £89 million in the summer of 2016, played with Dybala in Turin and is said to be close friends with the 24-year-old. Jose Mourinho has now placed Dybala at the top of his summer transfer shortlist and will call upon Pogba to convince Dybala on a move to Manchester. BARCELONA PLOT CHRISTENSEN BID Barcelona are considering a bid for Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen, according to the Daily Mirror....

But that was then. Now, in a flurry, Tokyo’s gossipy weekly magazines are sniping at the royals -in particular at Empress Michiko, the wife of Emperor Akihito -about a whole range of matters that share one common trait: they are utterly trivial. According to the Weekly Bunshun, for example, some once favorite trees of the late emperor Hirohito were razed recently during the ongoing construction of a new imperial palace in central Tokyo....

The addition of 9,000 hospital beds is part of a new coronavirus roadmap adopted Friday by key ministers of Japan’s Cabinet. The roadmap says that the government will be able to provide more beds for those infected with COVID-19 in the event that a surge occurs again. With this measure, up to 37,000 patients can be treated in hospitals. “It is important to anticipate a worst-case scenario and take concrete actions to prepare for a next expansion of the infections,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said during the meeting....

The seemingly coordinated operations by China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy and the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet have not been officially acknowledged by either Beijing or Moscow. Tokyo, meanwhile, has published regular updates about ship movements off Japanese islands. Between June 15 and 21, between five and seven Russian warships sailed in a southwesterly direction along southern Japan before returning north via the Sea of Japan, the Japanese Defense Ministry said in a tweet on Tuesday....

According to a report on Thursday by Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, the 6,500-ton patrol vessel Asazuki will join the Japanese coast guard’s Ishigaki branch, which has jurisdiction over the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. Beijing claims the island chain via its claim over Taiwan; it refers to them as the Diaoyu Islands. Asazuki, which is one of the largest and newest vessels in the coast guard fleet, is undergoing sea trials and could oversee Senkaku operations as early as November, said the Yomiuri Shimbun report....