Brian Edwards Sports Blog

Dos Santos KOs Mir to retain heavyweight title

Published on May 27, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards Junior dos Santos predicted a second-round knockout and delivered just that to Frank Mir in his first title...

UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir

Published on May 22 at 6:48 p.m. Eastern. Updated May 24 at 6:05 p.m. Eastern.  By Brian Edwards The Ultimate Fighting Championship will put its heavyweight division in the spotlight...

Korean Zombie beats Poirier, earns title shot

Published on May 16, 2012, at 12:18 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards There’s been a lot of conversation recently about the excitement the bantamweight and featherweight divisions have brought to...

Friday’s MLB Tip Sheet

Published on May 11, 2012, at 1:55 a.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards **Braves at Cardinals** –As of early Thursday night, most books were listing St. Louis (20-11, +688) as a...

Celtics send Hawks packing — again

Published on May 11 at 1:45 a.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards In 1988, 2008 and now again in 2012, the Boston Celtics have sent the Atlanta Hawks packing from the...

UFC on Fox 3 Rewind: Diaz chokes out Miller

Published on May 7 at 12:47 p.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards Nate Diaz’s ascent up the food chain in the lightweight division continued Saturday night when he became the first...

UFC on FOX 3: Miller vs. Diaz

Published on May 4 at 2:01 a.m. Eastern. By Brian Edwards The Ultimate Fighting Championship hasn’t made its way into New York yet because of nonsense politics, but the promotion...