<p>Pro boxer Alicia Napoleon returned to the ring on Thursday night&nbsp;in Philadelphia. NewsdayTV&#39;s Jamie Stuart reports.</p>


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Ryan Garcia knocked Devin Haney down three times and handed the WBC super lightweight champion his first loss, winning the fight by majority decision but not the title because he was over the weight limit.

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"When the ball is in the quarterback's hands, Malik is going to be open," Malik Nabers said.

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J.D. Martinez, who signed a one-year, $12 million deal on March 23 but was sidelined with a balky back, went 2-for-4 with an RBI double on Friday.

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"I think we have to come in on Sunday and from the beginning, throw the first punch and keep throwing them," Miles McBride said.

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Longtime enforcer says, "I probably would have smacked him'' after the 76ers star's takedown of Mitchell Robinson in Game 3.

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