Robert Whittaker and Darren Till spoke about how they prepared for their middleweight bout, in the main event of UFC Fight Island 3 on Saturday on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.


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Ten years after he first was drafted by them, Stony Brook native Anthony Kay finally reached the majors with the Mets on Sunday.

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