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Vasyl Lomachenko • Teófimo López • Boxing

Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez Jr. fight predictions: Undercard, odds, expert picks, date The massive lightweight unification bout is set for Saturday night in Las Vegas Trash-talking time having now come and gone as it pertains to the bad blood boiling between lightweight champions  Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr.  (and their respective father/trainers), the focus turns to the matchup itself entering Saturday's must-see clash to crown an undisputed champion at 135 pounds.  Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) for one is excited about that fact as he brings his trio of world lightweight titles (WBA, WBO, WBC) to face off against Lopez's IBF crown inside the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas ( Live on ESPN and fuboTV, which you can  try for free , at 10 p.m. ET ) following nearly an entire year of insults slung between them.  "I feel great and I'm saving my emotions for Saturday night," Lomachenko said during an interview with CBS Sports' "Morni...

Russell Westbrook

Rumor: Rockets more likely to trade Russell Westbrook after Daryl Morey resignation Daryl Morey gets – and deserves – a lot of credit for bringing  James Harden  to the Rockets. But Morey also did a great job getting Harden co-stars. Houston gave up  significant draft consideration  in that trade. The Rockets went even further to build around Westbrook by  dealing   Clint Capela  and making Westbrook their de facto offensive center. That solidified a micro-ball identity with  P.J. Tucker  and  Robert Covington  (acquired in the Capela deal with a first-round pick also outgoing) as defensive “bigs.” But the coach who ran the mad-scientist small-ball scheme, Mike D’Antoni, is  gone . The general manager who built this unconventional roster, Morey, is  gone . Now what for Houston? Marc Berman of the New York Post : With Houston general manager Daryl Morey stepping down a year after his controversial retweet about China/Hong K...

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