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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...

Netflix • Collections • Social isolation

Thank God Social Distance Is Sad Despite its title, “You Gotta Ding-Dong Fling-Flong the Whole Narrative” — starring Peter Scanavino, Ali Ahn, and Scanavino’s own son Leo Bai-Scanavino — may be  Social Distance ’s bleakest entry.  Photo: Netflix I’m not sure what to describe as the first episode of  Social Distance , Netflix’s new coronavirus anthology show created by Jenji Kohan and Hilary Weisman Graham. When I open Netflix, the episode that begins playing for me as the first one of the series is called “Delete All Future Events,” and it’s just the kind of awkward, unpleasantly topical episode you’re probably already imagining when you hear the phrase “new coronavirus anthology show.” The main character, played by Mike Colter, is a barber struggling to maintain some kind of career, and also cling to his sobriety, while stuck at home alone in the early spring lockdowns. When I watched  Social Distance  as the screeners provided for critics, “Delete All Future E...

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