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FRIDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: Kansas City at Cleveland, 4 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: Baltimore at NY Yankees, 7 p.m. (MLB Network)NBA: Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. (NBATV)NBA: Chicago at Boston, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSB)NBA: Minnesota at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. (NBATV)NHL: Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Tim Tebow hit a home run on the very first pitch of his first at-bat of his Double-A career on Thursday.
"It's pretty special and it feels really good," Tebow said after the game. "It's a great day and it was a fun day, but it's just one day. We've got to be focused on the next day."
-- Conor McGregor has been charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief following an incident in which he injured someone by throwing a hand truck at a bus at Barclays Center before UFC 223’s media day on Thursday.
UFC president Dana White said the injured person was Michael Chiesa, a fighter who was taken to the hospital with cuts on his face.
“They stormed the building, got down to the loading docks where the fighters were getting on buses and started to attack the buses with trash cans, dollies,” White said. “This is the most disgusting thing that has ever happened in the history of this company.”
UFC also released a statement on the incident:
“During today’s media event at Barclays Center to promote UFC 223: Khabib vs. Holloway, Conor McGregor and Artem Lobov entered the building accompanied by over a dozen individuals.
The group, which included McGregor and Lobov, vandalized the vehicle that contained a number of athletes competing at the event taking place this weekend. NYPD was immediately alerted and is currently in the process of investigating the situation. UFC is working very closely with the New York Athletic Commission, Barclays Center security and law enforcement authorities. All parties are working together to ensure the highest standard of proper safety precautions are implemented to protect the fans and athletes.
The organization deems today’s disruption completely unacceptable and is currently working on the consequences that will follow. Immediately, Lobov has been removed from this weekend’s card and individuals involved in the incident are not welcome at tomorrow’s ceremonial weigh-in or Saturday’s event at Barclays Center.”