9:23 AM ET As red-hot heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois was pulverizing Kyotaro Fujimoto into a second-round knockout on Dec. 21 in London, British countryman and fellow unbeaten big man Joe Joyce was ringside hoping a showdown with Dubois would be next. And so it is as promoter Frank Warren, Dubois and Joyce appeared at a
Month: February 2020
8:36 AM ET In 2019, Jon Jones accomplished something he never had before: He flew under the radar. Even in a year in which the UFC’s biggest star, Conor McGregor, failed to make a single appearance, 2019 was by all measures one of the quietest years of Jones’ career. He defended his light heavyweight championship
1:44 PM GMT Two team owners, two senior Karnataka players including former Karnataka wicketkeeper and captain CM Gautam, and one team official are among 16 accused that the Karnataka Police has filed a chargesheet against in the investigations concerning corruption in the 2019 Karnataka Premier League (KPL). The preliminary chargesheet was filed on Friday by
Feb 6, 2020 The XFL launches Saturday and will showcase a heavy emphasis on sports betting. In fact, some of the new rules were built with the engagement of the sports betting fan in mind, and wagering will be front and center during the games. “For a lot of our fans, free-to-play gaming, fantasy and
7:05 AM ET You might have noticed that I am asked to rank things from time to time. And who doesn’t love a good ranking? Within that genre, the lowest-hanging fruit would seem to be simply rating the best players in MLB. The results are a matter of preference. How do you define best? What
2:21 PM ET The 2020 NBA trade deadline has officially passed, but it was a final stretch full of deals in the Association. The flurry of moves was highlighted by the four-team, 12-player megadeal involving Clint Capela, the Miami Heat‘s deal to land veteran Andre Iguodala and the Golden State Warriors–Minnesota Timberwolves swap of D’Angelo
8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand A 276 for 5 (Phillips 65, Cleaver 46*, Avesh 2-57, Siraj 2-58) v India A Dane Cleaver once again proved a thorn in India A’s side, scoring a dogged, unbeaten 46 to make sure honours were even on day one of the second unofficial Test, in Lincoln. After
11:23 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets said Thursday night in a statement they intend to find another buyer after talks ended over the proposed sale of a controlling share of the team from the families of Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz to hedge fund manager Steve Cohen. It is unclear if
8:00 AM ET The morning began like any other at the Fort Bonifacio housing tenement in Taguig City, Philippines, just outside Manila. Caged roosters crowed on the rooftop. Seven floors below, bristles from an elderly resident’s broom swept away the remnants of the city festival that rocked the building the day before. Suspended behind the
9:27 PM ET South Carolina announced the signing of five-star defensive end Jordan Burch on Thursday. After not submitting his national letter of intent on Wednesday, Burch is now officially part of the Gamecocks’ 2020 class. Burch, ranked No. 4 in the ESPN 300, announced his commitment to the Gamecocks in December but never signed
9:49 PM ET Youngstown State is expected to hire Cincinnati assistant Doug Phillips as its next head coach, a source told ESPN. Phillips, who has coached Cincinnati’s running backs the past two seasons and been on staff the past three, will replace Bo Pelini, who left YSU to become defensive coordinator at LSU. Phillips, 51,
8:25 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Nick Taylor opened with an eagle, closed with two birdies and made a gorgeous day feel even better with an 8-under 63 at Monterey Peninsula that gave him the lead Thursday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Most of the interest over the three courses in
8:00 AM ET The Miami Heat have risen so far over the past two-plus years, and came so, so close before Thursday’s trade deadline to building a team that would have really caught the attention of the three juggernauts in Milwaukee and Los Angeles. A little over three years ago, with the Heat at 11-30,
11:33 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Jon Jones was just 23 years old when he became light heavyweight champion in 2011, making him the youngest belt holder in UFC history. He looked unbeatable and the sky was the limit, it seemed. But it has been a bumpy road for “Jonny Bones” ever since, with a mixture
6:24 PM ET When it comes to sports statistics, we make do with what we’ve got. In college football, we’ve got more than ever before — better and more detailed passer and pass-rushing data, better predictive analytics, etc. But when it comes to measuring team experience, we’ve been stuck primarily with one measure: returning starters.
6:08 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook is expected to be ready for the start of next season after he had right hip surgery Thursday. Seabrook, 34, also had right shoulder surgery in December and left hip surgery last month. Team physician Michael Terry said Seabrook will be ready to return
5:10 PM GMT James Harrington The first week of the 2020 Six Nations went mostly to plan. Wales duly dispatched Italy at the Principality, and got their anticipated bonus point, too; the Azzuris’ interim coach Franco Smith won’t be impressed that his side were shutout in the tournament opener. Ireland’s win over a Finn Russell-less
4:35 PM ET Chinese UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili successfully traveled from her home country to Thailand last weekend, according to sources close to the situation. Weili (20-1) is scheduled to make her first 115-pound title defense against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 on March 7 in Las Vegas. She normally trains out of Beijing,
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