Month: July 2020

1:11 AM BST Super Rugby Aotearoa continues to deliver top-class rugby with both of the Round 7 encounters going down to the final minutes In the end, the Hurricanes and Blues held on for vital wins, keeping both sides in the hunt for competition honours. Read on as we review the weekend’s action below. We
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3:50 PM ET Associated Press The NBA is handing down one-day quarantines to players who forget to go to their designated locations for the daily coronavirus test — with Dallas‘ Kristaps Porzingis the latest to get that penalty. Porzingis missed Dallas’ scrimmage on Sunday because of his forgetfulness. Denver‘s Paul Millsap had to sit out
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8:22 PM ET NFL players who contract the coronavirus through “high-risk” activity away from team facilities can face team discipline and may even be at risk of not being paid, according to the league’s new protocols. A memo sent by the NFLPA to agents this weekend, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN, outlines
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Jul 25, 2020 Fight Island? How about Chimaev Island? Khamzat Chimaev, the hottest new prospect in the UFC, absolutely ran through Rhys McKee via TKO at 3 minutes, 9 seconds of the first round on the UFC Fight Night main card Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The UFC has dubbed Yas Island, where
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1:50 PM ET Light heavyweight prospects Ryan Spann and Johnny Walker have agreed to meet in September, per multiple sources. The UFC 253 pay-per-view event is slated for Sept. 19, at a location to be determined. Expectations are the event will either be held at the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas or Yas Island,
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4:45 PM ET Alabama added its 12th ESPN 300 commitment since May to its 2021 recruiting class on Sunday, when ESPN 300 defensive tackle Damon Payne announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide. Payne is the No. 25 ranked prospect overall, a 6-foot-4, 295-pound defensive lineman out of Belleville High School in Belleville, Michigan. He
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5:22 PM ET After a controversial stoppage at Saturday night’s UFC event in Abu Dhabi, the referee and commentator involved in a postfight confrontation are defending themselves. After referee Herb Dean left the Octagon following a prelim bout between Francisco Trinaldo and Jai Herbert at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till, he appeared to get
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4:36 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco started again. His inspiring comeback from cancer is complete. More than a year since being stricken with leukemia, Carrasco struck out 10 in six-plus innings and Jose Ramirez homered twice as the Cleveland Indians clobbered the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Sunday to win two of
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4:20 PM ET John Chayka has resigned as general manager of the Arizona Coyotes on the eve of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the team announced on Sunday. “John Chayka has quit as the General Manager and President of Hockey Operations of the Arizona Coyotes. The Club is disappointed in his actions and his timing as
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10:55 AM ET The NBA has placed Lou Williams on 10-day quarantine after the LA Clippers guard was investigated by the league for what he did while on an excused absence from the Orlando, Florida, campus. The league announced Williams’ quarantine on Sunday, three days after Williams was photographed by the rapper Jack Harlow at
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