3:19 PM ET Dominick Reyes got a chance to talk very briefly with Jon Jones inside the Octagon after their hard-fought UFC light heavyweight title fight last Saturday night. Reyes pushed Jones to the brink, but Jones, the longtime champion, held on for an extremely close unanimous decision win (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) in the main
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8:00 AM ET RIVER OAKS, Texas — Montana De La Rosa does the standard after-school parenting drill. Piloting her Ford Explorer with her husband, Mark De La Rosa, seated in the passenger seat and her daughter, Zaylyn Woods, in the back, Montana tries to pry the day’s details out of her third-grader. The math test?
2:00 PM ET Everybody loves a big trade involving big names, big stars — and prospects, the human lottery tickets that might pay off big in the end. But nobody loves a big trade more than the big league evaluators who aren’t involved. They love to break down each side, compare their own reports of
1:20 PM ET People tend to lose their heads when an elite player changes teams. In a good way. For fans of the team that acquires the star, it’s a time to dream. A time to anticipate the thrills that you think lie ahead. For fans of the game in general, it’s always interesting to
1:08 PM ET Philip Rivers will enter free agency this year, officially ending his 16-year run with the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers and Rivers jointly announced the veteran quarterback’s decision Monday, with general manager Tom Telesco saying that the timing of the announcement will “allow everyone to put themselves in the best position for
8:00 AM ET It’s not too fair to judge new college football coaches on their first recruiting classes because most are hired with very little time to close out the class. The coaching carousel starts only weeks before the early signing period in December, and coaches can’t be expected to do much in those first
11:53 AM ET Will Gary Russell Jr. ever get a major fight? He did face Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2014 for a vacant featherweight world title, but that wasn’t a big fight then. In fact, it was on a Showtime undercard, where Russell took his only professional loss by clear decision. In 2015, Russell won a
9:17 AM ET Exactly one week after hoisting the women’s singles trophy at the Australian Open, Sofia Kenin again stood in triumph with cheers cascading over her from an appreciative crowd. This time, Kenin was not alone. On Saturday at a Fed Cup event in Everett, Washington, Kenin celebrated with her doubles partner, Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
9:40 AM ET The baseline reaction to the annual NHL trade deadline is that it’s always underwhelming, which is frankly unfair. It’s like going into a movie having seen all the trailers and read all the spoilers and then being disappointed when the action on the screen doesn’t match the movie in your head. The
10:27 AM GMT England coach Eddie Jones has said it would be a mistake to increase the number of teams in the Six Nations. Reports emerged last week suggesting South Africa could join the competition in 2023 to create a Seven Nations, though New Zealand Rugby (NZR) Chief Executive Mark Robinson has since said an
10:47 AM ET Coach Luke Fickell has decided to remain at Cincinnati after interviewing for the vacancy at Michigan State. “I had to make a selfish decision, but this selfish decision was what was right for my family — and that is to be here, to be with you guys, and continue to do what
7:00 AM ET LONG BEACH, Calif. — Joe Maddon settled into a small Italian deli bordering the Pacific coast Friday, only a block from the high-rise condominium that housed him for the past month, and instantly felt regret. He wished he had spotted this place sooner. The next day, on the morning of his 66th
1:29 PM GMT Chris Nenzani’s tenure as Cricket South Africa president could be nearing its end. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that an attempt will be made to persuade Nenzani to step down ahead of a board meeting in East London on Wednesday. This would present a more seamless way forward because, according to an insider, it
Track Cycling World Championships 2020 Venue: Velodrom, Berlin Dates: Wednesday, 26 February – Sunday, 1 March Coverage: Live action on the Red Button and website from 26 February to 1 March; network highlights on BBC 2 on Sat 29 Feb and Sun 1 March Mark Cavendish has missed out on a track spot for this
9:46 AM ET The PGA Tour’s lawyers have asked a federal judge to dismiss golf instructor Hank Haney’s lawsuit, in which he claims the tour pressured SiriusXM Radio to suspend him and then terminate him from hosting his radio show after his comments about women’s golf last year. In a motion filed to U.S. District
8:45 AM ET PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — It has a slightly different name and a loftier status among PGA Tour events, and the tournament that dates to 1926 has long been regarded as one of golf’s best, no matter what it is called. Known for most of its existence as the Los Angeles Open in
It’s hard to imagine Brady leaving the Patriots … but it sure is fun. If he hits the market in March, how could it shake up the league? bears chargers colts The Bears sign Tom Brady to a four-year, $110 million deal Trying to link up with the NFL’s best non-Patriots defense and win one
2:40 AM GMT A media report that South Africa are contemplating a move away from southern hemisphere rugby’s SANZAAR alliance to join an expanded Six Nations in 2024 have been denied by New Zealand Rugby, with television agreements in place until 2025. Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper reported on Saturday that South Africa would join the