Aug 24, 2020 Anthony Smith faces Aleksandar Rakic in the light heavyweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. The main card is on ESPN+, starting at 9 p.m. ET, and the prelims are on both ESPN and ESPN+ at 6 p.m. Smith (38-15, 8-4 in
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5:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Defending Western & Southern Open champion Daniil Medvedev failed to close it out in the second set Wednesday, and Roberto Bautista Agut rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory that knocked yet another top player out of the tune-up tournament for the U.S. Open. With the latest
4:10 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Milwaukee Bucks‘ decision to not take the floor for Game 5 of their first round playoff series against the Orlando Magic promoted the NBA to postpone all three games scheduled for Wednesday. The NBA said the three Game 5s (Bucks-Magic, Houston Rockets–Oklahoma City Thunder,
5:38 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers will meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss the status of their game against the Cincinnati Reds, according to MLB.com. The Brewers’ meeting will take place after the historic postponement earlier in the day of three playoff games in the NBA, where players from the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the
3:15 PM ET ESPN staff Wednesday’s NFL training camp practices brought a dose of FitzMagic in Miami, an injury scare in Philadelphia, a catching competition in Tampa Bay and a National Dog Day celebration in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, the Giants and Bears suffered costly injuries during their practices, and more Adam Gase-Le’Veon Bell drama surfaced
3:15 PM ET ESPN News Services RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Phil Mickelson chose to make his PGA Tour Champions debut at Ozarks National this week so he could avoid a two-week break right in the middle of his preparations for the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. If he was going to show up, Mickelson thought, he
7:00 AM ET Scott Niedermayer was 19 years old when he appeared in his first NHL playoff game with the New Jersey Devils in 1993, staring at an arena of rabid Pittsburgh Penguins fans and hockey royalty across the ice. “You’re really naïve at that stage, which is probably a really good thing. When I
12:28 AM IST Either side of the rain, which cut St. Lucia Zouks’ innings to 17.1 overs and left Trinbago Knight Riders only nine overs to bat, the Bravo brothers took the match by its collar and ensured a comfortable Knight Riders victory. Dwayne Bravo took his 500th T20 wicket en route to extraordinary figures
10:49 AM ET A group of Big Ten football parent associations on Wednesday sent an open letter demanding information around the league’s decision to postpone the fall football season and a “structured discussion” with first-year commissioner Kevin Warren. A large majority of Big Ten parent associations participated in the letter, which uses the banner #B1GParentsUnited
3:24 AM BST South African rugby side Southern Kings will not take part in any competitions for the remainder of 2020, due to financial issues, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The Kings have faced crippling financial woes in recent months after a failed takeover bid, leading South Africa Rugby to assume control in June. The Kings,
10:22 AM ET Tiger Woods is attempting to play back-to-back events for the first time this year, hoping to make next week’s 30-man Tour Championship field — which would mean three straight tournaments for the first time since 2018. It is not an easy task, as lack of play and so-so results in 2020 have
5:31 PM ET Steve KimESPN AFTER ARRIVING IN Haikou, China, in the early hours of the morning of Thursday, Jan. 23, Viktor Postol and his team, who had just flown in for their Feb. 1 bout with WBC/WBO junior welterweight champion Jose Ramirez, woke up to some bad news. Because of the coronavirus outbreak that
1:58 AM ET It took 13 months from when they started believing they were going to win a championship that the LA Clippers had to finally play a truly meaningful game. Oh, there were important games, like the first few in their series with the Dallas Mavericks. There were games they badly wanted, like opening
9:28 AM ET Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander, who left the team Tuesday after his father was reported missing, has been arrested in Florida on one count of battery. Alexander was arrested Tuesday by the Collier County Sherriff’s Office, according to jail records. Alexander, 26, was in custody as of Wednesday morning. An arrest report
10:37 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito threw his first career no-hitter on Tuesday night, shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, on 101 pitches. Giolito, 26, walked one while striking out 13 using a combination of his fastball and changeup to hold the Pirates in check en route to the shortened season’s
9:21 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer The letter (well, “burofax”) arrives, recorded delivery. That way, no one can pretend that they didn’t get it. Someone opens it — Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, himself? — and reads it. What does it say? Wait, what? It says that Lionel Messi, the greatest player in the club’s
McLaren will end its title sponsorship of cycling team Bahrain McLaren, the team Mark Cavendish rides for, at the end of the 2020 season. The British company, which also builds supercars, will return its focus to motorsport. In June McLaren agreed a £150m loan with the National Bank of Bahrain, to ease cash-flow problems related
Aug 24, 2020 WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has said champion Tyson Fury has “no restrictions” ahead of his undisputed bout against Anthony Joshua next year after Dillian Whyte’s stunning defeat to Alexander Povetkin. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) was due to face Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) in a mandatory defense early in 2021 but the latter’s