12:22 PM ET UFC has booked a pair of flyweight championship fights for its UFC 255 pay-per-view event on Nov. 21, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Friday. Men’s flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo will take on former bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt, and women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will seek her fourth title defense against
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11:41 PM ET Here are the tee times for the third round of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park: All times ET 11:10 a.m.Mackenzie Hughes 11:20 a.m.Charl Schwartzel, Chez Reavie 11:30 a.m.Louis Oosthuizenm, Luke List 11:40 a.m.Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas 11:50 a.m.Patrick Cantlay, Erik van Rooyen NoonRory Sabbatini, Sung Kang 12:10 p.m.Sepp Straka,
9:16 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Zane Smith scored the first Truck Series win of his career Friday night with a last-lap pass in double overtime at Michigan International Speedway. Grant Enfinger tried to win the race as the leader on four previous restarts but a slew of cautions spoiled his race. Enfinger
10:59 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: Pete Hamill, legendary newspaperman, journalist and novelist, died Wednesday at the age of 85. In the spring of 1991, as a favor to the then-Metropolitan editor of the New York Post, I got a call from Pete Hamill. I was 28, full of a none-too-subtle ambition, and just
5:54 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — For a club that has endured some agonising luck in the Champions League over the years, Manchester City will feel that they hit the jackpot on the night that Pep Guardiola’s team qualified for the quarterfinals by sending Real Madrid crashing out of the competition with a 2-1 victory.
4:47 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Li Haotong doesn’t know what to make of President Donald Trump’s ban on WeChat, the Chinese social media application that is prominently displayed as one of the golfer’s endorsers on his cap. He also doesn’t know what to make of leading the PGA Championship. Li, 25, whose third-place finish
7:56 PM ET Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said he’s “100% committed” to playing the 2020 season and never strongly considered opting out, despite his status as the likely top pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Following Clemson’s Friday practice, Lawrence addressed his decision to play this season, saying his primary concerns surrounded the school’s safety
9:00 AM ET Kevin Fiala was frustrated. The Minnesota Wild were trailing the Vancouver Canucks by two goals in Game 3 of their qualification-round series. The winger’s shot had missed its target, one of 10 wayward attempts for the game. As the whistle sounded to stop play, he buzzed Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom‘s crease, stuck
6:25 PM ET Alex Kirkland Raphael Varane has taken responsibility for Real Madrid‘s Champions League exit after two mistakes from the defender saw them beaten 2-1 by Manchester City on Friday. World Cup winner Varane, 27, was caught out twice by Gabriel Jesus in the round of 16 second leg in Manchester — once in
1:35 PM ET Steve KimESPN Jorge Linares has tested positive for the coronavirus and has been removed from his fight against Javier Fortuna on Aug. 28, according to his manager Jose De La Cruz. “He’s feeling OK,” said De La Cruz. “He’s got symptoms, he’s at the hospital, he can’t leave for 10 days. It’s
6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger grinned and laughed as the reporter listed off elements of the Pittsburgh Steelers that should put them in contention for a title this season. An elite defense. A veteran, All-Pro line. Playmakers all over the place. A franchise quarterback. And yet, as the reporter noted, the Steelers are
5:10 PM ET Associated Press Darlington Raceway has gotten state approval to have fans in the stands when it runs NASCAR’s Southern 500 next month. The state commerce department gave the track “Too Tough To Tame” an exemption to have up to 8,000 fans in the stands, according to an agency spokesman. South Carolina Gov.
6:32 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Terri Harper held on to her WBC world junior lightweight title in a first defense after an entertaining points draw with English rival Natasha
3:49 AM IST Danyal Rasool After squandering much of the advantage following five sessions of gritty batsmanship, breathtaking pace, sublime swing and tricky spin bowling, you could have excused Pakistan’s spin-bowling coach for being somewhat miffed at what transpired in the final session. Mushtaq Ahmed, though, ever a ray of sunshine, insisted there was no
1:27 PM ET One week before the UFC’s heavyweight title trilogy will be decided, a new divisional contender will emerge. And that fight is now official. Derrick Lewis (265 pounds) and Aleksei Oleinik (227) both weighed in successfully Friday morning in Las Vegas. The two men will meet in the UFC Fight Night headliner Saturday
4:28 PM ET Associated Press A player testing positive for COVID-19 will be dropped from the US Open, but the U.S. Tennis Association has not established how many infected participants would force the Grand Slam tournament to be called off. According to a 10½-page “Player Q&A Update” sent out this week by the USTA, “There
1:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Friday’s series opener between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed after at least one more positive COVID-19 test in the St. Louis clubhouse, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Cardinals have not played since July 29 due to positive coronavirus tests. The team previously announced
Ferrari, McLaren and Renault intend to appeal the decision to punish Racing Point in Formula 1’s “copying” row. Racing Point were docked 15 constructors’ championship points and fined 400,000 euros (£361,000) after being found guilty of illegally copying Mercedes parts. However, Racing Point can continue running those parts. BBC Sport understands the three teams are