1:54 AM ET Louisiana head coach Billy Napier raised a lot of eyebrows Friday night when he decided to take a safety from his team’s own 35-yard-line with a five-point lead late in the fourth quarter against Appalachian State. When asked about the decision after the Ragin’ Cajuns held on for a 24-21 win, Napier
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1:20 AM ET Associated Press NC State says Saturday’s men’s basketball game against UConn has been canceled because of a positive COVID-19 test for a member of the Wolfpack’s traveling party. The school announced the cancellation early Saturday. The matchup was scheduled to be the final game in “Bubbleville,” a series of college basketball games
10:36 PM ET Marquette forward Justin Lewis‘ tip-in at the buzzer gave the Golden Eagles a 67-65 win over in-state rival and No. 4 Wisconsin. “That may have been a rush the floor-type moment for our fans,” Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski told reporters after the game. Marquette has now won three of the last four
10:35 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis said he signed the lengthiest contract he possibly could to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers — inking a five-year, $190 million pact Thursday — in part as an insurance policy should he suffer a career-threatening injury. “That could have been a two-year, three-year deal,” Davis told
9:00 AM ET The leaves have yet to turn near the Nebraska sandhills, and Andy and Brianna Hoffman settle into rocking chairs on a white wraparound porch. “Can I hold your hand?” Andy asks Bri, and they clasp fingers. They’re waiting for their son to come home. It’s a good day. Crickets are holding an
9:58 PM ET The New York Yankees say infielder Gio Urshela is expected to be sidelined three months after having surgery Friday to remove a bone chip in his right elbow. According the Yankees, Urshela had the surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital by head team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad. Urshela, 29, dealt with the bone chip
6:13 PM ET As Karl-Anthony Towns prepares to begin his sixth season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, he said he also is continuing to process the death of his mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, and six other family members who died of complications from the coronavirus. “I’ve been through a lot, obviously starting out with my mom,” Towns
5:32 PM ET As he enters Year 18 of a storied Hall of Fame career, Carmelo Anthony said Friday that he’s fully committed to accepting a full-time bench role with the Portland Trail Blazers but admitted he had to “swallow that pill.” “It’s what works for this team, what we need for this team,” Anthony
9:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees pitchers Zack Britton and Gerrit Cole, free-agent catcher Jason Castro, Cleveland shortstop Francisco Lindor and free-agent shortstop Marcus Semien were elected Friday to the executive subcommittee of the Major League Baseball Players Association. They join St. Louis pitcher Andrew Miller, free-agent pitcher James Paxton and Washington
2:39 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo is not shying away from the lofty goals he has set for his career after recently signing a five-year extension that could be worth almost $200 million. “I definitely want to be, long time down the road when my career ends, whenever somebody mentions a top-five
9:03 PM ET Yoel Romero‘s UFC run has come to an end Romero and the promotion have parted ways, his manager, Malki Kawa, confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Romero had three fights left on his deal, sources said. “While we didn’t expect Romero’s time in the UFC to end like this,” Kawa told ESPN, “we
9:21 PM ET A trilogy fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin seems less likely after Alvarez and his trainer expressed Friday that he wants to remain at super middleweight after his Dec. 19 fight against Callum Smith and that his priority is to unify the division. Alvarez is currently a secondary titleholder in the
1:54 PM ET The greatest MMA flyweight fighter ever will look to add another belt to his collection. Demetrious Johnson will get his long-awaited shot at the ONE Championship flyweight title against champion Adriano Moraes on Feb. 24, Asia’s ONE announced Friday. The current plan is for the card to be in Singapore, though that
2:39 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer The Camp Nou is falling down. Like really, genuinely falling down — and the rest of Barcelona is crumbling with it. That’s not some wild judgement from outside, nor a loud front-page headline inflated for maximum impact — in fact, the covers of Sport and Mundo Deportivo, the two
Dec 3, 2020 Jack Hermansson will face Marvin Vettori in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. The fights will be broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN+, with the main card starting at 10 p.m. ET, preceded by prelims at 7 p.m. Vettori is Hermansson’s
7:56 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Jessica Korda was prepared for another bone-chilling round at Old American Golf Club. Maybe, a bit too prepared. “My immediate regret when I was on the front nine, my kneecaps started to sweat and I didn’t have pants I could take off,” Korda said. “What a
7:19 PM ET PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Emiliano Grillo made birdie on half of the holes Friday on his way to an 8-under 63 that gave him a four-shot lead going into the weekend at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. The second round was delayed by one hour by heavy rain in the morning, and
Dec 4, 2020 Alagappan Muthu Lunch: West Indies 114 for 5 (Blackwood 18*, Holder 14*, Southee 2-33) trail New Zealand 519 for 7 dec (Williamson 251, Latham 86, Jamieson 51*, Gabriel 3-89, Roach 3-114) by 405 runs It happened suddenly. Blue skies giving way to grey clouds. New Zealand loved that. They could sense the