12:56 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Valentina Shevchenko‘s dominance has reached the point where MMA fans are shocked when she loses a round. Shevchenko (20-3) defended the UFC’s 125-pound championship for the fourth time on Saturday, defeating Jennifer Maia (18-7-1) by unanimous decision. All three judges scored it a blowout win for the champ, 49-46.
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12:21 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a bantamweight bout between Brazilian legend Jose Aldo and Marlon “Chito” Vera for a UFC Fight Night on Dec. 19, sources confirmed to ESPN. The 135-pound bout will take place on the main card of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas, which is the final event on the
7:00 AM ET The 2019-20 college basketball season ended unceremoniously, and in unprecedented fashion, as a global pandemic started. Never before, not even during times of war or other catastrophe, has the NCAA tournament been canceled or otherwise not played. On March 12, 2020, the lights went out on college basketball, and there was uncertainty
Warning: This article contains offensive language. Scandals and controversies have followed British Cycling around like bikes on a track for quite a while now, the latest coming this month when a senior coach was sacked for gross misconduct. In the wake of the announcement, Stephen Park, performance director for the governing body, tweeted about the
Last updated on 21 minutes ago21 minutes ago.From the section Formula 1 Three-time Grand Slam tennis winner Andy Murray believes Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton deserves to join him as a British sporting knight. “In terms of what he has achieved as an athlete, of course he deserves it,” the Murray, 33, told Good Morning
4:49 AM ET Andy Murray has said Lewis Hamilton is deserving of a knighthood but added that he doesn’t believe athletes should be given the award from Queen Elizabeth II. The Times reported that seven-time Formula One champion Hamilton would receive the honour in recognition of his achievements in 2020. 1 Related Hamilton, 35, has
5:10 PM ET In the moments after Nashville’s 3-0 win on Friday night against Inter Miami, it was important for the team to acknowledge the historical significance. It had been over 22 years since an expansion team won a Major League Soccer playoff game and even though the play-in win came as part of an
8:22 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff It’s almost inevitable now that the build-up to a Test series involving Australia will heavily feature Steven Smith and the challenge of bowling to him. Smith has himself spoken of the possibility that India will look to bowl persistently short at him – a method that brought Neil Wagner success
2:43 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Los Angeles Rams kicker Matt Gay said it was “kind of crazy” to return to Tampa Bay to face his former team on Monday Night Football. Gay
12:28 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN As a part of the trade sending Steven Adams to New Orleans, the Pelicans and Adams agreed to a two-year contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe on Monday evening. The extension, which is fully guaranteed according to sources, is for two years and $35 million. Adams
12:18 AM ET Four Vegas Golden Knights players have tested positive for COVID-19, the team confirmed on Monday night. “Those individual players have been self-isolating and are all recovering well,” the team said in a statement, without identifying which players tested positive. “As a precautionary measure, the Golden Knights off-ice player areas — locker room,
9:44 PM ET ESPN News Services Utah men’s basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak and multiple Utes players have tested positive for COVID-19. Krystkowiak announced the positive tests on his weekend radio show. 1 Related The Utah women’s basketball team also announced it was pausing basketball activities because of a positive coronavirus case. It’s two opening games
11:14 PM ET New Golden State Warriors swingman Kelly Oubre, Jr. had a parting shot for Phoenix Suns owner Robert Saver on the day he was officially introduced as a member of his third team in just over a week. Oubre, who was acquired by the Warriors in a deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder
9:15 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Billy Evans, a member of the 1956 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and Kentucky Hall of Famer who helped the Wildcats go 25-0 in 1953-54, has died. He was 88. The school announced Evans’ death on Sunday upon confirmation from his family. He had 716 points and
9:01 PM ET Associated Press The season opener for No. 20 Oregon against Eastern Washington scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed because of two positive COVID-19 cases within the Eagles’ program. The Eagles called for the postponement due to concerns of having enough scholarship players available due to the positive tests and contact tracing protocols.
5:10 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings placed Pro Bowl wide receiver Adam Thielen on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday afternoon. Coming off his best game of the season, in which he totaled eight catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns, Thielen is now one of two Vikings players (with guard Dru Samia) on
9:44 PM ET Associated Press Utah men’s basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak and eight Utes players have tested positive for COVID-19. Krystkowiak announced the positive tests on his weekend radio show. He said five players who tested positive were living in the same house and three were living in another. 1 Related The Utah women’s basketball
9:41 PM ET Arizona freshman guard Kerr Kriisa will return to his home country of Estonia to play with the senior national team in two FIBA Eurobasket qualifying games at the end of November, the school announced Tuesday. Kriisa has also not been cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center, according to the school. “Given the