2:20 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim If you’re ranking the greatest mixed martial artists of all time in terms of charisma, Stipe Miocic is not in your, oh, top thousand or so. If your criteria for star power includes prefight bluster or even in-cage razzle-dazzle, this UFC champion does not shine so brightly. But if you’re
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12:47 AM ET Carl Frampton and Michael Conlan scored TKO victories Saturday night in London, while David Benavidez, who lost his super middleweight world title on the scales on Friday, dominated Roamer Alexis Angulo. Benavidez expects to stay in the division to recapture his belt. Jessica McCaskill scored an upset and dethroned Cecilia Braekhus to
11:34 PM ET Associated Press BANDON, Ore. — Tyler Strafaci and Charles Osborne advanced to the U.S. Amateur final Saturday at Bandon Dunes to earn spots next year in the Masters and U.S. Open. Strafaci, the rising Georgia Tech senior from Davie, Florida, beat Oklahoma State’s Aman Gupta 1 up after losing a four-hole lead
12:37 PM ET After concerns were raised about testing at Syracuse and Florida State earlier this week, testing protocols at Liberty University are now under the microscope for a trio of ACC schools scheduled to play the Flames this season. On Thursday, Liberty coach Hugh Freeze praised the school’s strong numbers, saying the team had
12:17 AM ET Marc-Andre Fleury admitted he was nervous Saturday before Game 3 of the Vegas Golden Knights‘ quarterfinal series against the Chicago Blackhawks, saying that he had “a little butterflies before the game, even though I played so many games” in his career. “Really?” asked a surprised Nate Schmidt, the Vegas defenseman sitting next
1:01 AM ET The debate over who is the greatest heavyweight fighter in mixed martial arts history has long raged. That discussion might be over, at least for now. Stipe Miocic defeated Daniel Cormier via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) to retain the UFC heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 252 on Saturday
12:29 AM ET Washington Football Team quarterback Alex Smith will be cleared for football activity and be activated off the physically unable to perfom list, a source said Saturday night, capping a remarkable recovery from a leg injury that nearly cost him his life. Smith is expected to be activated off the PUP list Sunday,
10:15 PM ET CHICAGO — It’s the stuff they might write a movie about someday as the St. Louis Cardinals returned to a Major League Baseball field in dramatic fashion Saturday, sweeping the Chicago White Sox in a doubleheader, after the team had missed the past 19 days of competition because of a coronavirus outbreak
9:32 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — AL batting leader DJ LeMahieu was pulled from the New York Yankees‘ 11-5 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night with a sprained left thumb. He will undergo imaging, according to the team. LeMahieu whiffed on a pitch from Nathan Eovaldi in the fourth
8:24 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Cindric won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on the road course at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, his fifth victory in the last six events. Cindric looked like the guy to beat early and escaped a melee on a restart late to stay in contention.
7:26 PM ET Is there another manager who turns the Champions League knockout stages into an existential battle for his soul quite like Pep Guardiola? The only time Manchester City appeared likely to win Saturday’s quarterfinal against Lyon was when they looked like themselves: A dominant 20-minute, second-half spell which coincided with Guardiola abandoning an
6:11 PM ET One more fight. That’s what Daniel Cormier is promising. And it doesn’t come any bigger than his UFC 252 main event vs. Stipe Miocic on Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Cormier (22-2, 1 NC) will close a legendary MMA career by challenging Miocic (19-3) for the heavyweight title.
7:27 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 Carl Frampton and Michael Conlan both registered stoppage wins on Saturday to keep them on course for world title bouts later this year, or
5:20 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Saturday that his team had nine players test positive for COVID-19 from the team’s latest round of testing on Friday. The testing was following the team’s return from a break that Riley gave the team on Aug. 8, allowing the players to go home after it became
6:41 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Pneumatic won the final race worth points for the Kentucky Derby, cruising to victory in the $150,000 TVG.com Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Ridden by Joe Bravo, Pneumatic took the lead with about a quarter of a mile to go and got to the finish
8:00 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After capping his rookie campaign with a season-best 35 points in a 126-122 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA’s first play-in tournament, Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant revealed he was playing hurt. “For the past four games, since the [Toronto] Raptors game, I was
6:03 PM ET Attention is the utmost compliment in public life, and Damian Lillard has received plenty of it over the past week. In his Portland Trail Blazers‘ win-or-go-home squeaker on Thursday night, the Brooklyn Nets threw two bodies at Lillard before he even crossed half court. It seemed the most sensible strategy after Lillard
7:13 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Newman expects to get a little emotional when he drives into Daytona International Speedway this weekend. His last race at Daytona ended with Newman exiting in the back of an ambulance as countless onlookers feared for his life. Newman will return to the scene of