1:16 AM ET HOUSTON — It was razor-close. Perhaps even controversial. But Jon Jones pulled off another record-setting victory Saturday night. Jones beat Dominick Reyes by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to retain the UFC light heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 247. The crowd at Toyota Center rained down boos when the
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8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India A 234 for 1 (Gill 107*, Vihari 59, Pujara 52*) trail New Zealand A 390 for 9 dec (Mitchell 103*, Phillips 65, Cleaver 53) bt 156 runs Shubman Gill continued to make a case for selection as a Test opener, scoring another century on day three of the second
1:08 AM ET Featherweight world titlist Gary Russell Jr. came off yet another long layoff and yet again dominated. Russell retained his 126-pound belt for the fifth time — each in dominating fashion — as he won a spirited, unanimous decision over mandatory challenger “King Tug” Tugstsogt Nyambayar in the main event of a Showtime
6:30 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 Kell Brook returned to form and kept his career alive with a seventh-round knockout win over Mark DeLuca on Saturday. The former IBF world
8:00 AM ET The 2020 recruiting class is in the books, which means it’s time to start looking at which prospects can make an impact this season for their respective teams. Every season, we see more and more true freshman playing and adding value to their team. This year should be no different, with quite
12:49 AM ET Coming on the heels of its 11th induction class, the NASCAR Hall of Fame is changing the nomination and induction processes for the class of 2021, reducing the annual number of inductees from five to three and splitting the nominees into two ballots. The current nomination committee will come up with 10
12:20 AM ET HOUSTON — Mixed martial arts is running out of words to describe Valentina Shevchenko‘s dominance. And she’s only on her third UFC title defense. Shevchenko (19-3) completely obliterated No. 1 contender Katlyn Chookagian (13-3) in the co-main event of UFC 247 on Saturday, as she finished the fight via TKO at 1:03
10:24 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays traded reliever Emilio Pagan to the San Diego Padres for center fielder Manuel Margot and catcher/outfielder prospect Logan Driscoll, the teams announced Saturday. The Rays boasted one of the deepest bullpens in baseball, and now the same can be said of the Padres, who add Pagan to a
9:06 PM ET Associated Press EVERETT, Wash. — Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin helped put the United States into the Fed Cup finals after falling short earlier Saturday night. Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands teamed up for a 6-4, 6-0 doubles victory over Jelena Ostapenko and Anastasija Sevastova to give the U.S. a 3-2 win over
9:31 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Charlie Morton says he regrets not doing more to stop his teammates from illegally stealing signs when he played for the Astros in 2017. In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times at Rays Fan Fest on Saturday, Morton said he was “aware of the banging” Astros players
8:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — ZACH LaVINE had a vision. The All-Star Game was set to return to Chicago and LaVine would be there, representing the hometown Chicago Bulls. He said that was the goal before the season tipped off. LaVine played some of the best basketball of his career in the first
8:34 PM GMT EDINBURGH, Scotland — England head coach Eddie Jones has criticised Scotland’s fans for a lack of respect after Owen Farrell was booed while kicking at goal and a member of England’s backroom staff was hit with a beer bottle on arriving at Murrayfield. Neil Craig, England’s head of high performance, was struck
8:42 PM GMT EDINBURGH, Scotland — Only Ellis Genge knows what was going through his mind as he patrolled England’s technical area waiting to come on. He was like a caged animal, but also at that stage representative of the whole match. 1 Related This Calcutta Cup match between Scotland and England at Murrayfield was
7:57 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins are working to make Jennifer King the first African American female full-time assistant coach in the NFL after meeting with her late last month, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. King would join the staff as an offensive assistant, a source told ESPN’s David Newton. Redskins coach
7:14 PM ET Montreal Canadiens left wing Jonathan Drouin returned to the lineup Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Postgame analysis and highlight show airing each night throughout the season from Barry Melrose and Linda Cohn. Watch on ESPN+ Drouin, recovering from wrist surgery, last played Nov. 15 for the Canadiens and returns in
7:51 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Michael Self won the ARCA Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, edging rising star Hailie Deegan for his eighth victory in the feeder series over the last four years. Self held off Deegan and Drew Dollar over the final four laps for his
7:00 AM ET When spring training kicked off a year ago, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado remained unsigned. The drama this year will center around the Houston Astros: their cheating scandal, reactions from other players about the Astros’ cheating scandal, the possibility of other teams throwing at Astros hitters in spring training, the counter-reaction from
7:08 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Phil Mickelson and his sublime short game delivered more entertainment than all the athletes and celebrities for the Saturday show at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Mickelson made the impossible look easy from a bunker behind the par-3 seventh green at Pebble Beach. He holed out