3:38 PM IST Amar Virdi has “responded extremely well” to the challenge of improving his fitness, according to Surrey’s new head coach, Vikram Solanki. Although only 21 years old, Virdi has long been seen as one of the most exciting spin-bowling prospects in the English game. He was a key part of Surrey’s County Championship-winning
1:50 AM ET Steve KimESPN After a relatively slow start, WBO junior featherweight titleholder Emanuel Navarrete overwhelmed Uriel Lopez to score a sixth-round TKO victory in a non-title fight Saturday night at the TV Azteca studios in Mexico City. Navarrete (32-1, 28 KOs) slowly built momentum and eventually started to overpower Lopez (13-13-1, 6 KOs)
5:44 PM ET Steve KimESPN Featherweight Edwin Palomares scored a fifth-round stoppage of Carlos Ornelas with an accumulation of punches in what has to be considered an upset Saturday night on the Emanuel Navarrete-Uriel Lopez undercard in Mexico City. A body punch in Round 5 forced Ornelas to take a knee. Soon thereafter, his corner
2:10 AM ET Steve Kim Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate The four-month layoff didn’t seem to affect the always active Emanuel Navarrete. The junior featherweight world titlist, who had fought five time between December 2018 and
6:53 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The PGA Tour’s return to competition has brought together the strongest fields of the year on courses that have not been overly punishing, and the result is the same. It’s another free-for-all at the RBC Heritage. Webb Simpson practically had to apologize for a 3-under
12:43 AM ET Curtis Blaydes kept rolling Saturday, defeating Alexander Volkov in the UFC Fight Night main event by unanimous decision in Las Vegas, but Dana White wasn’t happy with the performance. White said Blaydes looked “stupid” for not being able to back up his talk. Regardless of style points, Blaydes won his fourth straight
1:57 AM BST Australia utility back Kurtley Beale has requested an early release from his New South Wales Waratahs contract and will not play Super Rugby Australia, according to a media report on Sunday. The 31-year-old Beale said last month he had signed a contract in France with Racing 92 from next season. The Sydney
10:09 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission said it will look into a controversial sequence of events that occurred during Saturday’s UFC fight between Max Rohskopf and Austin Hubbard. Rohskopf, a previously undefeated prospect who accepted a short-notice fight against Hubbard five days ago, repeatedly told his chief cornerman, Robert Drysdale, to end the
12:51 PM ET ESPN News Services Potential early-entry candidates for the 2020 NBA draft will have until Aug. 17 to declare that they are entering the draft, according to a memo obtained by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. The new deadline is pending the NBA finalizing an agreement with the players’ union on system rule
11:31 PM ET Curtis Blaydes‘ nickname is “Razor.” But there was nothing close about his fight with Alexander Volkov, especially early on. Blaydes used takedown after takedown to ground the much taller Volkov in a unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-46) victory Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. The
11:58 PM ET Baxter Holmes Close ESPN Senior Writer Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Zach Lowe Close ESPN Senior Writer Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) is a senior
6:52 PM ET Former Miami Dolphins running back Jim Kiick has died, the team announced Saturday. He was 73. Kiick had been living with dementia and residing in an assisted living home for the past few years. Kiick was a vital member of the 1972 Dolphins team that went 17-0 and won Super Bowl VII
5:53 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Tiz the Law won an unprecedented Belmont Stakes by 4 1/2 lengths on Saturday, claiming victory at the first race of a rejiggered Triple Crown schedule and crossing the finish line in front of eerily empty grandstands. The 3-year-old colt from upstate New York charged to
4:06 PM ET A large number of LSU football players have been placed into quarantine in an effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, sources confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by Sports Illustrated, which placed the total number of players in quarantine at 30 or more. However sources told ESPN that
5:44 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior featherweight world titlist Emanuel Navarrete (31-1, 27 KOs) takes on Uriel Lopez (13-13-1, 6 KOs) in a non-title fight in the main event of a Saturday card in Mexico City (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 11 p.m. ET.) But before that, a few good prospects will showcase their skills on
10:39 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, the MMA world was abuzz over a featherweight co-main event between Josh Emmett and Shane Burgos. And boy, did it live up to the hype. Emmett (16-2) and Burgos (13-2) combined for an incredibly entertaining affair inside the UFC’s Apex facility, with Emmett
9:02 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Justin Haley took the lead on the final lap — with help from Kaulig Racing teammate Ross Chastain — and held on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway for his first Xfinity Series victory. Haley passed Jeb Burton, the fellow Chevrolet driver who held the lead going into a
6:08 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Chris Kirk won the Korn Ferry Tour’s King & Bear Classic on Saturday at World Golf Village, a year after taking a leave of absence from the PGA Tour for personal reasons. “It gives me a deeper sense of appreciation and gratitude for everything. I’m