Feb 26, 2020 Steve KimESPN There’s a running joke in boxing that if you want to get a review or a recommendation on a trainer, Jessie Vargas is the guy to ask. Chances are that the former two-division titlist has probably worked with them at some point in his career. Since he began punching for
7:12 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Salvador Perez was back behind the plate Friday for the first time since Tommy John surgery. The six-time All-Star caught the first four innings of the Kansas City Royals‘ 3-1 loss to a San Francisco split squad. “I was super excited to be back behind the home
7:12 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Brendan Steele made a couple of big mistakes down the stretch, and he still was more than good enough to grab the outright lead at the midpoint of The Honda Classic. Steele shot a 3-under 67 on Friday, getting to 5 under for the week
7:52 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Brett Quigley birdied six of the last seven holes Friday for a 9-under 64 and the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Cologuard Classic. The winner a month ago in Morocco in his second Champions start, the 50-year-old Quigley birdied Nos. 12-15 and 17-18 on Tucson
6:46 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Clayton Kershaw struck out four batters without allowing a hit in his spring training debut Friday, the first step toward a possible Opening Day start for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kershaw, the Dodgers’ longtime ace, faced a Milwaukee Brewers lineup with five expected regulars, including Brock Holt and
6:39 PM ET The field at LSU’s Tiger Stadium incurred thousands of dollars of damage after a student allegedly took a pair of joyrides in an ATV, according to police. Clayton Fleetwood, 19, is accused of breaking into the football stadium on two different nights and both times taking a Kawasaki MULE ATV parked inside
5:56 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Two things in a 40-yard dash at the NFL’s scouting combine will raise plenty of eyebrows and bring plenty double takes of those in the stands at Lucas Oil Stadium. The first is rare speed, the kind of speed Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III showed Thursday night. And then
5:19 PM ET Jessica Penne‘s case with USADA has reached a conclusion — with a better outcome than she previously believed. USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, announced Friday that Penne has accepted a 20-month suspension due to a positive drug test for the banned steroid stanozolol. The ban is retroactive to April 8, 2019, so
5:36 PM ET Tito Ortiz has his win back. The UFC Hall of Famer was disciplined by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) last month, which included the overturning of his December victory over Alberto Rodriguez to a no-contest. On Friday, the TDLR said Ortiz’s win had been reinstated. As ESPN reported Thursday,
5:29 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch has become the most wanted man in two NASCAR racing series, and he’s ready to rise to the challenge. Everybody in the Cup Series was already chasing Busch, both the defending series champion and the defending winner of the annual early-season race at Auto Club
4:57 PM ET Instant replay officials might have a two-minute limit to make a decision using video, according to a rule change recommended on Friday by the NCAA Football Rules Committee, which met this week in Indianapolis. “If you get to two minutes, it’s time to wrap it up,” said Steve Shaw, the NCAA Secretary-Rules
UCI Track Cycling World Championships Venue: Berlin Velodrome, Germany. Dates: 26 February-1 March. Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. Laura Kenny suffered cuts to her face after crashing in the opening race of the omnium at the Track Cycling World
3:46 PM ET Associated Press Maybe some of the new rules in the XFL will catch on elsewhere. The Citadel will include a few of them in its spring game March 7 in Charleston, South Carolina. Among the different rules scheduled for use: • The XFL kickoff rule in which the kick is from the
3:59 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Brooks Koepka‘s only birdie on Friday happened without the help of his putter, which made all the sense in the world. The highest-ranked player in The Honda Classic field this week simply couldn’t score, and his tournament is over. Koepka missed six putts inside of
8:00 AM ET THE MAN who changed the NFL combine forever celebrated arguably the greatest workout performance in league history by taking a trip to the mall. This was 1995, when the mall was still a pillar of the cultural zeitgeist, and Mike Mamula was at the peak of his football stardom. Believe it or
3:35 PM ET This is not the ideal way to prepare for immediate success in tournament golf. It might not be the ideal way to prepare for the Masters. But it is the Tiger Woods way. And perhaps we should have seen it coming. Woods, in what was looking to be less and less of
Formula 1’s governing body says it has “reached a settlement” with Ferrari following an investigation into the engine it raced last year. The FIA looked into claims Ferrari had found a way to circumvent restrictions on fuel flow that are central to F1’s complex turbo hybrid engines. A statement said that the FIA had concluded
1:55 PM ET World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty has been knocked out of the Qatar Total Open on Friday after she suffered a narrow 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 defeat to Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova in the semifinals in Doha. Kvitova, 29, will face Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka in the final on Saturday after she defeated Russia’s Svetlana