2:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom said Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia, both former welterweight world titleholders with massive experience against many of the best fighters in their division, were about as evenly matched as one could hope. Former junior welterweight world titleholder Amir Khan showed his speed and timing are still there
Month: September 2018
12:57 AM ET DALLAS —Tyron Woodley took every negative critique against him — boring, old, slowing down — and delivered a brutal right hand to each one, scoring a second-round submission victory over Darren Till in the main event of UFC 228. Before UFC 228’s main event between Tyron Woodley and Darren Till, a multitude
12:23 AM ET DALLAS — The co-main for UFC 228 was supposed to be a UFC women’s flyweight championship bout between champion Nicco Montano and No. 1 contender Valentina Shevchenko, but things haven’t gone exactly as planned for the UFC in 2018, as at least eight main events have been affected by injury, weight cuts
2:13 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic served impeccably and used his typical brand of court-covering defense to reach his record-tying eighth US Open final by beating Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on Friday night. Defending champion Rafael Nadal retired after two sets in his semifinal match vs. Juan Martin del
12:10 AM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” NEW
12:14 AM ET NEW YORK — Welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas won his eighth fight in a row and earned a mandatory world title opportunity as he easily outpointed Cesar Barrionuevo in a dreadful fight on Saturday night in the co-feature of the Shawn Porter-Danny Garcia card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Ugas’ victory put him
12:10 AM ET NEW YORK — Everyone got robbed. The players, the crowd, the fans watching at home. The Serena Williams–Naomi Osaka US Open final was supposed to be a heavyweight boxing match between two of the hardest-striking players in the game. For both women, history was at stake. On the line for Williams was
12:19 AM ET Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa, who already has been ruled out of the season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, is expected to miss more time than just Sunday’s game due to a lingering foot injury, sources said. Exactly how long Bosa will be sidelined still is uncertain, but Bosa
10:59 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Kansas City rookie Jorge Lopez came within three outs of a perfect game before Max Kepler walked to lead off the ninth inning and Robbie Grossman followed with a single in the Royals’ 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. The 25-year-old right-hander was making just
1:50 AM ET New York Mets starter Noah Syndergaard left his start in the seventh inning after taking a line drive off his lower right ribs. X-rays on Syndergaard were negative, the team announced. The 109th pitch of Syndergaard’s outing was laced back at him by Phillies second baseman Cesar Hernandez. Syndergaard immediately fell to