Month: October 2018

2:46 PM ET Although heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury wrapped up a three-city media tour last week to promote their Dec. 1 Showtime PPV showdown at Staples Center in Los Angeles and are headed for training camp, one critical aspect of the agreement is not in place yet. Fury has
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1:51 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick will not start against the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night because of a lower-body injury. Quick sustained the injury in practice Saturday and is day to day. Jack Campbell will start against Detroit. Campbell went 2-0-2 with a 2.48
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12:26 PM ET Associated Press Lucas Bjerregaard of Denmark wrecked Tyrrell Hatton‘s hopes of winning the Dunhill Links Championship for a third straight year when he shot a five-under 67 in the final round on Sunday. Bjerregaard started the day four strokes adrift of overnight leader Hatton but he reeled in the European Ryder Cup
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11:55 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat advanced to the brink of a blockbuster trade for All-Star forward Jimmy Butler over the weekend — only for the deal to fracture before completion, league sources told ESPN. Minnesota had shared Butler’s medical information with Miami late in the week, sources said, a
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12:00 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Let’s get one thing straight. What happened in the aftermath of UFC 229’s main event isn’t going to hurt mixed martial arts or even tarnish it in the eyes of most. Yeah, there probably were some new UFC viewers on Saturday, who don’t normally pay $64.99 for a pay-per-view.
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12:35 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Years after taking the last of his 444 international wickets, Shoaib Akhtar may have made another match-turning contribution for Pakistan – via a phone call to Mohammad Hafeez. With his international career seemingly winding down, and having been downgraded in Pakistan’s central contracts list, the 37-year-old Hafeez had contemplated retiring.
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11:31 AM ET The Buffalo Bills are prepared to bring in veteran quarterback Derek Anderson within the next 24 hours to provide rookie Josh Allen with an experienced mentor, league sources told ESPN. Anderson served as the backup during Cam Newton‘s first seven years with the Carolina Panthers, where current Bills coach Sean McDermott and
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10:40 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Since the Singapore Grand Prix three races ago, there has been an inevitability about the collapse of Sebastian Vettel’s title campaign. Poor qualifying performances led to strategic errors, which in turn bred more mistakes and cranked up the pressure. As the mistakes snowballed, the gap in points to Lewis
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10:17 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Caroline Wozniacki defeated Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 6-3 to win the China Open and her third WTA title of the year on Sunday. The victory was also the Dane’s second in Beijing, eight years after the first. The unseeded Sevastova downed US Open champion Naomi Osaka in the semifinal
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