12:27 PM ET The May 11 edition of Top Rank Boxing on ESPN will feature a pair of rematches with challengers looking to regain the world titles from the men who defeated them. Top Rank announced on Monday that a card that was expected has been finalized and will feature rematches between junior lightweight world
Month: April 2019
1:59 PM ET Opening Bell: Light heavyweight landscape PHILADELPHIA — Light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk made it clear after he retained the legit world title for the first time — besides just owning a sanctioning organization belt, he’s the lineal champion — that what he wants next is the opportunity to fight for other belts.
11:52 AM ET The Professional Fighters League on Monday announced another group of competitors for the upcoming season, featuring former UFC standouts in multiple divisions. Jeremy Kennedy (13-1) will be among the featherweight hopefuls. He compiled a 3-1 record in the UFC with his only loss being against top title contender Alexander Volkanovski in February
11:32 AM ET NEW YORK — The hits to the New York Yankees‘ outfield depth keep coming. One day after losing their season-opening series to the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees announced they were putting outfielder Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list with a left biceps strain. He’s the third Yankees outfielder to go on
12:24 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka Cricket is set to revive the Lankan Premier League (LPL), with September 8-28 tentatively set aside for the potentially lucrative T20 tournament. “We have set the ball rolling and hopefully in August-September this year we will see the tournament taking place,” SLC secretary Mohan De Silva said, speaking
11:06 AM ET ESPN staff Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has labelled team’s double retirement from points-paying positions at the Bahrain Grand Prix unacceptable. Red Bull’s Christian Horner could not resist an opportunity to kick Renault while it was down Sunday after the French manufacturer suffered a cruel double retirement in the closing stages of the
10:36 AM ET Associated Press BILOXI, Miss. — Kevin Sutherland won the Rapiscan Systems Classic on Monday by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the seventh hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Scott Parel and win for the second time on the PGA Tour Champions. It was the first birdie Sutherland made since Saturday.
11:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL awards voters will fill out their ballots over the next two weeks, scouring every stats site for vital input into their decision-making process before inevitably just voting for someone on their beat or whoever already won the award. Some awards leaders seem as though they’re cemented. Others can
10:05 AM BST The erratic NSW Waratahs have identified a dip in work rate from last year as one reason for their inconsistent Super Rugby form. The Tahs slipped off the top of the Australian conference following a shock 31-29 loss to the Sunwolves in Newcastle last Friday. That deflating low came less than a
9:10 AM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — It didn’t take long for a media scrum to develop next to pole position on Sunday’s grid. Although it was easy to guess who was at the vortex of the crowd’s attention, so packed was the small patch of grass between car and guard rail, he wasn’t visible from