Month: April 2019

6:04 PM ET Gennady Golovkin’s ring return is set. The former unified middleweight world champion will take on unbeaten — but largely unknown — Steve Rolls on June 8 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight, a 12-rounder at a contract weight of 164 pounds, was officially announced on Tuesday and will be
0 Comments
6:20 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor says she has formed a task force to investigate 23 horse deaths at Santa Anita Park between December and March. District Attorney Jackie Lacey said Tuesday the task force of prosecutors and peace officers will “determine whether unlawful conduct or conditions affected
0 Comments
5:50 PM ET College football programs are known to inflate the attendance figures for their spring games to make them more impressive for recruits. But it seems Florida Gators coach Dan Mullen might have taken the practice to an entirely new level. Mullen told reporters in Gainesville, Florida, last week that he likes to use
0 Comments
5:41 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky guard Tyler Herro says he plans to remain in the NBA draft after initially leaving open the possibility of returning to school. The 6-foot-5 freshman announced his decision in a news release Tuesday. Last week, he said he would enter the draft and hire an NCAA-certified
0 Comments
5:37 PM ET Former UFC bantamweight contender Leslie Smith has signed an exclusive deal to compete in Bellator MMA. Smith, 36, confirmed the signing to ESPN on Tuesday, following an initial report by Yahoo! Sports. She does not have a date for her next fight but said she intends to compete in the 145-pound featherweight
0 Comments
5:20 PM ET The Los Angeles Kings have hired Todd McLellan to a multiyear contract to be the team’s new coach, it was announced Tuesday. He replaces Willie Desjardins, who served as the interim coach last season and was not retained. McLellan was fired as coach of the Edmonton Oilers in November. He had been
0 Comments
5:31 PM ET Associated Press An average of 10.8 million people watched the CBS coverage of the final round of the Masters as Tiger Woods got his first victory in a major in 11 years. CBS said in a release that it was the most-watched morning golf broadcast since 1987, which is the earliest data
0 Comments