Month: July 2019

11:26 PM ET Associated Press SPARTA, Ky. — Kurt Busch won a door-to-door overtime battle with his little brother at Kentucky Speedway to earn his first victory with Chip Ganassi Racing. The Saturday night showdown between the Busch Brothers came a week after Kurt Busch lost at Daytona because he pitted from the lead moments
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10:47 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Amanda Nunes might have her next UFC bantamweight title contender. Germaine de Randamie knocked out the previously undefeated Aspen Ladd in just 16 seconds in the main event of UFC Sacramento on Saturday night at Golden 1 Center. De Randamie landed a straight hand that put Ladd down immediately and
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10:21 PM ET Hall of Fame right-hander Bob Gibson, who won the Cy Young and National League MVP awards in 1968, sent a letter to living Hall of Famers informing them that he is battling pancreatic cancer. Gibson, widely considered one of the greatest pitchers of all time, was diagnosed with cancer several weeks ago,
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10:17 PM ET Police said two Eastern Washington football players were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot in Spokane, Washington. A Spokane police spokesman told The Spokesman-Review that Dehonta Hayes and Keith Moore were both shot in the torso in the early-morning hours on Saturday. The incident happened in a central bar district in
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8:57 PM ET Wearing sneakers adorned with the message “Team Waters!” and “Waters Way!” Boston Celtics rookie Tremont Waters scored 16 points and had three assists in a summer league playoff game just two days after the death of his father. Ed Waters, 49, was found dead in a West Haven, Connecticut, hotel on Thursday,
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8:28 PM ET The St. Louis Blues have reached a deal with goaltender Jordan Binnington on a two-year contract with an annual average value of $4.4 million, the Stanley Cup champions announced Saturday. Binnington had been a restricted free agent and avoided arbitration by agreeing to the deal on Saturday. “I’m happy to get this
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7:54 PM ET Ezekiel Elliott is the “target of extortion,” attorneys for the Dallas Cowboys running back said Saturday, after a security guard filed a complaint claiming assault during a May altercation in Las Vegas. “Over the the course of the past several weeks, Mr. Elliott has been the target of extortion,” attorneys Scott Rosenblum
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7:46 PM ET Associated Press STATELINE, Nev. — Defending champion Tony Romo increased his lead to nine points Saturday in the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback-turned-NFL analyst shot his second straight 2-under 70 and scored 25 points for a total of 51 in the celebrity tournament that
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7:24 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Daniel Dubois was crowned British heavyweight king Saturday night after another devastating display of power punching accounted for Nathan Gorman in five rounds. Dubois
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