2:31 AM ET Steve KimESPN The featherweight title run of Oscar Valdez has come to an end, as Valdez has announced his intention to move up to junior lightweight. “It’s time! I’ve always wanted to become a multi-division champion,” said Valdez (26-0, 20 KOs). “I think I would feel more comfortable at that weight too.
Month: August 2019
3:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former England captain Charlotte Edwards has lauded Ellyse Perry, the Player of the 2019 Women’s Ashes, as the “greatest” player the women’s game is “ever going to see”, following Australia’s emphatic run in the multi-format series where they beat the hosts 12-2, losing only the tour-ending T20I. A record 7
8:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This is part of a weeklong look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2019, focusing on plays, moments or defining characteristics of the inductees. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — It’s been more than 13 years since former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan saw the “greatness of Champ Bailey” on
11:55 PM ET Associated Press ROSSBURG, Ohio — Stewart Friesen won on the dirt at Eldora Speedway on Thursday night for his first NASCAR Truck Series victory and a spot in the playoffs. The 36-year-old Canadian broke through in his 63rd series start after finishing second six times. He took the lead to start the
12:34 AM ET Tennis player Sania Mirza says she has achieved everything in her career and has “nothing to prove” in her second innings, which is likely to begin by January 2020. In her quest to return to competitive tennis after becoming a mother, the 32-year-old Sania is training vigorously for about four hours a
9:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Joc Pederson Experiment is essentially over. The Los Angeles Dodgers will no longer deploy Pederson as a regular option at first base, a move initially intended to get him into the same lineup with Max Muncy and Alex Verdugo. Instead, Cody Bellinger, who has played Gold Glove-caliber defense
8:39 PM ET Former welterweight world champion Carlos Baldomir was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday in his native Argentina after being found guilty of sexually abusing one of his daughters for a two-year period when she was between 7 and 9. Baldomir, 48, was initially arrested in 2016 and spent three years
8:28 PM ET Middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez is in the market again for a fall opponent after negotiations for one of his mandatory defenses against Sergiy Derevyanchenko ended with no deal on Thursday afternoon and resulted in his being stripped of the IBF 160-pound title. The IBF already had allowed for multiple postponements of
8:14 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon isn’t fooling around. And neither are the trade deadline additions to his club. While the fifth-year skipper integrates four new players into his clubhouse, he doesn’t sound too worried about the playing time ramifications for those already here. “We just have to put out
8:22 PM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Jake Beber-Frankel, the 17-year-old son of Academy Award-winning director David Frankel, followed his record 10-under 60 with a 65 on Thursday in the Boys Junior PGA Championship to break the 54-hole mark. Beber-Frankel, from Miami, had an 18-under 192 total at Keney Park Golf Course to shatter