Month: August 2019

6:02 PM ET Two of the best pure grapplers in MMA history will face off in October. Ben Askren will fight Demian Maia in the main event of UFC Singapore on Oct. 26, ESPN’s Ariel Helwani confirmed with sources on Friday. Askren tweeted earlier this week that the fight was a done deal. Askren is
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5:21 PM ET After completing a contract buyout with the Memphis Grizzlies, Dwight Howard will sign a non-guaranteed contract with the Los Angeles Lakers that comes with a clear message, league sources told ESPN: Disrupt this team — and you’ll be gone. In meetings with Lakers management, coaches and teammates — including Anthony Davis —
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5:08 PM ET NEW YORK — US Open officials have made some changes in the officiating protocols for the upcoming US Open in an attempt to better inform fans about decisions made on court — a review stimulated partly by the officiating controversy that marred the US Open women’s final last year. The most noteworthy
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4:30 PM ET ESPN News Services ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — The National Transportation Safety Board says part of the landing gear collapsed and a section of the right wing hit the runway as the plane carrying Dale Earnhardt Jr. touched down a third time during its crash in East Tennessee last week. The NTSB released a
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2:45 PM ET Investigators for the Sacramento Kings and NBA determined that, based on available evidence, there was “not a sufficient basis to support” the sexual assault allegations made against Kings head coach Luke Walton. According to a Friday statement from the Kings and NBA, Kelli Tennant, who alleged that Walton sexually assaulted her in
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1:08 PM ET Alfonso Duro Few examples in modern sports embody the maxim “no pain, no gain” quite like a transition from Olympic-style wrestling to MMA. Jordan Burroughs knows this well. The American freestyle wrestler, fresh off winning his third Pan American Games gold in the 74 kg category earlier this month, understands the appeal
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12:56 PM ET Former middleweight world titlist “Kid Chocolate” Peter Quillin wasn’t without a fight for long. He will face brawler Alfredo Angulo in a 12-round super middleweight bout that will headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Sept. 21 (Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes, 10:30 p.m. ET) at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California,
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