9:02 PM ET The UFC’s expansion into Asia, specifically China, will continue in 2020 with the launch of an Asian installment of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. The promotion announced plans for the new show on Wednesday. Fights will take place at the UFC’s new Performance Institute in Shanghai. Distribution details are still to
Month: October 2019
8:52 PM ET NEW YORK — UFC 244’s co-main event should go on as planned Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. But there has been some trepidation in recent days. Darren Till is scheduled to fight Kelvin Gastelum in the penultimate fight of the major card, but he has been saddled with visa issues, sources
8:08 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Sam Jankovich, the Miami Hurricanes‘ athletic director when they won their first three national championships in football, has died. He was 85. Jankovich died Wednesday in his native Butte, Montana. He was the Hurricanes’ athletic director from 1983 to 1990 and hired coaches Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson,
6:33 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita is looking into the possibility of removing its dirt surface, where the majority of the track’s 36 horse deaths since December have occurred, and going back to a synthetic surface. That’s according to Dr. Dionne Benson, chief veterinary officer for The Stronach Group, which owns
5:02 PM ET Associated Press OPELIKA, Ala. –The University of Alabama fan convicted of poisoning Auburn University’s oak trees failed to attend a hearing Wednesday on why he hasn’t paid court-ordered restitution. The Opelika-Auburn news reports Harvey Updyke, a retired Texas state trooper who lives in Louisiana, didn’t show up for a hearing before Lee
8:34 AM ET The 36th edition of the Breeders’ Cup will kick off two days of action on Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs. A lot of eyes will be on the Breeders’ Cup Classic, will run under the lights on Saturday evening, but with so many high-profile races in the mix, there are numerous opportunities
4:28 PM ET USA Hockey announced Wednesday that it is increasing penalties for racial and derogatory slurs of any kind by way of a directive from the governing body’s president. Any player or team official penalized under the rule which covers racial and derogatory slurs will now receive a match penalty, which comes with an
7:00 AM ET It’s Halloween. We’re not only thinking about pucks and sticks, but ghouls and ghosts. So for this October finale edition of the ESPN NHL Power Rankings, we’re assigning every team its corresponding movie monster (or, in some cases, monster movie). Warning: Don’t read this spooky list alone … How we rank: The
3:09 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Four-time champion Novak Djokovic overcame a first-set wobble against unheralded Corentin Moutet, beating the 97th-ranked Frenchman 7-6 (2), 6-4 to reach the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. The top-ranked Djokovic lost his serve in the seventh game and needed to save two set points in
2:43 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy on Wednesday chose not to elaborate on comments made the previous day by kicker Eddy Pineiro, who told reporters he wanted the ball placed in the middle of the field, and not on the left hash, when he attempted and missed a
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