Month: December 2019

8:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Max Holloway has won an unprecedented 13 straight fights in the UFC’s featherweight division. He has dominated at 145 pounds for five years. Holloway, the champion of that weight class, admits now that he must leave featherweight in the future if he wants to achieve his ultimate goals. Holloway
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7:15 PM ET Forward Gabriel Landeskog will return from a lower-body injury Thursday night when the Colorado Avalanche take on the Montreal Canadiens. Landeskog, 27, Colorado’s captain who missed 16 games, confirmed coach Jared Bednar’s decision before pregame warm-ups at Bell Centre. Throughout the course of the injury, the team was vague about details. Landeskog
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6:58 PM ET Former two-division world titlist Carl Frampton has been diagnosed with fractures in both hands following his win against Tyler McCreary. Frampton dominated McCreary, knocking him down twice with body shots and winning a 10-round shutout decision in their junior lightweight bout on Saturday night on the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card
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6:27 PM ET Former Auburn Tigers quarterback Joey Gatewood is transferring to Kentucky, he announced Thursday. Gatewood, who left Auburn’s program in late October after serving as the team’s backup quarterback, said on Twitter that he’ll be joining the Wildcats. He took an official visit to Kentucky last month. The 6-foot-5, 237-pound Gatewood redshirted last
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4:53 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames have a deal for a new downtown arena, a 35-year agreement that keeps the NHL club in the city for that time. The team, the city and the Calgary Stampede rodeo signed an agreement Thursday to replace the 36-year-old Scotiabank Saddledome. The new 19,000-seat
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3:11 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — As the 5-7 Cleveland Browns have all but tumbled out of the playoff picture, star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was vague about his future with the team beyond the 2019 season. “No one knows what the future holds, like tomorrow,” Beckham said when asked after Thursday’s practice if
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3:02 PM ET Former middleweight world titlist Rob Brant has an opponent for his ring return. He will face former super middleweight world title challenger Habib “Wild Hurricane” Ahmed, Top Rank announced Thursday. The 10-round middleweight fight will be the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card headlined by light heavyweight Jesse Hart
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3:07 PM ET Montreal Canadiens goaltender Cayden Primeau will make his NHL debut Thursday night against the Colorado Avalanche. Coach Claude Julien, preparing for back-to-back games the next two nights and looking to give starting goaltender Carey Price a rest, confirmed the decision after the morning skate at Bell Centre. “My message to him tonight,
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2:00 PM ET As follow up to last week’s Black Friday-inspired view of potential steals on the fantasy trade market, here’s a complementary round-up of overachieving assets to deal away in the here and now. As always, expect to see some prominent names on this list. One key to fantasy success is knowing when to
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