10:42 PM ET Kamaru Usman will defend his UFC welterweight title against Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC 278 on Aug. 20 in Salt Lake City, Utah, it was announced Saturday during the UFC 275 broadcast. Usman vs. Edwards was the expected title matchup, and the UFC was just waiting on Usman to
7:20 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles rookie wide receiver Devon Allen won the 110-meter hurdles at the USATF NYC Grand Prix on Sunday, finishing with a time of 12.84 seconds — the third-fastest time in history. He was just four-hundredths of a second off the world record (12.80), set by Aries Merritt in 2012 at a
7:01 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona president Joan Laporta has praised the club’s board for rescuing the Spanish giants from their “terminal” financial situation. Laporta, who returned as Barca president in November 2020, said they are “still working” to reduce the club’s debt and balance their books, but added that the club are in a
Jun 11, 2022 Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Walker Buehler won’t throw for six-to-eight weeks because of a flexor strain in his right elbow, making late this season the most optimistic timetable for his return to a major league mound. Buehler left Friday night’s start at San Francisco after four innings
7:41 AM ET Blake Baumgartner Avion Carter decided home is where his heart is. Carter, a 6-foot-3, 255-pound defensive end from Tascosa High School in Amarillo, Texas, pledged Sunday to join coach Sonny Dykes and TCU. Ranked No. 91 in the ESPN 300, Carter joins wide receiver Cordale Russell (No. 270) as ESPN 300 recruits
Jun 10, 2022 The New Orleans Pelicans say Brandon Ingram had surgery on his right fifth finger Tuesday and is expected to be sidelined six to eight weeks. According to the team, the surgery was to address a flexion contracture. The Pelicans didn’t say what prompted the procedure, but Ingram did jam his right ring
Nicholas Pooran, West Indies’ white-ball captain, has expressed disappointment at his recent patchy form with the bat in ODI cricket, but hopes that a turnaround could ease the burden on Shai Hope and usher the team to “something special”. In six innings in Netherlands and Pakistan, Pooran managed just 81 runs at an average of
5:33 AM ET Daniil Medvedev has replaced Novak Djokovic as men’s world No. 1 on Monday, just two weeks before Wimbledon, where he is barred due to his Russian nationality. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) banned Russian and Belarusian players from competition following the invasion of Ukraine, leading the ATP and WTA tours
Jun 13, 2022 Christian Horner suspects teams such as Mercedes are overplaying the dangers of their cars bouncing at high speed to force a rule change. Lewis Hamilton hobbled away from his Mercedes car with back pain after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where he spent much of the race being violently bounced around in his
5:16 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has said he will be at the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend and “would not miss it for the world,” despite enduring severe back pain at Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion described Baku as “the toughest race” of his career after suffering more bouncing issues, with Mercedes