7:57 PM ET Andrew Moloney’s team has filed an appeal with the Nevada State Athletic Commission following a controversial conclusion in Saturday’s boxing match with Joshua Franco in Las Vegas, Moloney’s attorney, Josh Dubin, told ESPN on Wednesday. The fight, a rematch for Franco’s WBA super flyweight title at MGM Grand, was stopped by doctors
5:12 PM ET Canadian fighter Jesse Ronson, who returned to UFC in July after six years and picked up his first victory in the promotion, has been suspended for 20 months due to a failed drug test, USADA announced Wednesday. The UFC anti-doping partner said Ronson tested positive for a metabolite of the banned substance
3:52 PM ET Seattle Sounders FC announced on Tuesday that Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. and his family have been added to the Major League Soccer club’s ownership group. – Carlisle: Can MLS complete playoffs outside bubble?– MLS Cup playoffs: Who’s in, fixtures and more– MLS on
6:13 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs says president Kevin Flanery will retire at the end of this year after 11 years in charge of the home of the Kentucky Derby. Flanery began as Churchill Downs Incorporated’s vice president of national public affairs in December 2005 before becoming the historic track’s 13th
3:25 PM ET The majority of American sports fans are waiting for the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine before they feel comfortable returning to the bleachers, according to a new study conducted this past weekend. Two-thirds of the survey respondents said they would not attend an indoor sporting event without a vaccine — even if
2:30 PM ET Chivas head coach Victor Manuel Vucetich has launched an attack on the Mexican federation after the club’s star forward Alexis Vega was injured during the past Under-23s national team camp. Vega was called up to Mexico’s U-23s for training in preparation for the Olympic qualifiers next March and in a friendly against
2:48 PM GMT Warren Abrahams at his official unveiling as the newly appointed Wales Rugby Women Head Coach. WRU/Huw Evans Agency The Welsh Rugby Union appointed Warren Abrahams as the new Wales women’s national team coach on Wednesday, making him the union’s first Black national coach. South Africa-born Abrahams, a former United States women’s Sevens assistant
11:51 AM ET The Cleveland Browns placed three players, including starting right tackle Jack Conklin, on the reserve/COVID-19 list Wednesday. Kicker Cody Parkey and long-snapper Charley Hughlett were added to the list as well. A source told ESPN that all three were identified as high-risk close contacts to an outside practitioner who tested positive. The
1:04 PM ET The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision and reinstated former Baylor football player Sam Ukwuachu’s 2015 sexual assault conviction for a second time, according to a ruling released Wednesday. Ukwuachu’s attorney has been appealing his conviction on a number of issues that have, one by one, gone
2:30 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour now has three players who have tested positive for the coronavirus during the RSM Classic at Sea Island. Kramer Hickok and Henrik Norlander each received positive tests and have withdrawn from the event in Georgia. Hickok got into the tournament as an alternate after Bill Haas tested