1:01 AM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Kings XI Punjab 177 for 2 (Rahul 61*, Gayle 53, Agarwal 45) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 171 for 6 (Kohli 48, Ashwin 2-23) by eight wickets Two men who had been part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s most recent successful year
9:20 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Cris “Cyborg” Justino has for years expressed a burning desire to venture beyond mixed martial arts and test herself in professional boxing. But the fact that she will be facing a two-time boxing world champion on Thursday night is not what she’s most excited about for Bellator 249. “No, it’s
11:54 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN In advance of the 2020 NBA draft, top prospect LaMelo Ball has signed a multiyear shoe deal with Puma, immediately becoming a key face of the brand at just 19 years old. “I am really excited to be joining the Puma family,” Ball said. “I believe the brand is the
12:43 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was sent home Thursday with an illness. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said that Beckham hadn’t tested positive for COVID-19 but that the team was taking action by keeping him away from the practice facility out of “an abundance of caution.” Beckham took
1:45 AM ET In the age of analytics in baseball, a lot of longtime fans still appreciate the old-school ways. As baseball’s oldest manager, Houston‘s Dusty Baker has plenty of old school in him. It turns out that his ace pitcher is pretty happy about that. Baker bucked metrics-fueled trends in pitcher usage Wednesday during
11:38 AM ET Saturday’s football game between No. 8-ranked Cincinnati and Tulsa has been postponed because of positive COVID-19 cases at Cincinnati and quarantining of athletes at the school, the American Athletic Conference announced Thursday. The game has been rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5 at Tulsa. “We are disappointed we will be unable to play
10:29 AM BST Wasps’ preparations for the English Premiership final suffered a setback after seven members of the club’s playing staff returned positive tests for coronavirus on Wednesday. Four players and three support staff tested positive for coronavirus and Wasps have cancelled training for the remainder of this week as an added precautionary measure. “All
9:56 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — U.S. tennis player Sam Querrey was placed in isolation by Russian authorities after testing positive for the coronavirus but left the country on a private plane, organizers of the St. Petersburg Open said Thursday. The tournament said Querrey and his wife tested positive Sunday, the day
10:20 AM ET The biggest lie NHL free agents tell themselves is that their team is their family. The dressing room can be a band of brothers. Lifelong friendships are forged through daily routines and long playoff runs, through wives and children bonding with others in the organization. All of this is true, and all
8:26 AM ET Steve KimESPN The moment has finally arrived. Through years of conflict and antagonization, individual paths to titles and finally a global pandemic, on Saturday, Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr. will step between the ropes to battle for lightweight world titles from all four major sanctioning bodies at the MGM Grand Convention