Sep 13, 2020 Jeff Wagenheim A Bellator star was born Saturday night. And another walked off into the sunset. Juan Archuleta, who has toiled mostly under the radar during a run of success that extends back half a decade, scored his highest-profile victory in the main event of Bellator 246, defeating previously unbeaten Patchy Mix
8:44 AM ET The first portion of the fourth season of Dana White’s Contender Series comes to a close Tuesday, as the UFC heads back to Abu Dhabi later this month. So far, 23 UFC contracts have been given out through six weeks this season. There surely will be more Tuesday, with several intriguing names
6:50 PM ET The subtext to Chelsea‘s £220 million summer spending spree is Frank Lampard’s judgement that many of his existing squad were not at the required level. Lampard will be satisfied the Blues started their much-anticipated Premier League campaign with a 3-1 win at Brighton, but if anything the players who have been asked
7:00 AM ET The New York Islanders were one of the strongest teams in the Toronto bubble, but ever since they arrived in Edmonton, they’ve been outmatched by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference finals. Sure, we can forget about the 8-2 drubbing in Game 1 and chalk it up to an unfavorable
10:20 AM GMT Steven Smith is more likely than not to return as the missing piece of Australia’s batting order that failed to seal the ODI series against England in Manchester, leaving the final match of their brief tour on Wednesday as the decider. Some mystery still surrounds the circumstances in which Smith has missed
2:12 AM ET If you had any doubt about whether this was real — whether Monday’s Major League Baseball game meant more than any had all year and whether the San Diego Padres had elevated themselves enough to become a legitimate concern for the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers — consider the disdain with which Trent
Sep 13, 2020 Associated Press GRAND COLOMBIER, France — Tadej Pogacar won Stage 15 of the Tour de France on a brutal final climb Sunday as his fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic retained the yellow jersey and last year’s winner Egan Bernal dropped out of contention. Pogacar powered past Roglic on the final sprint at the
1:01 AM BST ESPN staff New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has moved to end the Bledisloe Cup stand-off by relaxing the country’s quarantine restrictions for the Wallabies. The annual trans-Tasman series was again thrust into uncertainty on Sunday when Wallabies coach Dave Rennie said the current quarantine restrictions in New Zealand were unacceptable for
2:47 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Monday that he was a bit surprised by quarterback Tom Brady‘s struggles in his Bucs debut Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, a game in which Brady threw two interceptions in a 34-23 loss. “He looked like Tom Brady in practice all
7:00 AM ET First, a flashback to the most impressive throw I’ve ever seen in person. It came in a spring game — the 2009 Missouri spring game, to be exact. Blaine Gabbert, the home-state, five-star QB, was prepping to become the starter. On one play in the scrimmage, the sophomore-to-be rolled left, couldn’t find