11:52 PM ET The UFC’s light heavyweight division is more wide-open than it has been in nearly a decade. With Jon Jones moving up to heavyweight and relinquishing the 205-pound title, light heavyweight is without a champion — and an identity — for the first time since Jones won the belt in 2011. On Saturday,
4:34 PM ET A UFC prospect has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time this month, pulling him out of a bout. Ion Cutelaba received the positive test result on Saturday, his manager, Thiago Okamura, told ESPN. Cutelaba’s bout against Magomed Ankalaev, scheduled for Saturday night at UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic in
5:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN Arnold Barboza Jr. took another step toward cementing his status as a junior welterweight contender by conclusively outboxing veteran Tony Luis in a 10-round unanimous decision victory Saturday night at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Barboza (24-0, 11 KOs) was in control from the very beginning and
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The most unusual MLB trade deadline in the sport’s history is approaching, and we’ve got you covered with all of the trade rumors, reaction and analysis you need as your team ponders its next blockbuster move in a shortened 60-game 2020 season with the standings packed leading up to baseball’s
7:33 PM ET When the Milwaukee Bucks left their hotel on Wednesday to ride over to AdventHealth Arena, they were an elite NBA team from a small market looking to complete a commonplace task: dispatching a No. 8 seed en route to the second round of the postseason. But in the three days since they
7:04 PM ET ESPN News Services OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Dustin Johnson says his game feels similar to last week when he had the easiest of his 23 career victories. It just doesn’t look that way at the BMW Championship. Every par at Olympia Fields is hard work, and Johnson played the final 13 holes
5:36 PM ET Former US Open champion Andy Murray, well-known for his support for gender equality in various aspects of the game, said Saturday at the National Tennis Center that he would not be signing on to support a rebel ATP faction led by top-ranked Novak Djokovic and journeyman Vasek Pospisil. “I’m not totally against
6:25 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash.– Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll delivered a passionate monologue during his news conference Saturday, speaking for more than 14 minutes about the need for white people to gain a better understanding of racism in America. “They don’t know enough, and they need to be coached up and they
7:13 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Golf might have to take a backseat momentarily for Rory McIlroy, even if $15 million is on the line. McIlroy revealed Saturday that he and his wife, Erica, are expecting their first child any day now. “We’re about to be parents very soon, so we’re obviously super excited,”
9:52 AM ET Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the final of the Western & Southern Open due to a left hamstring injury, the tournament announced Saturday. By walkover, Victoria Azarenka is the women’s singles champion. “I’m sorry to have to withdraw today with an injury,” Osaka said in a statement. “I pulled my left hamstring