1:22 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card started with three first-minute flash knockouts and ended with Cynthia Calvillo making an emphatic statement in her UFC women’s flyweight debut. Calvillo soundly defeated Jessica Eye and instantly put herself in the conversation among the best in the division. Merab Dvalishvili made an impression of his own,
Jun 11, 2020 Ray Borg has withdrawn from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night bantamweight bout against Merab Dvalishvili because of personal reasons, the UFC said Thursday. Borg’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told ESPN that Borg had a “family emergency.” Borg was absent from the card’s virtual media day Thursday and his withdrawal was announced after it. New
12:31 AM ET Cynthia Calvillo is a UFC women’s flyweight contender after just one fight in the division. Calvillo rolled in a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) win over Jessica Eye on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Calvillo took Eye down in four out of five rounds
12:08 AM ET Steve KimESPN Bantamweight Oscar Negrete has been ruled out of the June 25 fight against Jason Moloney (20-1, 17 KOs) because of a detached retina, multiple sources told ESPN. Negrete will be replaced by Leonardo Baez (18-2, 9 KOs), who has a six-fight winning streak. The bout is scheduled to take place
3:37 PM ET The follow-up COVID-19 test for Mikaela Mayer came back negative on Saturday, clearing a path for the super featherweight to return to the ring. Mayer had initially been on Top Rank’s first card back to boxing Tuesday, but upon arriving in Las Vegas last Saturday, she was tested for COVID-19 and came
8:44 AM ET Adam Abdul-Jabbar, the son of basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a neighbor multiple times. Abdul-Jabbar, 28, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and drove himself to the hospital following the Tuesday night incident, which took place
10:34 PM ET Clemson’s football team participated in a march on Saturday that started at Bowman Field on the university campus, lasting just under two hours with thousands of attendees. The march was organized by four Clemson players: Running back Darien Rencher, linebacker Mike Jones Jr., wide receiver Cornell Powell, and quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Prior
7:54 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the summer transfer window uncertain, but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Arsenal plot moves for Kluivert, Forster Arsenal are planning a double raid in the transfer window, with the Sun reporting that the Gunners are targeting Roma star
10:23 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Kyle Busch‘s slump wasn’t much of a slump. And it’s over now, anyway. Busch won the NASCAR Truck Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday night, his 58th career win on the circuit and his eighth victory in his last 10 trucks starts. He’d been winless in his
Jun 11, 2020 MARK MCGWIRE TALKED a lot about The Baseball Gods during his playing career, a sure sign of someone who treats the game with a solemnity it doesn’t deserve. He was never more publicly grave than during the 1998 season, his finest moment, when he couldn’t go three words without reminding everyone how