7:47 AM ET The top of the UFC heavyweight division might be on hold as champion Stipe Miocic recovers from an eye injury, but the contenders for his title will be active early this year with Saturday’s main event in Raleigh, North Carolina first up. ESPN’s No. 4 ranked heavyweight Curtis Blaydes faces the most
Jan 14, 2020 The college football season ended with LSU celebrating a 15-0 season and a College Football Playoff national championship, at home, in New Orleans. And while Clemson was denied back-to-back national titles, it is still No. 1 in the first edition of the 2020 Way-Too-Early Top 25. With quarterback Trevor Lawrence coming back,
8:38 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is using its financial muscle to support the U.S. women’s softball team, which already is assured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics while the American men’s baseball team struggles to qualify. MLB announced an agreement Thursday to become the presenting sponsor of the women’s
8:05 AM GMT A disciplinary panel report that found Saracens guilty of salary cap breaches states the Premiership club’s owner Nigel Wray entered into ventures with players totalling £1.3 million, Sky News reported. Reigning English and European champions Saracens were docked 35 points and fined £5.36m in November, and will be relegated from the top
3:36 AM ET Steve KimESPN As former heavyweight titleholder Andy Ruiz continues his career, he will be doing so without trainer Manuel Robles Jr., who confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday night that he has parted ways with the boxer he helped lead to the title in June. Ruiz (33-2, 22 KOs) pulled off a monumental
7:22 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India captain Virat Kohli has suggested that KL Rahul will keep in the upcoming T20Is too, as it has given them an option of playing an extra batsman in the XI. Rahul kept wickets in two ODIs against Australia even though Rishabh Pant was fit to play in the third
2:45 AM ET MELBOURNE — Sania Mirza’s first Grand Slam match since becoming a mother ended with an early exit as the Indian retired with a calf strain during her women’s doubles first-round match at the Australian Open on Thursday. Sania and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok were trailing 2-6, 0-1 against the Chinese team
2:14 AM ET NEW YORK — Having been in Zion Williamson’s shoes eight years ago, playing in New Orleans as the NBA’s No. 1 pick, Anthony Davis had some advice for the Pelicans rookie. “Just go out there and play and have fun,” he said. Davis said there are outsized expectations that come with being
10:58 PM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — There was a thought, in the midst of immediate success under Sean McVay, that the Los Angeles Rams were peaking too early. They went from 4-12 in 2016 to 11-5 in 2017, then surged into the Super Bowl the following season with a nucleus that appeared to be in
9:33 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — The NCAA’s board of governors plans to meet in a special session in the coming weeks to work on expanding the organization’s sexual violence policy. Chairman Michael Drake said the board had a “robust discussion” during its meeting at the annual NCAA convention Wednesday about the need for new