6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Just before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, rookie cornerback Justin Layne arranged trays of food in a room at the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ training facility. As his fellow defensive backs came through the door, they filled plates with fried chicken, mac and cheese and greens. Once everyone had fixed themselves a meal,
9:40 AM ET Canelo Alvarez, who moved up two weight divisions and won a light heavyweight world title last month, vacated his 175-pound belt on Tuesday. Alvarez relinquished the WBO title in order to “comply with the World Boxing Organization’s prohibition against its champions holding titles from other sanctioning organizations in multiple weight classes.” Alvarez
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” In late August, Cleveland Indians reliever Oliver Perez entered a game in the sixth inning to face a left-handed hitter. It was his 55th appearance of the year, and with that his
8:42 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ellyse Perry, the premier allrounder in women’s cricket, has won two of the three top annual ICC awards for 2019: the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for women’s cricketer of the year and its ODI equivalent. Alyssa Healy, meanwhile, has taken home the Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award for the
1:26 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN MILWAUKEE — Inside the Milwaukee Bucks’ locker room following Monday’s 120-116 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, players were not hanging their heads. They don’t have time to. Their 18-game win streak was snapped, two wins shy of matching the franchise record of 20 set during the 1970-71 championship season. But
12:40 AM ET HOUSTON — Russell Westbrook tapped his heart a few times when asked about the key to the Houston Rockets rallying from 25 points down in Monday’s 109-107 win over the San Antonio Spurs, their largest deficit overcome to win in at least the past 20 seasons. “Sometimes you’ve got to want it
12:32 AM ET Australia started 2019 with one UFC world champion and finished with another, in what was another bumper and typically eventful year for the sport Down Under. Alexander Volkanovski was on Sunday crowned the UFC’s featherweight champion as he rounded out a stellar 12 months with victory over Max Holloway in Las Vegas.
11:31 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — It doesn’t seem right that the New Orleans Saints are still stuck in third place in the NFC after a performance like that. But the Saints (11-3) still have a realistic path to the No. 1 or No. 2 seed. And no matter where they wind up, it obviously
11:34 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The opening of the new ballpark for the Texas Rangers isn’t expected to be delayed after a fire that damaged about 2,000 square feet near the roof, construction officials said Monday. The fire Saturday started when sparks from welding work ignited combustible materials being stored in a
10:06 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, out with a core muscle injury, has skated with his teammates the past six days, coach Mike Sullivan said Monday. The Penguins were in Calgary, where they play the Flames on Tuesday night, and Crosby practiced with the team there while he continues his rehabilitation process from