10:09 AM ET Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi has removed the interim tag from athletic director Keith Carter’s title. The 43-year-old Carter had been the interim athletic director since Ross Bjork’s departure in May. Bjork had been Ole Miss’ athletic director for seven years before leaving for the same position at Texas A&M. “Having
7:06 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — An appeals court has refused to revive a lawsuit filed by fight fans and pay-per-view subscribers upset that boxer Manny Pacquiao wasn’t completely healthy for an intensely watched 2015 bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Thursday that
6:52 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings have removed forward Givani Smith from injured reserve and assigned him to Grand Rapids of the AHL. The Red Wings announced the move Friday. The 21-year-old Smith has appeared in five games with the Red Wings this season. He also has three goals and
Nov 22, 2019 Steve KimESPN The World Boxing Council announced Friday that it is implementing a new method for judging the effectiveness of its judges — and will be doing so in real time. “Basically, it’s a system that is aimed at evaluating ring officials,” said Mauricio Sulaiman, the head of the WBC. “We’re doing
5:22 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim hit her best shot on the final hole Friday, leaving her a tap-in birdie for a 5-under 67 that kept her lead at two shots in the CME Group Tour Championship and moved her one step closer to the richest prize in women’s golf.
4:50 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins placed tight end Vernon Davis on injured reserve Friday, ending his season and leaving his career in doubt. Davis, 35, suffered a concussion in Week 4 and has not played since, though he had been in limited practice for most of that time. Davis missed the
4:52 PM ET Charges of third-degree harassing communications against Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins have been dropped and a misdemeanor case has been dismissed, his attorney Moshae Donald told ESPN on Friday. A warrant for Cousins’ arrest was filed in a Mobile, Alabama county court in August following allegations by Christy West, the mother of their
4:57 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tyler Duncan holed out from the eighth fairway for eagle Friday and wound up with the best score of hist PGA Tour career, a 9-under 61 that staked him to a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the RSM Classic. Duncan added four birdies
4:44 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — For 73 years, Mexico City’s Plaza de Toros bullring has hosted hundreds of bullfights, but on Saturday it will become a tennis court as Roger Federer faces Germany’s Alexander Zverev. Saturday’s match is the fourth stop in a tour of Latin America by the two tennis greats.
4:20 PM ET UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will defend his title against Dominick Reyes on Feb. 8 in Houston, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The 205-pound championship fight will headline the UFC’s pay-per-view event, which does not yet have an official number, inside Toyota Center. In the co-main event, female flyweight champion