10:30 AM ET Toronto Maple Leafs center Alexander Kerfoot is out indefinitely after undergoing facial surgery to repair dental fractures, the team announced Friday. Kerfoot initially suffered the injury Nov. 5 against the Los Angeles Kings but played in the Maple Leafs’ next four games. He reported discomfort this week, and testing confirmed that surgery
9:24 AM ET The year in men’s pro tennis will end on a compelling note, as the remade Davis Cup takes place next week in Madrid. We’re about to see if the risky makeover will cure the ills of this historic, 119-year-old competition, or if the International Tennis Federation, which owns and promotes the Davis
8:30 AM ET Jan Blachowicz and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza both know what it feels like to be one win away from a UFC title shot only to come up short in a crucial moment. And both are hoping to avoid another career-altering disappointment when they meet in the main event of UFC Fight Night on
7:16 AM ET Danny Matthews Close Danny’s journey in the sporting media has taken him to some special sporting scenes over the last decade. From the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Sochi Winter Games in 2014, together with major sports events across Australia, his CV delivers quite
8:55 AM ET Even as Alabama stumbled, the SEC grew stronger. Thanks in part to Penn State’s surprising loss to Minnesota and Oklahoma’s near-loss to Iowa State, it is now more likely than not that the SEC will put at least two teams into the playoff, according to the Allstate Playoff Predictor. How will Saturday’s
9:08 AM ET Oklahoma has made its mark lighting up the scoreboard. Baylor has gone unbeaten by limiting teams’ ability to do that. When the top teams in the Big 12 meet on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC) in the league’s most important and consequential 2019 game to date, it’ll be a classic “something’s gotta
9:02 PM GMT Sam Curran seems all but certain to play as England’s third seamer in next week’s first Test against New Zealand, after being preferred to Chris Woakes in the England side to play New Zealand A in Whangerai. With the England management having made clear that the side named here will, fitness permitting,
5:05 AM ET Boris Becker will captain Germany at next year’s inaugural ATP Cup, while fellow former world No. 1 players Marat Safin and Thomas Muster will lead Russia and Austria respectively at the nation-based tournament. Becker, who won his first major title at Wimbledon in 1985, was chosen by world No. 7 Alexander Zverev
2:17 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Cold outside air poured through the loading dock a couple hundred feet from tunnels leading out to the floor, coating the lower bowl at Smoothie King Center on Thursday with a chilled draft. For the first time this season, Paul George took the court for a pregame warmup and
1:30 AM ET On Thursday night, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett committed the closest thing we’ve seen to an on-field crime in the modern era of pro football. Only one response will suffice. The NFL must issue the longest suspension for a single on-field act in its history, ending Garrett’s 2019 season with six