6:46 PM ET Greg Hardy wasn’t into celebrating a moral victory. Not even after coming in on short notice Saturday against ESPN’s No. 7-ranked heavyweight in Alexander Volkov. Hardy said he was “devastated” about the unanimous decision loss in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Moscow, even though he exceeded expectations. “The bar where
3:40 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — D.J. Matthews caught a short pass, faked out three defenders on his way to the sideline and then dove for the end zone, taking off from the 6-yard line before clipping the pylon to give Florida State the go-ahead score. “It kind of reminded me of high school,
5:15 PM ET Associated Press Italian teenager Jannik Sinner beat top-seeded Alex de Minaur in straight sets at the Next Gen Finals on Saturday to claim his first ATP title — and a big payday. Wild card Sinner triumphed 4-2, 4-1, 4-2 in the final, serving out to love and clinching victory when De Minaur
5:06 PM ET Greg Hardy lost, but he did look like he belonged in the Octagon with one of the top heavyweights in the UFC. Alexander Volkov defeated Hardy, the former NFL star, by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) in the co-main event of UFC Moscow on Saturday. It was a clear victory for Volkov,
5:05 PM ET Despite the public unrest amongst some New York Jets fans and the repeated calls for coach Adam Gase’s job, team owner Christopher Johnson is expected to remain patient, per sources familiar with his thinking. Circumstances always could change, but ownership is not inclined to make any head coaching moves. The Jets are
4:48 PM ET After missing 10 games to start the season, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin plans to make his season-debut against Minnesota on Monday, league sources tell ESPN. Griffin, who’s been rehabilitating a sore knee and hamstring since preseason, had been ramping up for a return in recent days. He had several pain-free practices
3:17 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Busch won the pole and all eight title contenders qualified in the top 10 for the final race to decide the championship field. Busch earned the top starting spot for Sunday’s race at ISM Raceway outside of Phoenix. He turned a lap in Saturday qualifying at
1:47 PM ET Rickie Fowler has withdrawn from next week’s Mayakoba Classic near Cancun, Mexico, due to an intestinal bacterial infection that he contracted while on his recent honeymoon. Fowler, who has not played since the Tour Championship in August and was not chosen by captain Tiger Woods on Thursday to be part of the
12:54 PM ET Naoya Inoue’s ambitious plans for 2020 under his new co-promotional deal with Top Rank may have to be tempered. While “The Monster” unified bantamweight world titles and won the eight-man World Boxing Super Series tournament by unanimous decision against Nonito Donaire on Thursday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, the
1:12 PM ET Eddie Pepperell was disqualified from the Turkish Airlines Open on Saturday when he ran out of golf balls. The English pro who was competing in the European Tour event hit as many as five golf balls — his playing partners were unsure — into the water on the par-5 fourth hole at