9:01 AM ET “The Monster” Naoya Inoue has rarely faced adversity during his reign of terror through boxing’s smaller weight classes but when he finally did against Nonito Donaire, he came through like a champion in a punishing contender for fight of the year. Inoue, bleeding from a cut over his right eye and nose
6:00 AM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — On one hand, Oakland Raiders first-year receiver Tyrell Williams has played for the only two quarterbacks in the NFL who don’t curse — Philip Rivers and Derek Carr. On the other, you better [freakin’] believe Williams is jacked to suit up for Carr and face his old team, the
4:53 PM ET We asked UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya to name the most underrated fighters in the UFC. Not surprisingly, the first one he mentioned was Dan Hooker, who is a teammate of Adesanya’s at City Kickboxing in New Zealand. Adesanya said it was not a biased choice, and it’s easy to believe him,
7:20 AM ET After an offseason of furious player movement — including eight 2019 All-Stars changing teams — one intriguing storyline of this NBA season will be how players are received by fans when they return to the cities they left. Some will be easier to predict than others. Kyrie Irving in Boston? Won’t be
1:00 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Since his first season at Alabama in 2007 when the Crimson Tide just barely made a bowl game, Nick Saban hasn’t lost many games. He’s a staggering 147-15. LSU knows that. The Tigers have squared off in some memorable matchups against their former coach. But this year, No. 2
7:38 AM ET All the focus has been on Lewis Hamilton after he secured his sixth title in Austin, but in doing so he also put an end to the championship hopes of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Bottas started the season well and had the same car as Hamilton throughout the year, so at what
3:36 AM ET German Touring Cars (DTM) boss and former Formula One driver Gerhard Berger has unveiled a proposed electric series with high-performance cars racing at Formula One speeds and battery changes carried out by robots. If the concept, which was unveiled on Thursday, catches on with manufacturers, Berger said the series could run alongside
5:15 AM ET World No. 2 Karolina Pliskova has announced she will no longer be working with coach Conchita Martinez. Martinez, herself a former World No. 2 and Wimbledon champion, joined Pliskova’s coaching staff in 2018. The Czech Republic’s Pliskova, who lost her semifinal at the WTA Finals to World No. 1 and eventual winner
5:44 AM GMT Srinath Sripath Adam Gilchrist believes Tim Paine is still the best available wicketkeeper and captain for Australia’s Test team. Paine’s batting form in the Ashes – one fifty from ten innings at an average of 20 – has led to concerns about whether he merits selection in Australia’s first-choice Test XI, with
1:11 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” In his public statements about the evolution of the free-agent market, Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, has taken pains not to use the word “collusion.”