Four fighters claimed the remaining spots in the PFL finals Thursday night in Las Vegas, but few could have foreseen the path that determined those fortunate enough to still be in the running for $1 million in the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions. No. 1-seeded light heavyweight Emiliano Sordi took care of business with his
5:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said absent defenseman Dustin Byfuglien has had ankle surgery and the team was not “directly involved” in the decision. The Jets also announced that forward Mark Letestu will be out at least six months because of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.
4:09 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The home of the Kentucky Derby plans to begin work next month on a $300 million project that will include a hotel, historical racing machines, new stadium seating and a Millionaires Row renovation. Churchill Downs announced the tentative plans Wednesday in a statement saying it would also
3:50 PM ET Associated Press NCAA coordinator of football officials Rogers Redding will retire after this season after holding the position since 2011. Redding began his college officiating career in the Southwest Conference in 1988 and later served as coordinator of officials for the Southeastern Conference. He first moved into a national role in 2008
2:45 PM ET It’s time. It’s clearly time. You see, two weeks ago, as you may have seen (or heard), the official Arizona Cardinals twitter handle trolled fantasy players pretty hard, telling everyone with a very cutesy cartoon that they should have started Chase Edmonds. After the fact. In a game in which starter David
3:26 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Evidence shows a missing college student was harmed and is now considered a victim of foul play, police said Thursday as her mother and stepfather Walt Harris, who’s an Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight, pleaded for information. Speaking in an interview with WBRC-TV, Angela Harris said “there has
3:34 PM ET ESPN News Services After an awkward exchange following Game 7 of the World Series in which he said he was “not employed by the team,” free agent Gerrit Cole, a front-runner for the AL Cy Young Award, said his “thank you” to the Houston Astros and their fans via social media on
3:30 PM ET What better way to honor Halloween than acknowledge the NHL’s walking, perhaps hobbling, wounded and gruesomely wonder how each individual injury might affect our own fantasy roster? Okay, if not fully holiday-apropos, at least this info is useful. Here’s a comprehensive look at the fantasy fallout from those hurt horridly and not-so-horridly
7:30 AM ET Many kids grow up dreaming of playing in their favorite professional league, imagining one day jogging out of the tunnel for the Green Bay Packers, climbing the steps of the dugout in New York Yankees pinstripes or skating onto the ice for the Boston Bruins. Some might dream of another future, though:
2:55 PM ET Heavyweights Alexander Povetkin has fought for a heavyweight world title and Michael Hunter would like to. The former Olympians will square off in an elimination bout with the winner putting himself in position to get that eventual opportunity. Povetkin and Hunter will meet in the co-feature of the rematch between unified heavyweight