2:34 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” NEW YORK — It’s just like any other day, and it’s nothing like any other day. As the New York Yankees and Houston Astros packed their gear and headed to the airport
7:56 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Jessica Korda shot a 6-under 66 in the third round, with eight birdies and two bogeys, to take a one-shot lead at the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Saturday. “I’ve been struggling a little bit with my swing, so I’ve been working on it every day. It’s slowly starting
1:18 AM ET Ariel Helwani Close ESPN Staff Writer Ariel Helwani is an MMA reporter at ESPN. Follow him on Twitter at @arielhelwani. Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun ESPN MMA writers Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto and Jeff Wagenheim break down
Oct 18, 2019 Alex Malcolm Hobart Hurricanes 5 for 164 (Tryon 46*, Fazackerley 46) beat Melbourne Stars 9 for 144 (Osborne 40, Gibson 3-26, Vakarewa 3-27) by 20 runs Hobart Hurricanes went on a recruiting drive after consecutive last-place finishes in the last two WBBL seasons, and it has paid early dividends as a host
12:39 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — There had never been a light heavyweight world title unification fight between undefeated titleholders until Artur Beterbiev and Oleksandr Gvozdyk squared off on Friday night, and when it was over it was the powerful Beterbiev who had scored three knockdowns in the 10th round for the knockout victory. It had
9:17 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Welterweight Kudratillo Abdukakhorov, who risked his status as one of the mandatory challengers for unified world titleholder Errol Spence Jr., dominated former world titlist Luis Collazo en route to a 10th-round technical decision victory on Friday night. Abdukakhorov won by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93 when the fight was
11:58 PM ET Entering Friday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Boston, the only thing missing from Dominick Reyes’ title shot resume was a signature win. That is no longer the case. Reyes (12-0) made quick work of a former UFC champion Friday night, as he knocked out Chris Weidman (14-5) at the 1 minutes,
12:13 AM ET NEW YORK — Following a Brooklyn Nets preseason game on Friday that saw two groups of protesters wearing T-shirts that said “Stand with Hong Kong,” guard Kyrie Irving met with reporters and talked about his thoughts on last week’s tense trip to China for the first time. Irving specifically addressed what transpired
11:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch had not formulated his full pitching plan for Game 6 of the American League Championship Series when he sat at the podium for his postgame news conference on Friday. But he did shed light on the pitcher everyone was wondering about: Astros ace Gerrit
11:25 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — The Houston Rockets‘ final preseason game Friday night didn’t go as smoothly as hoped. Russell Westbrook — who has been dealing with some dislocated fingers on his right hand — left the team’s game against the Miami Heat in the fourth quarter in obvious discomfort. The star