6:48 PM ET Pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford will make the mandatory defense of his welterweight world title against “Mean Machine” Egidijus Kavaliauskas on Dec. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York in the main event of a loaded tripleheader. The fight, finalized when Crawford signed a contract Monday, will headline a Top Rank Boxing
6:53 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Detroit Red Wings senior vice president Jim Devellano has had surgery to remove a non-cancerous brain tumor. The surgery was Monday and the Red Wings say it was successful, adding Devellano is resting comfortably in a hospital and is expected to have a full and speedy recovery. The
5:41 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ryan Blaney beat Ryan Newman in a door-to-door race to the finish line to win Monday at Talladega Superspeedway and advance to the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs. Blaney’s first win of the season came as he was desperately trying to remain in title contention. The playoff
5:36 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington linebacker MJ Tafisi, who was taken off the field on a stretcher during the 25th-ranked Huskies’ win over Arizona, suffered a “significant” stinger and there is no timeline yet for his return to action, coach Chris Petersen said Monday. Tafisi was strapped down on the stretcher after
4:22 PM ET ESPN.com staff Joanna Jedrzejczyk scored a big win for American Top Team on Saturday by beating Michelle Waterson, but she wasn’t sharing that celebration with ATT teammate Colby Covington. Covington will challenge welterweight champ Kamaru Usman on Dec. 14, and his public feuds with ATT teammates Jorge Masvidal and Dustin Poirier have
4:48 PM ET Tatiana Suarez should be one of the top contenders for the next shot at the UFC strawweight title, with an 8-0 record and five straight wins in the UFC, but all plans are on hold as Suarez deals with a neck injury she reaggravated in June. “I’ve always had disk issues,” Suarez
4:45 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres rookie forward Victor Olofsson has set an NHL record in becoming the first player to score each of his first seven career goals on the power play. Olofsson made it seven straight on a one-timer off Rasmus Dahlin‘s pass from the right circle to open
4:00 PM ET Oregon starting tight end Jacob Breeland will miss the rest of the season with a left leg injury sustained in Friday’s win over Colorado. Breeland leads No. 12 Oregon in receptions (26), receiving yards (405) and receiving touchdowns (6). He injured his leg in the first half against Colorado and later appeared
3:38 PM ET Joanna Jedrzejczyk said Monday that her right foot, which she injured in Saturday’s win over Michelle Waterson, is not broken and that a title shot against UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili is next. “I got the results yesterday and my foot was not broken,” Jedrzejczyk said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “The
3:24 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver held a tense meeting with players from the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers last week when he arrived in Shanghai, sources told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols. During the meeting, sources said several prominent players also voiced frustration about what they perceived as being put in the middle of