Marcus Rashford looked devoid of confidence in Manchester United’s loss at Newcastle. Manchester United’s disastrous start to the Premier League season continued as they were beaten 1-0 by Newcastle United at St. James’ Park on Sunday. Matthew Longstaff slotted home the winner on his league debut with just less than 20 minutes remaining, condemning the
4:21 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — The scariest thing about Gerrit Cole is not his fastball, which is saying something, seeing as the video ribbon at Minute Maid Park spent the eighth inning in Game 2
2:54 AM ET On a Saturday in which the top two teams in the AP and coaches’ polls didn’t play, the other College Football Playoff contenders behind Alabama and Clemson held serve without much drama. Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Wisconsin each won by 24 points or more. Florida made the biggest
7:24 PM ET ESPN’s MMA contributors break down the biggest takeaways from UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya. Ariel Helwani welcomes the Israel Adesanya era Israel Adesanya made his UFC debut on Feb. 11, 2018. That isn’t a typo. He debuted against Rob Wilkinson on the undercard of UFC 221 a year-and-a-half ago. On Saturday night,
4:44 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Washington Nationals bullpen spent the regular season defying belief. During the MLB postseason, they’re defying convention. In Tuesday’s wild-card win over the Brewers, Stephen Strasburg pitched three dominant innings in relief of ace Max Scherzer to pick up the win. On Friday, in Washington’s 4-2 victory over the
12:48 AM ET The UFC has a new undisputed champion. And maybe a new superstar on its hands, too. Israel Adesanya knocked out Robert Whittaker with a right-hook-left-hook combination at 3:33 of the second round Saturday in the main event of UFC 243 in Melbourne, Australia. Adesanya unified the middleweight title with the stoppage victory.
1:15 AM ET Steve KimESPN While Gennadiy Golovkin can once again call himself a middleweight world titleholder after defeating the rugged Sergiy Derevyanchenko over 12 memorable rounds at Madison Square Garden, the fight raised some questions about the long term viability of Golovkin as an elite fighter. The scores for this bout were 114-113, 115-112
11:56 PM ET NEW YORK — After a historic middleweight world title reign that came to an end in controversial fashion 13 months ago, Gennadiy Golovkin yearned for another title belt. He got it on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden but his brawl with Sergiy Derevyanchenko may have been the hardest fight of his
Keeper howlers, injury crises, and chef Brendan Rodgers serving up some delightful delicacies. Buckle up: It’s Nick Miller’s Premier League weekend review. JUMP TO: Liverpool the new United? | United no longer United | Spurs are rotting | Keep an eye on Villa Have Man City already lost title? It’s the end of the first
12:46 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry knew exactly how he wanted to christen Chase Center on Saturday night. After moving out of Oracle Arena in Oakland after 47 years and moving across the Bay to San Francisco, Curry made it clear to his teammates that he wanted to take