9:02 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The UFC’s middleweight unification bout between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya is official for UFC 243 on Saturday, after both fighters successfully made weight on Friday. Whittaker (20-4), the 185-pound division’s current champion, weighed in at 185 pounds. Adesanya (17-0), the interim titleholder, clearly had no trouble making weight,
7:59 PM ET The NFL has informed Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict that he hit another defenseless Indianapolis Colts player in Sunday’s game, agent Lamont Smith told ESPN’s Josina Anderson. Smith said Burfict was notified by letter Thursday about the unflagged hit, three days after the league suspended him for the remainder of the season
8:04 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Cheyenne Knight took a share of the lead into the weekend in her home LPGA Tour event. A two-time Texas state high school champion at Aledo, just west of Fort Worth, Knight shot a 4-under 67 on Friday to join Alena Sharp and Brittany Altomare atop
7:03 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green admits that after a summer full of transition and roster turnover, the first week of training camp has been ‘different’ as the proud organization tries to find a new rhythm without key pieces such as Kevin Durant and veterans Andre Iguodala and Shaun
9:06 AM ET Steve KimESPN Middleweight Sergiy Derevyanchenko came awfully close to winning his first word title a year ago, but suffered a split decision loss to Daniel Jacobs. Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KOs) gets a second opportunity when he faces Gennady Golovkin for the vacant IBF world title in what is by far the most
6:27 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The NFL has fined Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting left tackle Donovan Smith $28,075 for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Los Angeles Rams cornerback Marcus Peters, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. The hit came after quarterback Jameis Winston‘s pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by
6:17 PM ET Tennessee plans to start true freshman Brian Maurer at quarterback on Saturday against No. 3 Georgia, sources told ESPN. Maurer replaces junior Jarrett Guarantano, who started the first four games this season and has been the Vols’ starter since the midway point of his freshman season. Tennessee (1-3, 0-1 SEC) has struggled
5:04 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — A colt has been euthanized at Keeneland after being severely injured in a race, and a filly suffered an injury and was vanned back to the barn after another race on the opening day of the track’s fall meet. The track said Stella D’Oro was euthanized Friday
4:25 PM ET ESPN News Services The junior middleweight title fight between Ivana Habazin and Claressa Shields on Saturday has been called off after James Ali Bashir, the veteran trainer for Habazin, was struck by an unidentified person and knocked unconscious at a weigh-in Friday. The assailant fled the scene, which took place at the
3:39 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Adri Arnaus and Rafa Cabrera Bello took a one-shot lead of the Spanish Open on Friday, as Spaniards finished the second round in the top four spots on the leaderboard. Samuel del Val was third, followed by defending champion Jon Rahm, another stroke behind. Arnaus, who is playing