9:53 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — A heavyweight bout once set to open UFC 240 on Saturday is off. Giacomo Lemos is out of a fight with Tanner Boser on the preliminary card at Rogers Place, UFC officials confirmed Thursday night to ESPN. The UFC said it was due to a “health-related issue.” Both men
9:59 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Steve Ballmer was at his coastal home about two hours outside Seattle when he got the phone call he had been waiting for. Dennis Robertson, Kawhi Leonard‘s trusted uncle and adviser, called the LA Clippers owner around 11 p.m. to inform him that Leonard was joining the Clippers. Ballmer
9:43 PM ET Morning football could be coming to the West Coast, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott acknowledged Wednesday when he revealed the conference has had preliminary discussions about scheduling games to kick off at 9 a.m. PT. “That would be new and out of the box for our conference, but I’ve tried to put everything
6:24 PM ET Entering Thursday night’s intriguing slate of fights at PFL 5, only two featherweights (Luis Rafael Laurentino, Movlid Khaybulaev) and two lightweights (Akhmed Aliev, Natan Schulte) have six points and a clear advantage in the race for the playoffs. Everything else is wide open and undetermined. That parity is due, in part, to
6:10 PM ET WESTFIELD, Ind. — The thought of NBA All-Star forward Kevin Durant tearing his Achilles in his first game back a month after suffering a calf strain influenced Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich’s approach with quarterback Andrew Luck and his return from a calf injury. “I was certainly thinking [about] it,” Reich said
6:01 PM ET A blockbuster offseason that saw multiple superstars on the move has left the NBA without a consensus title favorite and put some oddsmakers in a conundrum of trying to figure out how the season will unfold. Caesars Sportsbook posted season-win totals for each team Thursday afternoon. Seven teams opened with win totals
6:06 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup, he said Thursday. Djokovic, who won Wimbledon earlier this month for his 16th Grand Slam title, is a four-time champion at the Rogers Cup. The event rotates between Montreal and Toronto. “I’m sorry to announce that I decided to
5:39 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner has been placed on the 10-day injured list with left knee inflammation, the team announced Thursday. The move was retroactive to Monday. Gardner, who is hitting .243 with 15 homers and 41 RBIs this season, said he hurt the knee while
3:00 AM ET Lancashire 170 for 6 (Vilas 43) beat Yorkshire 161 for 9 (Pooran 43, Mahmood 3-33) by nine runs A Roses T20 tie on an impossibly sultry Headingley evening with temperatures still close to 30C: Britain’s second hottest day on record was a draining accompaniment to a raucous Blast tie that generally combusts
4:24 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres forward Evan Rodrigues has been awarded a one-year, $2 million contract following an arbitration hearing. The independent arbitrator’s ruling was announced by the Sabres on Thursday, two days after the hearing. The value of the contract represents a $1.35 million bump in pay over what