10:19 PM ET The Bellator debut of “Mr. VanZant” will take place next month. Austin Vanderford, the husband of UFC star Paige VanZant, will make his Bellator debut on Feb. 15 against Cody Jones in a 175-pound catchweight fight, sources told ESPN. The fight will happen on the main card of Bellator 215, which takes
8:36 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Jack McKeon, 88, has been hired as a senior adviser for the Washington Nationals, sources confirmed to ESPN. McKeon’s son, Kasey, is the Nationals’ director of player procurement. A two-time National League
7:56 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Waste Management has extended its title sponsorship of the Phoenix Open through 2030. The new agreement was announced by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Waste Management president and CEO Jim Fish on Tuesday at TPC Scottsdale. The deal replaces a 10-year agreement that started with the
5:54 PM ET Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson has been suspended indefinitely and admitted into stage two of the league’s substance abuse and behavioral health program, the league and the NHLPA announced in a joint statement Tuesday. The suspension is “related exclusively to his ongoing issues with alcohol abuse,” the statement said. The suspension is
1:59 PM ET Richard Mann TJ Dillashaw‘s quest to become a two-division champion has left the bantamweight division in a holding pattern. However, the main event of Saturday’s UFC card in Fortaleza, Brazil, could still say a lot about determining the next challenger to Dillashaw’s title. Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes met in 2017, and
4:40 PM ET Artem Lobov‘s UFC run has come to an end. Lobov told ESPN on Tuesday that he was granted his release from the promotion after recently requesting it. He said the UFC wanted to add him to a yet-to-be announced fight card in April; however, Lobov didn’t want to wait that long and
4:17 PM ET Oleksandr Usyk, who was crowned the undisputed cruiserweight world champion, has been voted winner of the 2018 Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award in balloting results announced by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs), who was also the ESPN and Ring magazine fighter of the year
4:11 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is officially cleared to compete in the state of Nevada. The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted unanimously in favor of granting Jones a one-fight, conditional license on Tuesday, which will keep him eligible to compete even if he tests positive for the specific,
10:55 AM ET Demian Maia, arguably the best grappler in the UFC today, has done a bit of everything in his esteemed career. His elite Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills have seen him submit some of MMA’s most feared fighters over the years, and he has competed for a title belt on multiple occasions. Maia will make
3:28 PM ET The European Tour and players who are participating in this week’s inaugural Saudi International golf tournament have received criticism in the wake of the decision to go ahead with the event despite the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall. The Washington Post writer, who was living in the United States at