5:56 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is “ahead of schedule” as he recovers from surgery he had to repair a high-ankle sprain he suffered during the SEC championship game earlier this month, coach Nick Saban said Monday. “He’s doing well,” Saban said. “I think he’s probably ahead of schedule. He’s been
5:18 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Dominick Cruz has another lengthy injury recovery ahead of him. The former two-time UFC bantamweight champion, who last week pulled out of next month’s scheduled bout with John Lineker, revealed Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show that he tore two ligaments in his right shoulder during sparring and will undergo
4:48 PM ET Former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, who announced his retirement in May after a knockout loss to Lyoto Machida, now plans to fight again. “I am a free agent,” Belfort said on ESPN’s Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “We are in conversation (with promotions). In 2019 I will come back.” Belfort, 41,
5:00 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Oklahoma City Thunder have picked up the option on coach Billy Donovan’s contract for the 2019-20 season, the final year on his original five-year deal, a league source told ESPN. Donovan has a 150-96 (.610) record in his three-plus seasons with the Thunder, trailing only Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich
4:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The women’s tennis tour has approved rule changes that involve seedings after a return from pregnancy. Former No. 1 players Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka are recent new mothers on the tour. The WTA says players returning to the tour may use a “special ranking” for
4:10 PM ET Claressa Shields, the three-belt unified women’s middleweight world titleholder, added another significant line to her growing resume Monday when the Boxing Writers Association of America named her as the recipient of the 2018 Christy Martin Award for female fighter of the year. Shields, 23, of Flint, Michigan, won the second annual award
5:14 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Philadelphia Flyers fired head coach Dave Hakstol on Monday, the third-longest tenured coach in franchise history … wait, how is that even possible? He was hired in 2015. [Checks record book] Yikes. That is, like, a lot of head coaches right there. Anyway, the Flyers fired Dave Hakstol on
2:46 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers are bringing back reliever Matt Bush with a minor league contract as the right-hander recovers from elbow surgery. Texas said Monday that it has agreed to minor league deals with Bush, pitchers Zac Curtis and Tim Dillard, and infielder Chase d’Arnaud. They will report
12:54 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have placed goaltender Cory Schneider on injured reserve with an abdominal strain. The Devils announced the injury Monday and recalled goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood from Binghamton (AHL). Schneider, who lost his starting job to Keith Kinkaid last season, has struggled this season after offseason
12:25 PM ET The visibility of tennis coaches on the ATP and WTA tours has been growing by leaps and bounds, but at the same time, the top names, as successful as some have been, don’t seem to enjoy great job security these days. Millions of viewers now watch and listen as coaches advise WTA