Real Madrid’s Luka Modric insists that although Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are exceptional talents, his Ballon d’Or win was for those players like Xavi who missed out because of their domination of the trophy. Real Madrid star Luka Modric has won the 2018 Ballon d’Or, with Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg becoming the first female
4:00 PM ET Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy reimbursed an Oklahoma City radio personality who bet $250 on the Cowboys to win more than eight games in Las Vegas before the season. Oklahoma State junior defensive end Jordan Brailford, a first team All-Big 12 selection this season, will forgo his senior season and enter the
2:51 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Chicago Bulls players have had 24 hours, one practice and a shootaround to digest the dismissal of Fred Hoiberg as head coach and Jim Boylen’s promotion from associate head coach. “It’s tough,” Zach LaVine said after shootaround on Tuesday morning. “I texted [Hoiberg] right afterwards and let him
1. Nathan MacKinnon, C, Col C1 1 2. Auston Matthews, C, Tor C2 10 3. Connor McDavid, C, Edm C3 2 4. Brad Marchand, LW, Bos LW1 3 5. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TB RW1 6 6. Mark Scheifele, C, Wpg C4 7 7. John Tavares, C, Tor C5 5 8. Mikko Rantanen, RW, Col RW2
1:00 PM ET Unified women’s lightweight world titleholder Katie Taylor is headed stateside to defend her belts against Eva Wahlstrom, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Tuesday. The fight has been added to the undercard of unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez’s rise in weight to challenge Rocky Fielding for his secondary super middleweight
12:41 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Kurt Busch and sponsor Monster Energy will move to Chip Ganassi Racing next season for Busch’s 20th season in NASCAR. The partnership announced Tuesday is a one-year contract for Busch to drive the No. 1 Chevrolet with primary sponsorship from Monster. It is believed the one season
1:00 PM ET Sodiq Yusuff is used to fighting for his family — they are the reason he does it — but this last one was different. Yusuff (8-1) scored a first-round knockout against Suman Moktahrian in his UFC debut last weekend in Australia. The Nigerian featherweight immediately dedicated the performance to his older brother,
11:41 AM ET The UFC 231 main event is one of the most anticipated fights of the year for fight aficionados — perhaps even more so after what happened in July. Ahead of his first fight of 2018, UFC champ Max Holloway reveals he has battled depression this year. Max Holloway was supposed to defend
Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp insists that it was a mistake to run on the pitch to celebrate his side’s late winner against Merseyside rivals Everton. Substitute Divock Origi capitalized on a misjudged save from Jordan Pickford to clinch the Merseyside Derby for Liverpool in injury time. Substitute Divock Origi capitalized on a misjudged save from Jordan
7:18 AM ET Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul says there is no reason why his team should still be lagging behind Mercedes and Ferrari in terms of engine power next year. Renault has struggled to match the power output of its rivals since the start of turbo-hybrid era in 2014 and customer team Red Bull, which