12:51 AM ET The UFC has announced event dates for the first quarter of 2019, including its first ESPN Fight Night card on Jan. 19 in Brooklyn, New York. That event, which does not yet have a headliner, will take place at Barclays Center and air exclusively on ESPN+. It is the first event of
1:25 AM ET NEW YORK — Daniel Cormier added several more notes to his historic résumé Saturday night in a successful heavyweight title defense against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230. Cormier (22-1) became the first fighter in UFC history to officially hold two titles simultaneously and successfully defend both. He submitted Lewis (21-6) via rear-naked
12:54 AM ET The Los Angeles Chargers will welcome back Melvin Gordon on Sunday after the star running back missed the team’s previous game with a hamstring injury. ESPN’s Adam Schefter, citing a source, reported that Gordon will face the Seattle Seahawks after the injury had kept him out of the team’s Week 7 win
11:17 PM ET Nigerian middleweight Israel Adesanya (15-0) continued his ascent to stardom with a first-round TKO over Derek Brunson (18-7) in the first fight of the UFC 230 main card Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Adesanya negated Brunson’s early attempts to get him to the floor before landing a hard
12:38 AM ET In the lead-up to their fight, Miguel Berchelt and Miguel “Mickey” Roman excitedly talked about producing the kind of battle on Saturday night that would go down in Mexican boxing lore alongside revered fights involving their famed countrymen Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez. And just as they promised,
10:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — James Harden scored 25 points, including 11 in a decisive run in the third quarter, in his return to the Houston lineup, and the Rockets defeated the Chicago Bulls 96-88 on Saturday night. Harden, who had missed three games with a strained left hamstring, scored 11 straight points
9:47 PM ET It was a triumphant occasion for Nonito Donaire, who captured the WBA bantamweight title and moved on to the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series by defeating Ryan Burnett by fifth-round TKO at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday. But the fight’s conclusion was certainly anticlimactic as Burnett (19-1,
9:18 PM ET ESPN News Services CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds say pitcher Jairo Capellan was killed and two other minor leagues players were injured in a car accident Saturday morning in the Dominican Republic. Dick Williams, the Reds’ president of baseball operations, confirmed Capellan’s death and said pitcher Raul Hernandez was in critical condition
9:01 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — Martin Truex Jr. nearly won last week at Martinsville Speedway after having to start at the rear of the field for failing postqualifying inspection. He will have a similar
8:29 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Bryson DeChambeau birdied four of the last six holes Saturday for a share of the lead with Peter Uihlein in the Shriners Hospitals For Children Open. DeChambeau shot a 6-under 66 to match Uihlein at 16-under 197 at TPC Summerlin. Uihlein, the leader after each of the