9:03 PM ET NEW YORK — UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will get a second shot at defending his title on home soil. UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Friday that Whittaker (20-4) will defend his title against Kelvin Gastelum (15-3) in his home country of Australia. White did not provide a specific date,
10:22 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Clint Bowyer went faster than 200 mph, just as pole sitter Ryan Blaney did during NASCAR Cup qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday. “It’s so hard to sit here and explain to somebody what that lap feels like, and the adjustments you have to make,”
6:44 PM ET Houston Astros left-hander Dallas Keuchel and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper were two of seven major league players to receive qualifying offers Friday. The players who received offers have 10 days to accept a $17.9 million salary for 2019 — the mean salary of MLB’s 125 highest-paid players — or become a
6:29 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed on a three-year extension that will keep the greatest pitcher of his generation from venturing into the free-agent market. The deal will pay the 30-year-old left-hander $93 million, a source told ESPN on Friday, and includes incentives based on workload
5:21 PM ET Last week’s top trends didn’t come through after the Chiefs allowed a backdoor field goal to the Broncos and the Packers-Rams over came up a point short. Which NFL underdog can pull off a Week 9 upset? Here are a few reasons you should look at the Pittsburgh Steelers in Baltimore on
5:56 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Su’a Cravens will buckle a chinstrap on a football helmet and play in a regular-season game Sunday for the first time since Dec. 11, 2016. Cravens, who has been on injured reserve since the end of the preseason with a knee injury, was formally moved to the Denver Broncos‘
5:54 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton says he believes he has a “great relationship with management” and does not feel like he is “going anywhere.” Walton spoke with the media hours after ESPN reported that Lakers president Magic Johnson met with the coach on Tuesday and admonished him
4:02 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Yanni Gourde to a six-year deal worth almost $31 million, general manager Julien BriseBois announced Friday. The 26-year-old Gourde, who has four goals and 12 points through 12 games this season, will make an average of $5.166 million under the new deal. “We are very
3:21 PM ET Last week, the most notable trend came through with Oklahoma State upsetting Texas. Washington State also continued its perfect ATS season with an upset win at Stanford. This week, the top trends point to a couple of big underdogs — Northwestern and Louisiana Tech Here are the rest of the betting trends
5:23 PM ET With no teams having played more than 14 games this season, we still have a small enough sample size to have some quirky stats. Here are a few of them that have fantasy implications. Catch more than 180 NHL games streaming live this season on ESPN+. Click here for the upcoming schedule