1:33 AM ET Mikaela Mayer took another step toward becoming the undisputed junior lightweight champion Friday night in Las Vegas, beating Maiva Hamadouche by unanimous decision to retain her WBO title and pick up Hamadouche’s IBF crown. Mayer won the fight 100-90, 99-91, 98-92 — with two scorecards not necessarily indicative of what happened in
Month: November 2021
11:01 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ben Rhodes opened the NASCAR season with back-to-back wins and closed it Friday night by winning the Truck Series championship. Rhodes finished third at Phoenix Raceway behind race winner Chandler Smith and Stuart Friesen. But he was the first championship contender to cross the finish line and
1:47 PM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — Russia won the decisive doubles match Friday to beat the United States 2-1 and reach the final of the Billie Jean King Cup. Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova defeated the American pair of Shelby Rogers and Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-3 after the teams split the two singles matches
8:11 PM ET MEXICO CITY — The main road approaching the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez was at a standstill 30 minutes before the opening practice session of the Mexican Grand Prix on Friday morning. Traffic jams are not uncommon in Mexico City, but this one was locked solid for at least two miles and growing in
News Harmanpreet smashes 65 from 32 balls as Renegades post second-highest total in WBBL history to defeat Brisbane Heat Melbourne Renegades 4 for 207 (Harmanpreet 65, Jones 62, Rodrigues 52) beat Brisbane Heat (Kimmince 42, Falconer 4-29) by 15 runs Blistering half-centuries from Harmanpreet Kaur, Eve Jones and Jemimah Rodrigues have helped Melbourne Renegades produce
10:34 PM ET ESPN News Services Former Las Vegas Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs will face two additional felony charges and a misdemeanor following his involvement in a fiery crash that left a woman dead and Ruggs and his girlfriend injured, according to court records obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Ruggs initially faced felony charges
7:08 PM ET Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has poked fun at Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, saying the Austrian would make a good pantomime villain. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton are engaged in one of F1’s all-time great title fights this year. Tensions have been high between both drivers and both
8:51 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Corniche won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by 1 3/4 lengths at Del Mar on Friday, stamping the colt as the early favorite for next year’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, where his trainer, Bob Baffert, has been banned. Sent off as the 7-5 favorite,
6:03 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — When Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant faced off in September, the boxers exchanged blows; the latter emerged with a cut under his right eye. This time, with tensions at a fevered pitch, security ensured the fighters didn’t throw any punches (but still allowed them to be close
8:19 PM ET DETROIT — Mayor-elect Eric Adams said Friday night that New York City will not change its COVID-19 vaccination mandate that currently prevents Kyrie Irving from playing in games there. Adams, who won the city’s mayoral election Tuesday, put the onus on the NBA and Irving to find a resolution. The current mandate