6:23 PM ET Austin Lindberg PORTLAND, Ore. — New York City FC lifted the first piece of silverware in the club’s seven-season history on Saturday, defeating the Portland Timbers 4-2 on penalties, after the sides were deadlocked at 1-1 after completing 120 minutes at Providence Park, to win MLS Cup. The 2021 Golden Boot winner
Month: December 2021
5:01 AM ET Rookie quarterback Davis Mills‘ performance for the remainder of the season figures to influence how the Houston Texans will handle their offseason. If the Texans end up with a top-three pick in next year’s NFL draft, they could lock into selecting a defensive end such as Michigan’s Aiden Hutchinson or Oregon’s Kayvon
4:56 AM ET Joe Brady, who was fired last Sunday as the Carolina Panthers‘ offensive coordinator, already has heard from multiple NFL teams, a source told ESPN. Brady prefers to continue coaching in the NFL, and the expectation is that he will stay in the league next season, according to sources. Brady could return to
4:52 AM ET Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers‘ toe injury is expected to last for the remainder of the season, sources told ESPN. One source told ESPN that doctors can’t completely numb the fractured pinkie toe because Rodgers has to feel his foot to throw — otherwise it drags and he can’t feel it
5:00 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — When fans started lining up outside Providence Park on Monday, five days before the Timbers were set to host their first MLS Cup, their rationale boiled down to something simple: They wanted to experience history. Portland has billed itself as Soccer City USA for decades and the opportunities to
2:13 AM ET Nonito Donaire showed boxing can still be an old man’s game. Donaire, 39, successfully defended his WBC bantamweight belt with a fourth-round knockout win over Reymart Gaballo on Saturday night in the sparsely filled Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. In an all-Filipino clash, Donaire scored a victory with a second
1:53 AM ET Charles Oliveira had something to prove on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Sure, he was already the UFC lightweight champion, but many still doubted his status, opting to believe that Dustin Poirier was the best lightweight in the world. No longer. With a third-round submission victory over Poirier, Oliveira secured his place
12:01 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko floored Richard Commey hard in Round 7, leaving his opponent on wobbly legs and in big trouble. He pleaded with Commey’s corner to stop the contest, but it allowed the marquee fight to continue. The stoppage never materialized for Lomachenko after that, but he still won in dominant
1:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko was on the verge of the statement win he was searching for Saturday, the kind of performance that could land him a shot at the undisputed lightweight championship. After he floored Richard Commey in the seventh round of their lightweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Lomachenko
11:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The two best middleweight fighters in the world will meet again early next year. Israel Adesanya will defend his UFC middleweight title against former champion Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 271 on Feb. 12 in Houston, the promotion announced Saturday during the UFC 269 broadcast. Adesanya