2:20 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Moments after an emphatic 38-10 victory over Oregon on Friday to claim Utah’s first Pac-12 title, Utes coach Kyle Whittingham stood on a stage and looked out at his team and the thousands of Utah fans who stayed to watch the trophy presentation. “This is for Ty and Aaron,”
Month: December 2021
1:53 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Oregon coach Mario Cristobal confirmed the school has approached him with an enhanced contract but also acknowledged other programs likely will pursue him in the coming days. The Miami Herald and several other media outlets reported Friday that Miami is poised to make a push for Cristobal, a former
12:03 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a light heavyweight matchup in early 2022 between former champion Jan Blachowicz and Aleksandar Rakic, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. Contracts have not been signed; however, both sides have agreed to the bout, per sources. Once finalized, it will headline a UFC Fight Night event on March 26.
12:47 AM ET Sergio Pettis was losing just about every second of the fight until deep into the fourth round. Kyoji Horiguchi was faster, stronger, showed better wrestling and was winning the striking battle. Pettis had absolutely no answers. Until he did. Pettis crushed Horiguchi with a spinning-backfist knockout at 3 minutes, 24 seconds of
11:28 PM ET Associated Press Darlene Hard, an aggressive serve-and-volley player who won three major singles titles and 18 major doubles titles in a Hall of Fame tennis career, has died. She was 85. She died Thursday at Northridge Hospital in the Los Angeles area after a brief illness, according to Mona Cravens, director of
12:20 PM ET Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said he wants to do everything in his power to be a force for positive change in Saudi Arabia ahead of the country’s first race. Hamilton will wear Pride colours on his race helmet for the second race in a row this weekend, having done so at
11:44 PM ET Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen announced that he is bipolar in an Instagram post on Friday night and said he will be an advocate for mental health after an incident last week in which he called police to his home and then refused to leave. “It’s true I am bipolar. I
9:24 PM ET Associated Press Urine testing of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has shown that a steroid present in the colt’s system came from a topical ointment and not an injection, according to an attorney for trainer Bob Baffert. Medina Spirit tested positive for the steroid betamethasone after winning the May 1 race and
9:28 PM ET For the third time, Lincoln Riley has flipped an Oklahoma commit to USC. ESPN Junior 300 wide receiver Makai Lemon, who had been committed to the Sooners since August, announced Friday that he has committed to the Trojans. Lemon, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound receiver out of Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos,
8:59 PM ET LAS VEGAS — With negotiations regarding College Football Playoff expansion ongoing, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff expressed some frustration with how the process has unfolded over the past several months. “I think one of the mistakes that was made in the expansion discussions was in June,” Kliavkoff said. “Before everybody needed to agree