5:55 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN The UFC has lost a top fight from its card this weekend. Ilir Latifi is out of his UFC Stockholm bout with a back injury, the promotion announced Thursday. Latifi was scheduled to fight Volkan Oezdemir in the light heavyweight co-main event on Saturday’s card from Sweden. The fight will
5:24 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia has given football coach Bronco Mendenhall a two-year contract extension. Athletic director Carla Williams made the announcement Thursday. The extension will keep Mendenhall under contract with the Cavaliers through the 2024 season. Mendenhall is entering his fourth season at Virginia and has a 16-22 overall record.
5:29 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Blair Brown is accused of pointing a gun at a woman and threatening to kill her, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office incident report released Thursday afternoon. In the report, the woman claims that Brown also pushed her to the ground, kicked her in the
4:29 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — The battle continues, but it is one that marches forward, one swing at a time. That is not to say Jordan Spieth will not suffer more along the way. But the progress is real, the results positive. For the better part of 18 months, nearly back to Spieth’s last
5:30 PM ET The Golden State Warriors are trying to cement their place as an all-time team by winning their fourth NBA title in five seasons. Bettors believe that they will do just that and are overwhelmingly backing them in Game 1, despite the Warriors potentially being an underdog in an NBA Finals game for
6:51 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni has ended talks with management about a contract extension. “We could not come to terms on an extension,” D’Antoni told reporters, according to the Houston Chronicle. “I have my contract still. I’m looking forward to the year and having a great season.” D’Antoni said he
4:22 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Peyton Manning wants to “stay connected” to the NFL in every way he can these days and while working in the Monday Night Football booth or in a team’s front office is not in the cards right now, Manning said Thursday he will always listen to any opportunities that
4:14 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins drew 12,653 Wednesday night — combined. Baltimore, Cincinnati, Minnesota and Tampa Bay set stadium lows this year. Kansas City had its smallest home crowd since 2011, and Toronto and San Francisco since 2010. The Marlins’ average attendance is less than
6:49 AM ET ST. LOUIS — Perhaps St. Louis sports fans will be distracted by the Stanley Cup Final, forgetting that the Chicago Cubs and Kris Bryant will be in town for a weekend series. It’s the first time Bryant will be in St. Louis since famously calling the city “boring” during a comedy sketch
3:40 PM ET Richard Jefferson First of all, congratulations to the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors. One team is going to the NBA Finals (Game 1, ABC, 9 p.m. ET) for the first time, and the other is going for the fifth consecutive time. Franchise history is being made in two very different ways.