2:10 AM ET Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell will face Rizin Fighting Federation’s Kyoji Horiguchi in a cross-promotional arrangement on Dec. 31 in Saitama, Japan, the two promotions announced Wednesday. Caldwell (13-1) and Horiguchi (25-2) will compete for Rizin’s inaugural 135-pound championship. Caldwell’s Bellator title will not be on the line. “Bellator wants to
shares Mushfiqur Rahim celebrates his double-century © AFP Big Picture ‘Spin it to win it’ seems to be the watchword in the Bangladesh-West Indies Test series. The Dhaka pitch for the second game is likely to be as helpful to the spinners as the Chattogram surface was, although the home side will tell you
1:05 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — A few nights after staying more than two and a half hours after the buzzer for a late-night solo shooting session, Russell Westbrook bounced back with one of his most complete games of the season, which included his 107th career triple-double to tie Jason Kidd for third on the
1:40 AM ET Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky, canceled Thursday classes after an alleged threat was made against the school on Twitter due to football coach Jeff Brohm’s decision to turn down the University of Louisville job and instead remain at Purdue University. Brohm attended Trinity, as did his brothers, Greg and Brian, and
12:15 AM ET HOUSTON — For the Houston Rockets, the best thing about their fourth consecutive loss was that it was lopsided enough for coach Mike D’Antoni to decide to pull his overworked starters with more than seven minutes remaining. The injury-riddled Rockets’ lack of depth was exposed in Wednesday’s 128-108 loss to the Dallas
11:54 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Coming off one of their worst-attended games of the past decade, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be giving away free tickets to this week’s game against the Carolina Panthers, team officials told ESPN. Season-ticket holders received notices that they are eligible to receive two free tickets Sunday and have
11:16 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Quarterback Will McBride says on social media he’s transferring from Tennessee after a season in which he didn’t appear in a single game. In a tweet Wednesday announcing his departure, McBride said he’d “learned a lot” during his two years at Tennessee and that “I will always
9:26 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports LAS VEGAS — NASCAR will laud 28-year-old Joey Logano as its Cup series champion Thursday night, and Logano has a pretty simple idea of what type of champion he wants to be over
10:22 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The experience of having twin sons born prematurely has given Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan every reason to support those who have gone through or will experience the same. Ryan, as part of the NFL’s “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign, will wear a pair of two-tone blue cleats
9:49 PM ET Joel AndersonESPN ESPN 300 four-star quarterback Max Johnson, the son of former NFL and Florida State quarterback Brad Johnson, made a verbal commitment to LSU on Wednesday. Count that as the second time Miami head coach Mark Richt lost to the Tigers this fall. But this was more personal. Richt is one