12:49 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The biggest day in boxing this year and the biggest in 12 months began as many other big days the sport has had over the past 12 years: with Floyd Mayweather dominating the headlines. The problem was Mayweather wasn’t fighting Saturday. He’s retired, hasn’t fought in over a year
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9:53 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Jaime Munguia retained his junior middleweight world title for the second time as he easily disposed of Brandon Cook in a third-round knockout victory on Saturday night on the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez II undercard at T-Mobile Arena. Munguia hurt Cook with a left to the body in the opening
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3:34 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez put an end to Gennady Golovkin’s historic middleweight title reign on Saturday, in a majority decision victory at T-Mobile Arena. Golovkin’s WBC and WBA belts were on the line, in a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s controversial draw. The second fight lived up to the hype,
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12:55 AM BST Wallabies coach Michael Cheika doesn’t expect Lukhan Tui will join the team for their Rugby Championship tour after indicating his desire to sit out the remainder of the season. A distraught Tui told teammates he needed to take a break from rugby after his altercation with a spectator who had allegedly pushed
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12:41 AM ET Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette is unlikely to play Sunday against the New England Patriots due to a strained hamstring, but no decision is final yet, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Fournette, who did not practice all week, has made improvement since injuring the hamstring last Sunday, but the
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12:15 AM ET LAS VEGAS — When Canelo Alvarez was awarded a surprising draw when he challenged Gennady Golovkin for the unified middleweight championship on this Mexican Independence Day weekend last year, there was heavy controversy. This time, in another hard-fought battle, Alvarez claimed a majority decision victory in the year’s biggest fight to take
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9:38 PM ET Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Scott Pinckney shot an 8-under 63 on Saturday for a share of the lead in the Albertsons Boise Open, the third of four Web.com Tour Finals events. Pinckney matched two-time PGA Tour winner Sang-Moon Bae and Roberto Diaz at 14-under 199 at Hillcrest Country Club. Bae shot
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9:57 PM 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 — Ross Chastain works on a watermelon farm in Florida but has spent the past seven years competing on the national series level to realize his dream of winning a NASCAR
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7:59 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Cole Tracy kicked a 42-yard field goal on the final play to give No. 12 LSU a 22-21 victory over No. 7 Auburn on Saturday in their Southeastern Conference opener. Joe Burrow led LSU (3-0) down the field in the final minutes with clutch plays and two
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9:20 PM ET ESPN News Services Josh Gordon‘s troubled tenure with the Cleveland Browns is coming to an end. The team announced Saturday night that it intends to release the former Pro Bowl wide receiver on Monday. The Browns provided no details behind their decision to part ways with Gordon, but a source told ESPN’s
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