12:50 AM ET There is a new UFC heavyweight champion and a new combat sports superstar. Francis Ngannou is possibly on his way to owning one of the greatest years in combat sports, and it began with a brutal knockout of Stipe Miocic, the greatest heavyweight of all-time. So what’s next for Ngannou? Millions? Endorsements?
Report The visitors also handed out maiden T20I caps to left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh Tim Southee won the toss and chose to bat first against Bangladesh in the first of the three-match T20I series in Hamilton. “It was a great one-day series but
11:26 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Known Agenda owner Vincent Viola kept asking trainer Todd Pletcher the same question over the past few days. “Do you think we really have a shot in the Florida Derby?” Pletcher kept telling him the answer was yes. And the horse left no doubt. Known Agenda
5:33 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR feverishly tried to save its ballyhooed first Cup Series dirt race since 1970 from turning into a total disaster, the likes not seen since the 2008 tire debacle at Indianapolis made for one of the worst events in sport history. The Cup Series is slated to
6:26 PM ET As the Oklahoma City Thunder turn to younger players in the nightly rotation, five-time All-Star center Al Horford will no longer will be active for games this season, sources told ESPN. Horford, 34, plans to remain with his Oklahoma City teammates and train at the team facility, but he won’t play in
9:38 PM ET Evan Fournier‘s debut with the Boston Celtics will have to wait, as the newly acquired guard was placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Saturday. “I don’t really want to get into the specifics of everything, because I don’t know all the answers,” coach Brad Stevens said before the Celtics
11:26 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Doc Rivers might no longer be on the LA Clippers‘ sideline, but he still thinks the Western Conference will be decided by his old team and the Los Angeles Lakers. Rivers faced his former team on Saturday for the first time since being let go following the Clippers’ 3-1
8:13 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers have emerged as strong front-runners to sign center Andre Drummond, sources told ESPN on Saturday night. Drummond clears waivers on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET but could finalize a commitment to join the Lakers earlier this weekend, sources said. The Lakers’ star players and front office have been
6:14 PM ET Free-agent veteran LaMarcus Aldridge will sign with the Brooklyn Nets, agent Jeff Schwartz told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. The Nets, loading up for a title run, have now secured Aldridge and Blake Griffin in the buyout market. Aldridge is expected to see a significant amount of his minutes at center for
1:01 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Top-ranked Ash Barty advanced to the fourth round at the Miami Open by beating Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2 Saturday. Barty had a much easier time than in the previous round, when she saved a match point to beat qualifier Kristina Kucova. That was Barty’s first match away from