3:56 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a welterweight title fight between Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns for UFC 256 on Dec. 12, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The 170-pound title fight was supposed to headline UFC 251 on July 11 in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, however Burns was pulled from the
7:55 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed third baseman Justin Turner on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring. The major league-leading Dodgers also activated third baseman Edwin Rios and left-hander Alex Wood from the injured list Tuesday. Rios was in the Dodgers’ lineup against Arizona
1:27 PM ET Major League Baseball has postponed the Thursday finale of this week’s three-game series between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. The announcement came one day after MLB initially postponed games between the A’s and Mariners on Tuesday and Wednesday in Seattle “out of an abundance of caution” after a member of Oakland’s
5:45 PM ET GREENSBURG, Pa. — Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez, facing multiple charges of sexually assaulting a minor, testified Tuesday that police officers lied last year when they said he confessed to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Vazquez, speaking publicly for the first time since his arrest almost a year ago, also testified
5:15 PM ET LA Clippers guard Lou Williams said emotions were running high and that the Clippers “didn’t really know our positions” on ending the NBA season when the players discussed the possibility last Wednesday. “We spoke, we had one opinion, and we spoke again, we had a different opinion,” Williams said of the Clippers’
5:24 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Disappointment has begun to mount among Milwaukee Bucks players inside the NBA bubble and it doesn’t have anything to do with basketball or falling behind 1-0 to the Miami Heat. The Bucks suffered a 115-104 loss to the Heat on Monday, but on the same day in Wisconsin, there was
3:46 PM ET The UFC is targeting a welterweight rematch between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. Bout agreements are not signed, but both sides are interested in the rematch. TMZ reported that the bout is targeted for UFC 256 on Dec. 12. The UFC is looking to book the
6:37 PM ET Danny Lewis TOP STORY: Messi strikes €700m deal with City Football Group Lionel Messi is desperate to leave Barcelona and The Daily Record is reporting that the wantaway Barcelona talisman has reached a deal with City Football Group to make that happen. 2 Related Their report suggests that CFG have offered the
6:36 PM ET Francesco Molinari is the only player among the top 50 in the world who has yet to return to competitive golf since the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, and he has withdrawn from the U.S. Open in two weeks. But the Italian star, who won The Open in 2018 and was the 54-hole leader
6:23 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Gary Stead has been reappointed as the New Zealand men’s head coach for another three years in a deal that takes him to the end of the 2023 World Cup in India. Stead took the job as Mike Hesson’s successor in 2018 and the team reached the final of the