Jul 2, 2018 Editor’s Note: This story initially ran ahead of UFC 220 in January. In the heavyweight division, it only takes one punch to become champion. Stipe Miocic proved that in 2016 when his right hook knocked out Fabricio Werdum in front of more than 45,000 people in Curitiba, Brazil. The scene was magical.
Month: July 2018
8:00 AM ET Kris Durham had been through hundreds of game days. His plan, naturally, was to arrive early, get dressed, take the field and warm up. Nope, he was told. Taking the field would have to wait. An under-15 youth soccer game had to finish first. The former Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee
11:11 AM BST Winger George Bridge scored two tries as the Canterbury Crusaders sealed the top spot in Super Rugby throughout the playoffs with a 45-22 victory over the Otago Highlanders to celebrate Wyatt Crockett’s 200th match milestone on Friday. David Havili, Scott Barrett and Richie Mo’unga all crossed for the Crusaders in the highly
8:00 AM BST Karmichael Hunt will make his return to rugby on the Gold Coast on Saturday when he lines up in a club match alongside fellow exile Quade Cooper. Nine months after his last outing and six months after the arrest that led to his banishment from the Queensland Reds, Hunt has been registered
6:34 AM ET ESPN staff The 2018 Tour de France teams’ launch was overshadowed by the booing and jeering at Chris Froome and Team Sky as they were introduced at a launch event Thursday evening. Froome has been cleared to race the Tour after cycling’s governing body, the UCI, closed an anti-doping case against him.
6:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Shardul Thakur will replace the injured Jasprit Bumrah in India’s ODI squad for the three matches against England. Bumrah had already been ruled out of the ongoing T20I series in England, having broken his left thumb during India’s 76-run win in the first T20I against Ireland on June
Jul 4, 2018 CHICAGO — The Cubs won their sixth straight game on Wednesday, all in come-from-behind fashion, while tallying five or more runs in their eighth straight contest. But it was infielder Javier Baez who continued to steal the show — literally. In the 5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers, Baez stole home for
1:14 AM BST He’s the son of an All Blacks great, yet Michael Little could end up wearing the red and white of Japan as he continues to star for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby. And he has a message for those who want to bring an end to the Sunwolves when the current SANZAAR
2:36 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Ronda Rousey was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on Thursday, becoming the first female inductee in the company’s history. Rousey was the UFC’s first women’s champion, holding the bantamweight belt from 2012 to 2015 and defending it six different times. She won her first 12 professional mixed
11:05 PM ET Wide receiver Marquise Goodwin has found a home with the San Francisco 49ers after a breakout season in 2017 and a three-year, $20 million contract extension. He wanted those he loves to have a home too, so he bought a new house for his mother, Tamina, and sister Deja, who has cerebral