10:54 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Atlanta Hawks rookie Trae Young and Utah Jazz rookie Grayson Allen got into a brief altercation Thursday in the final game of Utah Jazz Summer League. The play occurred just after halftime during a Hawks offensive possession. After coming off a pindown, Young popped out to the top
Month: July 2018
10:30 PM ET The UFC’s return to Germany has taken another hit. Ilir Latifi, who was scheduled to fight Glover Teixeira in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Hamburg, is injured and out of the July 22 event, multiple sources told ESPN. The promotion is currently looking for a replacement to fight Teixeira. Latifi
9:51 PM ET Former four-time, two-division world titleholder Orlando Salido was elected as a state deputy in Mexico in Sunday’s election. Salido won election in Sonora’s state legislature in a district that includes his hometown of Ciudad Obregon. He ran in the same party of Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. “It’s time to get
10:01 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Less than 24 hours after UFC 226 lost its co-headliner, UFC officials breathed a sigh of relief after seemingly avoiding another crisis. At the end of Thursday’s UFC 226 pre-fight news conference, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier tripped over a speaker and fell to the ground. He laid
9:41 PM ET ESPN News Services Seattle Mariners right fielder Mitch Haniger was scratched from Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels with a bruised right knee. If you snooze, you lose, but that’s not an issue for Mariners slugger Nelson Cruz, who seems to have pregame shuteye down to a science. The Mariners also
9:22 PM ET Associated Press ONEIDA, Wis. — Defending champion Katherine Kirk shot a 10-under 62 to take the first-round lead at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic on Thursday. Kirk wasted no time in picking up from where she left off last year. Starting on the back nine, Kirk opened with three consecutive birdies and
8:34 PM ET Associated Press WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Webb Simpson ran out of sensational shots in the end to keep him from joining an elite group. Simpson shot a 9-under-par 61 for a one-stroke lead over Whee Kim after the first round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier in West Virginia on
8:53 PM ET Nick Foles remains on a roll. As if winning MVP honors in the Super Bowl wasn’t enough, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback is now a best-selling author. Tyndale House, which published “Believe It,” Foles’ autobiography, announced via Twitter that the book will debut at No. 5 on the New York Times Hardcover, Nonfiction
8:27 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed left wing Andreas Athanasiou to a two-year contract. The 23-year-old Athanasiou set career highs with 17 assists and 33 points in 71 games last season. He has 43 goals and 33 assists in 172 career games — all with Detroit. Athanasiou was
8:21 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Toyota teams in the Xfinity Series will campaign with the Supra model in 2019, a move that corresponds with a relaunch of the Toyota sports car. Close battles, like