5:20 PM ET Machine Gun Kelly has known Stipe Miocic for a long time, but he doesn’t hesitate when asked about his favorite memory of their friendship. Two years ago at the House of Blues in Cleveland — the city from which both the rapper and UFC heavyweight champion hail — he had just finished
Month: July 2018
Sid Lowe and the FC crew conduct a deep dive into Spain’s World Cup exit and call Fernando Hierro’s tactics into question after the defeat to Russia. Relive Russia’s thrilling upset over Spain in the round of 16 in Lego form. KRASNODAR, Russia — Spain started as a victim of chaos and ended a victim
9:45 AM ET Dale Earnhardt Jr. won’t be a trendsetter when he arrives in the NBC broadcast booth this week at Chicagoland. He will follow in the footsteps of some of the best drivers (and the not-so-best drivers) who went from Cup racer to talking about Cup races. The list includes drivers who are Hall
1:11 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Federal authorities say they have intercepted a shipment of 108 phony replica Super Bowl rings representing many past champion teams, including the Philadelphia Eagles. This is what a real Super Bowl ring looks like as a visitor peers through a magnifying glass at the NFL Experience before Super
1:08 PM ET Welterweight Jaron Ennis, one of the top prospects in boxing but unseen by most, is about to receive the television exposure he has been longing for. Ennis, a 21-year-old from Philadelphia, will face Armando Alvarez in the scheduled 10-round main event of a “ShoBox: The New Generation” tripleheader on July 20 (Showtime,
12:35 PM ET Former NHL No. 1 overall pick Nail Yakupov is returning to the KHL, signing a one-year contract with SKA St. Petersburg on Tuesday. The Edmonton Oilers made Yakupov the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 draft. He was the third of three straight No. 1 overall picks for the franchise, joining
12:22 PM ET Mercedes technical director James Allison believes the way his team dealt with its strategy mistake at the Austrian Grand Prix shows a healthy attitude towards failure within Mercedes. Mercedes’ double retirement was a dark day for the team, but they might not be the ones regretting the result of the Austrian Grand
1:15 PM ET BOSTON — Celtics first-round draft pick Robert Williams took responsibility for the missed flight that caused him to miss Boston’s first summer league practice Sunday and admitted it didn’t help the “bad image” people have of him. Williams, of Texas A&M, was projected as a lottery pick but slipped to Boston at
12:59 PM ET The fate of Leslie Smith‘s legal action against the UFC remains undetermined for now, despite a short-lived celebration last week. A former UFC bantamweight, Smith, 35, filed a case against the UFC with the National Labor Relations Board earlier this year, accusing the promotion of taking retaliatory actions against her in April
1:03 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Two-time champion Rafael Nadal moved into the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 win over Dudi Sela of Israel. The second-seeded Nadal hadn’t played a match since claiming his 11th French Open title last month, but showed little sign of rust as he cruised