2:23 AM ET ESPN staff All you need to know about the 2018 NBA Africa Game. What Is It, and When Is It Played? Team Africa play Team World in the third NBA Africa Game at Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria on Saturday, Aug. 4. The game, which tips off at 5pm (CAT),
Month: August 2018
8:04 PM ET Before former welterweight world titleholders Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia do battle for a vacant belt on Sept. 8, Yordenis Ugas and Cesar Barrionuevo will fight in a title elimination bout with an eventual shot against the main event winner at stake. Ugas-Barrionuevo was added Wednesday as the co-feature to the Porter-Garcia
7:01 PM ET Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday as the school announced it is investigating Courtney Smith’s claims that several people close to the coach knew of a 2015 allegation of domestic violence against her ex-husband, former Ohio State assistant football coach Zach Smith, who was fired
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN It began late last fall, when he began coughing up blood. It would happen randomly for New York Rangers winger Chris Kreider. For a few days, he’d be symptom-free. Then Kreider would wake up and spew blood, then break out in coughing fits throughout the day that he describes as
9:16 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Showing signs of returning to his old form, right down to the return winner on the last point, Andy Murray moved into the third round at the Citi Open by beating No. 4 seed Kyle Edmund 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4 on Wednesday for just his third victory since
5:00 PM BST England internationals Mako and Billy Vunipola have extended their contracts with Premiership champions Saracens until 2022. The brothers have played a major part in Saracens’ recent success, winning three Premiership titles and two European Cups since 2014. Prop Mako, 27, joined from Bristol in 2011 while No. 8 Billy, 25, moved from
5:03 PM ET AKRON, Ohio — Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson played a nine-hole practice round at Firestone Country Club on Wednesday, and while it is unclear whether they discussed their proposed $10 million 18-hole match, the exhibition is moving toward being finalized. Tiger Woods is looking at playing five of the next six tournaments,
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 129 for 6 (Hammond 35, Rashid 2-14) beat Sussex 127 for 8 (Evans 46, Payne 2-15) by four wicketsScorecard Gloucestershire returned to the top of the South Group after scrambling to a four-wicket win over Sussex Sharks in the Vitality Blast at Hove. A slow pitch was perfect
4:51 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes will retire former captain Shane Doan‘s number during a pregame ceremony on Feb. 24. Doan will have his No. 19 retired before the Coyotes face the Winnipeg Jets, joining former Coyotes players Keith Tkachuk, Jeremy Roenick and Teppo Numminen in the franchise’s ring of
4:06 PM ET Chamatkar Sandhu Michael Page has signed a new long-term deal with Bellator, and he’s on the verge of fighting Paul Daley in the first round of the promotion’s welterweight grand prix. In short, he’s a happy man. Page (13-0) says the new agreement won’t preclude him from continuing his boxing career, a