Month: August 2018

11:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Just before the most lopsided defeat of her career, Serena Williams suffered a devastating off-court blow. Williams revealed to Time, in an interview for a feature published Thursday, that she learned about 10 minutes before her match against Johanna Konta at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic that the man
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11:04 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Johnny Sauter took the lead when John Hunter Nemechek slowed because of late fuel pump issues, then held off Stewart Friesen on Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway for his fifth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season. Kasey Kahne, who has 18 career wins
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8:55 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Lizette Salas matched the Brickyard Crossing record with a 10-under 62 on Thursday in the Indy Women in Tech Championship, birdieing the final three holes for a two-stroke lead over fast-starting Angel Yin and Japan’s Nasa Hataoka. Yin birdied eight of the first nine holes in her morning
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8:34 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State Buckeyes are hanging with the Beyhive Thursday night. With Beyonce and Jay-Z performing at Ohio Stadium for their On The Run II Tour, acting head coach Ryan Day surprised players at the end of Thursday’s practice with tickets to the concert. “You guys are going to
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6:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Marlins starting pitcher Jose Urena has been suspended for six games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally hitting Atlanta Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. on Wednesday night, which led to a benches-clearing scuffle. Acuna had homered in five straight games — the last three against Miami. Urena’s discipline
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5:07 PM ET Love/Hate is dead. Long live Love/Hate. More people play on ESPN than anywhere else. Join or create a league in the No. 1 Fantasy Football game! Sign up for free! It’s five months ago, and I’m sitting in the office of my friend Pierre Becquey, who, among other things, oversees fantasy sports
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5:06 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou will face top contender Curtis Blaydes in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Beijing on November 24, sources told ESPN. Both sides have verbally agreed to the bout. Ngannou (11-3) has lost his last two fights, most recently by unanimous decision to Derrick Lewis
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3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 231 for 5 (Billings 57*, Blake 42) beat Somerset 226 for 5 (Hildreth 45, Davies 45, Gregory 44*) by five runsScorecard Kent Spitfires downed South Group leaders Somerset by five runs in a high-scoring thriller at Canterbury to book their place in the last eight of this year’s
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