8:15 PM ET Associated Press VISTA, Calif. — Famed former jockey Patrick Valenzuela has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence for slapping his girlfriend at a Southern California restaurant. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the seven-time Breeders Cup winner entered the plea earlier this week, was fined nearly $900 and ordered to take domestic
Month: October 2018
7:35 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The day after losing their season opener in Portland, the Los Angeles Lakers gathered in their film room and listened to a Pulitzer Prize winner talk to the team about sacrifice, preparation and releasing negativity. Kendrick Lamar, the first rapper to win the Pulitzer for music, visited with
4:50 PM ET Last week’s trends came through, with the Pittsburgh Steelers winning outright as an underdog in Cincinnati. Which NFL underdog can pull off a Week 7 upset? Here a few reasons you should look at the New York Jets on Sunday against Minnesota. Where does the betting value lie in Week 7? Our
6:47 PM ET Associated Press The new college football rule rewarding teams for making fair catches on kickoffs has not caught on like officiating supervisors expected and more changes could be made in 2019 to further reduce kick returns or make them safer. If a fair catch is made on a kickoff anywhere between the
6:43 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Scott Dunlap and Fran Quinn shot 5-under 67 on Friday to share the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ playoff-opening Dominion Energy Charity Classic. Fighting a left wrist injury that will require surgery, Dunlap matched Quinn with a closing birdie on the par-5 18th on the
2:56 AM ET MILWAUKEE — When they fell 10 games below .500 to basically put their season on the brink in the middle of May, the Los Angeles Dodgers responded by winning 43 of their next 63 games, thrusting themselves into the race. When a bullpen meltdown prompted a 3-9 stretch around the middle of
6:42 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights signed forward Alex Tuch to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $4.75 million, the team announced Friday. The size of new chest protectors as mandated by the NHL, in conjunction with the NHLPA, is leading to more pain for goalies, according to several netminders.
12:32 AM ET Ariel Helwani Close ESPN Staff Writer Ariel Helwani is an MMA reporter at ESPN. Follow him on Twitter at @arielhelwani. Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Luke Rockhold (16-4) told ESPN on Friday that he has been forced
5:46 PM ET Top seed Julia Goerges is into the final of the Luxembourg Open after she overcame Eugenie Bouchard at the Kockelscheuer Sport Centre. The German world No. 9 — bidding for her fourth WTA Tour win in the last 12 months — defeated her Canadian opponent 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-1 to end Bouchard’s fine
Oct 18, 2018 NFL Nation Six weeks into the NFL season, teams are beginning to break away from the pack — for the playoff race, and for the 2019 NFL draft. The 49ers, Cardinals, Colts, Giants and Raiders are all clumped together at 1-5 and headed for lost seasons. If we went by tiebreakers to