1:38 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — After Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens watched Utah Jazz power forward Derrick Favors slam home three thunderous alley-oop dunks early in the fourth quarter here at TD Garden Saturday night, he decided he’d seen enough. Out came Al Horford, Gordon Hayward and Jaylen Brown, joining Jayson Tatum
Month: November 2018
2:23 AM ET Abraham Ancer has streeted the field to become the first Mexican to win the Australian Open golf crown. The 27-year-old put his name on the Stonehaven Cup alongside legends Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer with a commanding five-stroke victory at The Lakes. Abraham Ancer with the Stonehaven Cup after winning
1:31 AM ET Having challenged his players to play “bold, courageous cricket” on their tour of Sri Lanka, England’s captain Joe Root said that he would take immense pride in the manner in which his players backed up their words with deeds to secure their first series win in Asia for six years. Root himself
2:06 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ireland’s Joyce twins, Isobel and Cecelia, announced their retirement from international cricket after Ireland’s eight-wicket loss to New Zealand in their final group-stage match in the World T20. It was also the last international game for their team-mates, Clare Shillington and Ciara Metcalfe, who had, in May this year, announced
1:55 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — With College GameDay in town and a national television audience tuned in, No. 11 UCF delivered its best performance of the season, dominating No. 24 Cincinnati 38-13 on Saturday night in front of the second-largest crowd in school history. But will it be enough to boost the Knights when
3:00 AM ET England 290 and 346 (Root 124, Foakes 65*, Burns 59, Dananjaya 6-115) beat Sri Lanka 336 and 243 (Mathews 88, Karunaratne 57, Leach 5-83, Moeen 4-72) by 57 runs Alright Jack: success for Jack Leach Associated Press A five-wicket haul from Jack Leach has helped England secure a 57-run victory over Sri Lanka
1:41 AM ET The UFC held its first event in the country of Argentina on Saturday, and the crowd went home happy — courtesy of Santiago Ponzinibbio. Fighting out of La Plata, Argentina, Ponzinibbio (27-3) knocked out Neil Magny (21-7) with a vicious right hand to the chin at 2:36 of the fourth round. The
1:37 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) continued his productive 2018 campaign by knocking out Bogdan Dinu (18-1, 14 KOs) in the fourth round at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. For Miller, a 30-year old native of Brooklyn, it was his third stoppage victory of the year as
1:01 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger left the Longhorns‘ 24-10 win over No. 16 Iowa State on Saturday night with a shoulder injury and did not return. Ehlinger, a sophomore who has started every game for No. 15 Texas this season, took a hard hit from Iowa State safety Greg Eisworth
1:10 AM ET ORLANDO — It was “Classic Night” in Orlando on Saturday; the Orlando Magic went with old school video graphics and in-game music, as well as sweet vintage Shaquille O’Neal and Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway uniforms from the 1990s. As it turns out, the Los Angeles Lakers decided to participate to some degree, throwing