2:47 PM ET Saturday’s UFC 231 pay-per-view in Toronto will feature a pair of title fights that have been a long time coming. Featherweight champion Max Holloway will finally meet undefeated Brian Ortega in a championship bout that was supposed to take place this summer but was canceled over concerns around Holloway’s health. And in
Month: December 2018
2:09 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants tight end Evan Engram is set to return Sunday against the Washington Redskins after missing the past two games with a hamstring injury. Engram was a full participant in practice on Thursday and Friday. He wasn’t given an official injury designation for the game, indicating
1:15 PM ET Philadelphia big man Joel Embiid won’t play Friday night when the Phildelphia Sixers take on the Pistons in Detroit. Sixers coach Brett Brown said Embiid needed a rest day. What’s really going on in the MVP race? This week the spotlight falls on John Wall stagnation, Kawhi stretching and a new headband
1:29 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have ruled place-kicker Graham Gano, whose knee in his plant leg has been sore the past few weeks, out for Sunday’s game at Cleveland. The Panthers on Friday signed Chandler Catanzaro, most recently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to replace Gano. Gano told ESPN after Sunday’s
12:55 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — England’s boxing federation has urged the troubled International Boxing Association’s president to question his position to help avoid expulsion from the Tokyo Olympics. In a letter to AIBA president Gafur Rakhimov, England Boxing tells the alleged heroin trafficker “it is time for you personally to think about the
12:37 PM ET Great tennis matches occur every year, burned into our memory for any number of reasons. But for each there are also some that have a pivotal impact. This is not to say these three matches were the most memorable, the most dramatic or even the best. But the fallout provided turning points
3:00 AM ET Jozi Stars 131 for 9 (Vilas 43, Harmer 25, Rashid 3-19, Abbott 2-17) beat Durban Heat 128 all out (Erwee 62, Rabada 3-29, Harmer 2-20) by one wicket Needing 12 runs to win off two deliveries, Jozi Stars’ No. 9 batsman Nono Pongolo smashed consecutive sixes off Durban Heat’s Marchant de Lange
11:49 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — There are many reasons the Dallas Cowboys are on a four-game winning streak and in first place in the NFC East, but don’t overlook fashion sense. No, seriously. Before the Cowboys played at Lincoln Financial Field on Nov. 11, quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott decided to
12:04 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — David Barnett, the older brother of Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Derek Barnett, died in a car crash in Nashville early Tuesday morning. “It’s a tragedy,” Eagles coach Doug Pederson said Friday. “You think about the family, you think about [Derek]. He is back in Nashville with his family going through
11:17 AM ET Kansas running back Pooka Williams was arrested Thursday on suspicion of domestic battery, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. Williams was named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year after rushing for 1,125 yards and seven touchdowns. Pooka Williams has been suspended from all team-related activities after the Kansas running back was arrested