1:29 PM ET UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones passed multiple fight night drug tests on Dec. 29, after defeating Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 in Los Angeles. UFC president Dana White told ESPN that the promotion wants Jon Jones to defend his light heavyweight title against Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on March 2
Month: January 2019
3:42 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are each aiming for a record seventh men’s Australian Open title, and the draw has ensured they can’t play each other at Melbourne Park until the final. Serena Williams already has seven Aussie titles, and is a strong contender to add another
8:00 AM ET The UFC’s 2019 schedule began with a rare two-week offseason … but don’t get used to that. The UFC has 20 events planned in the first half of 2019, including the massive UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw on Jan. 19. That’s a lot of fights — and, presumably, a lot of
11:51 AM ET It was perhaps no accident Azhar Ali came out to face the press in Johannesburg. With speculation rife about the number of changes Pakistan may make to their side for the third Test – it could be as many as three – Azhar offered a characteristically straight bat to any queries on
11:55 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR Truck Series champion Brett Moffitt joined GMS Racing on Thursday in a move that cost another star driver his ride. The driver carousel began spinning right after Moffitt won the 2018 title in November with Hattori Racing Enterprises. That team had sponsorship struggles all last season
2:00 PM ET Lightweight Devin Haney and featherweight Ruben Villa are two of the best prospects in boxing, and they will strut their stuff against undefeated opponents in their 2019 debuts on Friday night. In the main event of the “ShoBox: The New Generation” tripleheader (10 p.m. ET/PT) at StageWorks in Shreveport, Louisiana, Haney will
12:40 PM ET The game has changed. And with it, so have the intricacies of the personnel you need to succeed in the NHL these days. It’s not necessarily near the top of the checklist for most teams, but having a second option in net that’s somewhere between perfectly serviceable and legitimately reliable is something
11:19 AM GMT France have included five uncapped players in their 31-man Six Nations squad. Demba Bamba and Romain Ntamack, two members of France’s winning Under-20 World Cup squad, are joined by forwards Dorian Aldegheri and Gregory Alldriit and full-back Thomas Ramos. Prop Bamba, 20, was part of head coach Jacques Brunel’s squad for the
12:00 PM ET Agents have nice things to say about working with David Stearns, the Milwaukee Brewers‘ general manager, with many mentioning his affability. “Good guy,” one agent said recently, relating some of the pleasant conversations he’s shared with Stearns. After passing up longer-term options earlier in the winter, free-agent catcher Yasmani Grandal has agreed
11:13 AM ET Free-agent second baseman Brian Dozier has reached an agreement with the Washington Nationals on a one-year, $9 million deal, league sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Dozier was an All-Star in 2015 and won a Gold Glove in 2017, the last of a five-year stretch that saw him bat .252/.333/.465 with 145 home