2:00 PM ET A light heavyweight matchup between former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Dominick Reyes has been officially announced for UFC Fight Night on March 16 in London. UFC officials announced the 205-pound matchup on Monday. UFC Fight Night will take place at The O2 and air on ESPN+. Oezdemir (15-3) is looking to
Month: January 2019
2:00 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — This is how Pro Bowl safety Eric Weddle sees his future: Play for the Baltimore Ravens or retire. Baltimore Ravens players were still upset Monday about their home crowd booing QB Lamar Jackson, who struggled for most of his playoff debut in Sunday’s 23-17 loss to the Chargers.
1:59 PM ET Los Angeles Chargers tight end Hunter Henry has been activated and is eligible to play in Sunday’s divisional-round game against the New England Patriots, the team announced Monday. After being called for a late-game penalty on a play that could have sealed a win, Chargers left tackle Russell Okung said NFL commissioner
2:21 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A day after the 23-17 playoff loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, Baltimore Ravens players were still upset about the home crowd booing quarterback Lamar Jackson and chanting for Joe Flacco. Pro Bowl safety Eric Weddle says he will either play for the Ravens next year or retire
1:37 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Look at Matt Ryan in 2016. Or Jared Goff in 2017. That’s what the Green Bay Packers think they’ll see from Aaron Rodgers in 2019. That’s why they’re hiring Matt LaFleur as their next head coach. The 39-year-old LaFleur won over Packers president Mark Murphy and general manager
12:45 PM GMT ESPN staff Former South Africa captain and coach Johan Claassen has passed away at the age of 89. Claassen played 28 Tests between 1955 and 1962, when he was considered to rank among the game’s leading lineout exponents, and captained the side nine times. He played a total of 56 matches in
11:46 AM ET Iowa State junior running back David Montgomery announced Monday that he will skip his senior season to enter the NFL draft. To God Be The Glory !!!! I will forever love the Cyclonenation !! pic.twitter.com/0mmSyVYFiN — David montgomery (@MontgomerDavid) January 7, 2019 Montgomery rushed for 1,216 yards and 13 touchdowns for the
11:45 AM ET The future of sports betting-infused game broadcasts will be on display Friday, when the Washington Wizards host the Milwaukee Bucks. NBC Sports Washington Plus will produce an alternate broadcast for the Bucks-Wizards game that will feature a free-to-play predictive contest with a $500 prize, along with real-time sports-betting data and statistics that
11:24 AM ET The new year is just a week old, but some of the main storylines for 2019 are already fraying, making the question of what 2019 really holds in store that much juicer. Here are some of the trends detected after the first week of play: The Big Four Reunion might be a
11:29 AM ET Former NBA player Hedo Turkoglu, now a chief adviser to the President of Turkey, says comments by Enes Kanter about the country are nothing more than an ongoing “political smear campaign” by the New York Knicks center. Kanter earlier this week said he would not travel with the Knicks to London for