7:24 AM ET Former IBF super-middleweight champion James DeGale will face British rival Chris Eubank Jr on Feb. 23 at London’s O2 Arena. DeGale (25-2-1, 15 KOs) vacated his IBF belt in June last year in order to pursue bigger fights, rather than facing a mandatory. The pair held talks over a fight in July,
Month: January 2019
6:12 AM ET Top seed Caroline Wozniacki is out of the ASB Classic in Auckland after suffering a surprise second round defeat to Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu. World No. 143 Andreescu saved 10 of the 12 break points she faced in a resolute display, managing to break through herself twice in each set on the
6:02 AM ET Chamatkar Sandhu, ESPN Paul “Semtex” Daley vs. Michael “Venom” Page. Literally years in the making, arguably the biggest fight in U.K. MMA history is scheduled to take place on Saturday Feb. 16, but it won’t be anywhere in the United Kingdom. Instead, Bellator decided to place this fight in Uncasville, Connecticut. It’s
4:21 AM ET Midway through the opening day in Sydney, the availability of Australia’s players who were not needed for the final Test was confirmed for the Big Bash League. Aaron Finch will be turning out for Melbourne Renegades on Monday, Mitchell Marsh for Perth Scorchers on Saturday, and Peter Siddle for Adelaide Strikers on
12:20 AM ET Jan 4 (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino believes he would have been sacked if his teams were chasing domestic cups over finishing in the Premier League top four. Pochettino’s Spurs kick off their FA Cup campaign in the third round against League Two (third-tier) outfit Tranmere Rovers on Friday before
3:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A year ago, Paul George‘s visits to Staples Center were borderline recruiting trips, featuring plenty of cheers, signs and chants. But after George spurned the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency last summer, fans greeted him with hearty boos on Wednesday, including every time he touched the ball. “It
4:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Paul George is not used to boos. He’s one of the most affable, polite, likable players in the league. His game is aesthetically pleasing. It’s efficient. It’s complete. He plays hard, he plays smart, he plays together. There’s really not much reason to not like him. Unless (A) you’re
3:02 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma will undergo a MRI on Thursday to look at his lower back contusion, Los Angeles coach Luke Walton said after his team’s 107-100 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. Kuzma, the Lakers’ second-leading scorer this season with an 18.3 points per game average,
8:28 AM ET Memphis Grizzlies teammates Garrett Temple and Omri Casspi got into a physical altercation during a postgame meeting in the locker room on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN. The incident occurred following a 101-94 home loss to the Detroit Pistons. It was Memphis’ third consecutive defeat. The scuffle was “heat-of-the-moment stuff,” a source
1:11 AM ET NEW YORK — The New Orleans Pelicans have lost seven of their past nine games. They’re in 14th place in the Western Conference. Superstar Anthony Davis said that all of the losing isn’t sitting well with anyone in the organization. “We’re a better team than our record shows. Everyone is frustrated. Players,