3:58 PM ET Richard Mann With lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov under suspension stemming from last October’s brawl following his win over Conor McGregor, the UFC put together Saturday’s interim title fight featuring featherweight champion Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier. The two fighters are both on impressive winning streaks, and they have a history. Seven years
Month: April 2019
3:51 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — On the day that Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray was scheduled to arrive in Arizona for his official visit with the Cardinals, quarterback Josh Rosen was not made available to the media on Tuesday, the first open day of the team’s offseason program. But Rosen’s teammates did the talking instead
3:52 PM ET Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw was suspended for two years by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday for testing positive for recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) before a flyweight title fight against Henry Cejudo on Jan. 19 in New York. The two-year suspension is the maximum sanction for a non-specified substance under
2:34 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods was surprised to learn Tuesday that he is the last player to win the Masters despite being outside of the top 10 after the first round at Augusta National. It is telling that every winner of the year’s first major has been no worse than 10th since
2:21 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The NHL has suspended defenseman Slava Voynov for the 2019-20 season as well as the 2020 playoffs for “unacceptable off-ice conduct.” Voynov, then with the Los Angeles Kings, was suspended indefinitely by the NHL following an arrest on Oct. 20, 2014. He was eventually convicted of misdemeanour domestic abuse and
9:00 AM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Brian Kelly’s title still reads Notre Dame head football coach. His sole on-field objective is to win the national championship. But recently, his job description changed. “Look, I used to be in meeting rooms all day,” Kelly told ESPN.com last week in his office. “I used to call
1:27 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs ace Jon Lester is being placed on the 10-day injured list because of a hamstring injury suffered in Monday’s home opener against the Pirates, a source said Tuesday. Lester was scheduled to get an MRI on Tuesday, an off day for both teams, who meet again Wednesday. Appearing
Apr 8, 2019 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Former lightweight world titleholder Anthony Crolla’s nickname might be “Million Dollar,” but that is only because it rhymes. There is nothing flashy about Crolla,
12:44 PM ET ESPN News Services Pittsburgh Pirates starter Chris Archer received a five-game suspension, and Cincinnati Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig got a two-game ban for their roles in a melee Sunday at PNC Park. Reds manager David Bell also received a one-game suspension and, like Puig, an undisclosed fan for what the league called
1:38 PM ET Unified world lightweight champion and ESPN’s No.1 pound-for-pound fighter Vasiliy Lomachenko, of Ukraine, faces England’s Anthony Crolla in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday at 11 p.m. ET. The undercard will air at 8 p.m. ET, also on ESPN+.