8:44 AM ET A number of years ago, 2011 to be exact, I remember having a conversation with someone else in the fight game in which I compared Anderson Silva to Floyd Mayweather. We were talking about what it was like to cover, as a journalist, a Silva fight and a Mayweather fight. And the
Month: May 2019
8:57 AM ET Philadelphia Phillies chairman David Montgomery is dead at age 72 from cancer, the team announced Wednesday. Montgomery had surgery in 2014 for jawbone cancer. Montgomery began his career with the team in 1971, working in the ticket office and helping to run the scoreboard. “David was truly a great man,” Phillies chairman
8:36 AM ET WBC junior lightweight world titleholder Miguel Berchelt faces former world titlist Francisco Vargas on Saturday at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona, in a fight that airs live on ESPN in the United States at 10 p.m. ET. Berchelt (35-1, 31 KOs) won the title by defeating Vargas by KO in
11:49 AM ET Steve KimESPN WBC junior lightweight champion Miguel Berchelt of Mexico faces countryman Francisco Vargas Saturday night at the Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona, on ESPN (10 p.m. ET), in a rematch of their 2017 title bout. The first time around, Berchelt (35-1, 31 KOs) won the title from Vargas (25-1-2, 18 KOs)
12:59 AM ET “For some reason, you thought it was right to go and gun down my brother that morning of Oct. 14. You had that choice. My brother, at gunpoint, didn’t have a choice to live. It wasn’t up to him. He lost the two greatest things God gives us as people: He lost
11:48 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — It’s the question that has lingered over the Golden State Warriors all season, the one that clouds their future as they play for a third consecutive NBA title. Where will Kevin Durant be playing next season? The two-time reigning Finals MVP who joined the Warriors following their defeat in
Craig Burley is at a loss after Arsenal drop points again, leaving them with a near insurmountable path to finishing in the top four. Arsenal coach Unai Emery would rather focus on winning the Europa League than worry about securing a place in next season’s Champions League, the Spaniard said on Wednesday ahead of his
7:00 AM ET All you needed to know about how the Los Angeles Angels value Shohei Ohtani‘s bat was evident in where he hit in his first game back: the No. 3 spot, directly behind Mike Trout, against a lefty. Ohtani’s return — 0-for-4 with a walk, two strikeouts and a run-scoring groundout in a
7:19 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN What’s better than a Game 7? A Game 7 decided in overtime. What’s better than that? What the St. Louis Blues did on Tuesday: defeating the Dallas Stars in double overtime for an improbable berth in the Western Conference final, and doing so off the stick of St. Louis area
Mix Diskerud’s improvised finish was the difference as Ulsan Hyundai beat Sydney FC in the AFC Champions League group stage. Melbourne Victory have progressed to the A-League’s final four after a 3-1 win over Wellington Phoenix. Ben Halloran scored in the 119th minute of Adelaide’s elimination final clash with Melbourne City to send United into