Apr 30, 2019 Steve KimESPN Former unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is set to make his 2019 debut against Steve Rolls on June 8 at Madison Square Garden in New York. But who is Steve Rolls? And why is he facing Golovkin? The late Bert Sugar might have joked that Rolls isn’t even a household
Month: May 2019
2:30 AM ET Australia will play New Zealand in the second half of March – their latest series of home internationals outside a World Cup in more than 40 years – as a result of the dispute with the BCCI that has forced an ODI tour of India in the middle of January. That aside,
With Milan’s season spiraling toward disaster, Gab Marcotti examines Gennaro Gattuso’s future and whether Antonio Conte is waiting in the wings. A loss leaves free falling Milan two points off Roma for fourth and level with Torino, who announced themselves as top four contenders with the win. Italian Serie A: Alex Berenguer (69′) Torino 2-0
1:10 AM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Ryan Braun‘s career-high sixth hit, a two-run single with one out in the 18th inning, lifted the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 comeback victory over the New York Mets on Saturday night in the longest game in Miller Park history. Braun stood on first base with his hands
11:54 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz Jr. continued to show why he is widely regarded as one of the best prospects in boxing on Saturday night. Ortiz destroyed Mauricio Herrera in the third round of the co-feature of the Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs middleweight title unification fight at T-Mobile Arena. Herrera had never previously
1:21 AM ET Artur Beterbiev (14-0) strengthened his status as one of the world’s top light heavyweights and a worthy foe for Sergey Kovalev with a fifth-round stoppage of Radivoje Kalajdzic (24-2) in the main event of the Top Rank card in Stockton, California, which aired on ESPN on Saturday night. It was Beterbiev’s 14th
9:21 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, scored one of his biggest wins on Saturday night. In a performance in which he mixed offensive firepower, boxing skills and sound defense, Alvarez won a unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs to unify three middleweight world titles — leaving him one shy of the
8:16 AM ET Ben Halloran produced a last-minute extra-time winner for Adelaide United, sending the Reds into the A-League semifinals at the expense of Melbourne City. Halloran sent a packed Coopers Stadium into delirium and his team into a clash with Perth, ending City’s season on Sunday night just as both sides appeared to be
12:01 AM ET LeBron James was stunned and in disbelief when he first learned of Magic Johnson’s sudden resignation. In his first public comments about Johnson shocking the Los Angeles Lakers organization when he stepped down as president of basketball operations moments before the Lakers’ season finale April 9, James said he was given no
11:52 PM ET Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone told everyone he was coming for the UFC’s lightweight title in 2019. He was not kidding. Cerrone (36-11) picked up a huge decision victory over Al Iaquinta (14-5-1) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Ottawa, Ontario. Cerrone, a 36-year-old veteran with nearly 50 professional fights under his belt,