10:59 PM ET PFL 4 was everything the Professional Fighters League hoped for when they established their playoff format. Six out of eight fights ended before the final horn Thursday, with five first-round finishes dramatically altering the composition of the playoff brackets in the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions. Pre-season favorites Magomed Magomedkerimov and Kayla
Month: July 2019
8:15 PM ET Veteran right-hander Shelby Miller and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a minor league deal, The Athletic reported Thursday. Miller was released by the Texas Rangers last week after the team had designated him for assignment. Looking to bounce back after a series of injuries, Miller signed a one-year, $2 million deal
7:50 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The NFL has put its full-time officials program on hold as part of ongoing labor talks with the NFL Referees Association, multiple sources said Thursday. Barring a turn in negotiations, the decision
8:14 PM ET After free-agent forward Marcus Morris reneged on a verbal agreement to sign with the San Antonio Spurs, the franchise finally withdrew its offer and instead reached a two-year deal with forward Trey Lyles, league sources told ESPN. Morris had waffled on a two-year, $20 million commitment to the Spurs, who gave him
7:41 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Alena Sharp of Canada and Youngin Chun of South Korea shared the Marathon Classic lead at 7-under 64 on Thursday, a stroke ahead of Stacy Lewis and three others at Highland Meadows Golf Club. The 38-year-old Sharp, winless on the LPGA Tour, had eight birdies and a
6:58 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks re-signed forwards Dylan Gambrell and Antti Suomela on Thursday. Gambrell agreed to a two-year deal, and Suomela to a one-year contract. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The 22-year-old Gambrell has failed to record a point in 11 regular-season games with San Jose, three
7:06 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Steve Stricker topped the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship leaderboard at 5 under with a hole to play Thursday when the first round was suspended for the day because of lightning and rain. Coming off a victory two weeks ago in the U.S. Senior Open at Notre Dame,
6:18 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Gegard Mousasi lost his Bellator title but is still getting the rematch he wanted. Mousasi will take on former UFC champion Lyoto Machida in the co-main event of Bellator’s event Sept. 28 in Inglewood, California, the promotion announced Thursday. Mousasi lost to Machida in 2014 on a UFC card in
6:27 PM ET As Danny Green — perhaps Kawhi Leonard‘s closest teammate, having paired with him to win championships in both San Antonio and Toronto — waited on Leonard’s decision last week, he was left in the dark just like the rest of the world. Except he was pretty sure of one thing: Leonard would
6:18 PM ET The mid-season hiatus has ended and the Professional Fighters League is back in action as the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions enter their second round of fights at PFL 4, in Atlantic City, NJ. The eight-fight card, which will air on ESPN+ (5:30 p.m. ET) and ESPN2 (8:30 p.m. ET), underwent some