6:20 PM ET Colby Covington will not get to perform on the grand stage of Madison Square Garden, as he had hoped. Now he’s aiming to take his challenge of welterweight champion Kamaru Usman to a December UFC event at the Capital One Center in Washington, D.C., “10 blocks down the street from the White
Month: September 2019
9:26 AM ET The offseason is finally finished. PGA Tour golf is back. A grand total of 18 days will have passed since Rory McIlroy earned his $15-million payday for capturing the FedEx Cup and the start of the new season on Thursday at the Greenbrier in West Virginia. The offseason is but a fleeting
11:00 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The changes to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz‘s game, on display in Sunday’s 32-27 win against the Washington Redskins, were subtle but significant. In many ways, he looked like he did in 2017, when he made a hard charge toward being league MVP before suffering a season-ending knee injury. There
11:00 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — When the New York Jets‘ decision-makers devised their offseason strategy, they focused on ways to improve Sam Darnold. Confident in his talent and growth potential, they sought to build a better cast around him. It was a sound plan: If you have a potential franchise quarterback, give him
You know about “Arnie’s Army.” The charging style. The four green jackets. The “Arnold Palmer” beverage. The seven majors. Driving the green at Cherry Hills. The playoff defeats. The iconic signature. The 62 PGA Tour titles. The rivalry and friendship with Jack Nicklaus. Flying his own plane, designing golf courses, founding hospitals. But here are
8:00 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Let’s get this out of the way first: As far as modern stadiums go, Oakland Alameda Coliseum is a dump. (That’s a big reason why the Raiders are moving to Las Vegas next year, to get the modern stadium the Bay Area has no interest in building.) But over
7:30 AM ET In a quip that quickly made the rounds, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson said his performance Sunday was “not bad for a running back.” The line was a reminder that Jackson has been listening as NFL analysts questioned whether he could play quarterback in the traditional sense rather than simply capitalize on
9:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Pedro Martinez was, from 1997 through 2003, the greatest pitcher in major league history. Other pitchers had better careers — longer careers — but nobody was better for a sustained period of
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN Several rookie pass-catchers stood out in Week 1, producing at a level few could have seen coming so early in their careers. It was only one game, though — can they keep the good times rolling? Our NFL Nation reporters take a look at each performance and at each player’s
6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN While a first impression isn’t the end-all, be-all of how an NFL player is perceived, it certainly doesn’t hurt a rookie to have his first regular-season experience be a good one. Tracking the rooks is the theme of this week’s version of the power rankings. While the entire 16-game schedule