SOUTHAMPTON, England — In the latter stages of Chelsea’s 4-1 win against Southampton, their fans launched into an adapted version of their hosts’ favoured song, greeting the sight of home fans streaming for the St Mary’s exit with a rousing chorus of “Oh when the Saints go marching out.” This was not merely terrace banter,
Month: October 2019
4:21 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — The scariest thing about Gerrit Cole is not his fastball, which is saying something, seeing as the video ribbon at Minute Maid Park spent the eighth inning in Game 2
Alexis Nunes and Don Hutchison break down Man City’s win over Everton and discuss if they need to address their defence in the transfer window. ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol explains how Liverpool’s defence will be the key in topping Man City and ending their 30-year title drought. MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola
12:18 PM ET Atletico Madrid lost ground to La Liga leaders Real Madrid as they were held to a 0-0 draw away to Real Valladolid on Sunday, their third goalless draw in four games, after the hosts squandered a penalty in the first half. Striker Sandro Ramirez sent the ball flying over the crossbar from
2:54 AM ET On a Saturday in which the top two teams in the AP and coaches’ polls didn’t play, the other College Football Playoff contenders behind Alabama and Clemson held serve without much drama. Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Wisconsin each won by 24 points or more. Florida made the biggest
7:24 PM ET ESPN’s MMA contributors break down the biggest takeaways from UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya. Ariel Helwani welcomes the Israel Adesanya era Israel Adesanya made his UFC debut on Feb. 11, 2018. That isn’t a typo. He debuted against Rob Wilkinson on the undercard of UFC 221 a year-and-a-half ago. On Saturday night,
1:53 AM ET EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon running back Cyrus Habibi-Likio showed a little remorse for making arguably the most celebrated tackle of the No. 13 Ducks’ 17-7 victory over Cal on Saturday night. Late in the third quarter, with the Golden Bears leading 7-3, a fan ran onto the field during a timeout and
12:48 AM ET The UFC has a new undisputed champion. And maybe a new superstar on its hands, too. Israel Adesanya knocked out Robert Whittaker with a right-hook-left-hook combination at 3:33 of the second round Saturday in the main event of UFC 243 in Melbourne, Australia. Adesanya unified the middleweight title with the stoppage victory.
1:15 AM ET Steve KimESPN While Gennadiy Golovkin can once again call himself a middleweight world titleholder after defeating the rugged Sergiy Derevyanchenko over 12 memorable rounds at Madison Square Garden, the fight raised some questions about the long term viability of Golovkin as an elite fighter. The scores for this bout were 114-113, 115-112
11:56 PM ET NEW YORK — After a historic middleweight world title reign that came to an end in controversial fashion 13 months ago, Gennadiy Golovkin yearned for another title belt. He got it on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden but his brawl with Sergiy Derevyanchenko may have been the hardest fight of his