12:29 PM ET As disappointed as junior welterweight Batyr Akhmedov was when he heard the scores for his vacant secondary world title bout against Mario Barrios on Saturday night’s Errol Spence Jr.-Shawn Porter undercard, it is worse now that he has viewed a video of the bout. Even after scoring knockdowns in the fourth and
Month: October 2019
12:38 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew will be limited in Wednesday’s practice because of the knee injury he suffered in Sunday’s victory over Denver, and cornerback Jalen Ramsey won’t practice at all because of the back injury that kept him from playing against the Broncos. Coach Doug Marrone said the team
12:34 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold practiced Wednesday for the first time since his Week 2 diagnosis for mononucleosis, but the team may not reveal this week’s starter until Sunday. If Darnold misses a third straight game, the Jets will start Luke Falk against the Philadelphia Eagles. Coach
12:05 PM ET Associated Press LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Writer-director Spike Lee added to his New York Knicks collection by purchasing 13 items associated with his favorite team in a recent auction. The family of late Knicks coach Red Holzman sold off 35 items that netted $319,341, according to SCP Auctions, which handled last week’s
11:23 AM ET Congressman Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State football standout, is planning to propose a new national law to give college athletes the opportunity to make endorsement money. He said he believes the federal government needs to act quickly to avoid potential problems. California passed a state law Monday that prohibits colleges in
8:42 AM ET James Harden is the most innovative player of this revolutionary NBA era. Every season, he adds bells and whistles to his game that make him more difficult to stop. Harden has leveraged his incredible arsenal of off-the-bounce moves to become the league’s most effective isolation guru. But what will he add this
10:58 AM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Goran Ivanisevic has gained the most fan votes for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020. That means 2001 Wimbledon champion Ivanisevic will get a bonus of 3% added to his results from the official voting group that includes journalists, historians and members of the
10:30 AM ET CHICAGO — Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said he opposes the California bill that would prevent schools from penalizing players for capitalizing off their names, images and likenesses because college sports are “an educational arrangement.” “To me, the outer limit is the cost of college,” Delany said during his remarks at Big
8:00 AM ET CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Before Clemson took one snap this season, the book on the offense was filled with foregone conclusions. Surely, a group that returned Trevor Lawrence as the headliner and Travis Etienne, Tee Higgins and Justyn Ross would put up monster numbers with little effort. Through five games, the Tigers
10:07 AM ET Sumit Nagal hasn’t been home to India since he played the biggest match of his life four weeks ago. He’s still a journeyman, flitting between Challenger tournaments, checking for Airbnb listings in the cities he’s traveling to and washing his tennis gear in hotel baths. Now though, occasionally he runs into a