12:29 AM ET Former featherweight world titlist Oscar Valdez made a successful move up to the junior lightweight division — just not against the opponent he thought he would be facing – and earned a shot at a world title in a very tough fight. Valdez survived a second-round knockdown and some shaky moments to
Month: December 2019
8:00 AM GMT England 142 for 2 (Burns 76*, Root 50*) trail New Zealand 375 (Latham 105, Mitchell 73, Watling 55, Broad 4-73) by 233 runs “Bat big, bat once,” had been Stuart Broad’s exhortation on the second evening at Hamilton, after England’s frazzled batsmen had retreated to the pavilion following a torrid evening examination
1:23 AM ET Steve KimESPN It was certainly an eventful night of boxing at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, where a pair of former featherweight world titleholders dipped their toes into the 130-pound division and began to lay the foundation for their future plans. Both Oscar Valdez and Carl Frampton came out victorious, although Frampton
11:12 PM ET Denver Broncos rookie second-round draft pick Drew Lock will make his first NFL start Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He will be the third starting quarterback for the Broncos this season after Joe Flacco (now on injured reserve) and Brandon Allen, and Denver’s seventh different
11:36 PM ET Alabama just made life much easier for the 13 members of the College Football Playoff selection committee. With the Tide’s 48-45 loss against rival Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday, the greatest potential source for debate — a very good team that didn’t win its division — has been eliminated. Alabama,
11:25 PM ET For the first time since the College Football Playoff began, Alabama will not get an invite, its slim hopes officially ended after a stunning 48-45 loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl. But on a Saturday in which the current top four left no doubt, it was still the Crimson Tide that
11:15 PM ET Former two-division world titlist Carl Frampton punched his way into a shot at a belt in a third weight class on Saturday night inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Former junior featherweight and featherweight titlist Frampton moved up to junior lightweight, dropped Tyler McCreary twice with body shots and
10:40 PM ET James Harden scored a season-high 60 points in three quarters and the Houston Rockets sent the struggling Atlanta Hawks to their 10th straight loss with a 158-111 romp on Saturday night. Harden joins Klay Thompson and Kobe Bryant as the only players to hit 60 points in just three quarters. He exited
9:39 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU quarterback Joe Burrow set the SEC’s single-season passing record Saturday night against Texas A&M, eclipsing the mark set by Kentucky’s Tim Couch in 1998. Burrow, playing in his final home game for the second-ranked Tigers, broke Couch’s record of 4,275 yards on an 11-yard completion to running
9:39 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU quarterback Joe Burrow set the SEC’s single-season passing record Saturday night against Texas A&M, eclipsing the mark set by Kentucky’s Tim Couch in 1998. Burrow, playing in his final home game for the second-ranked Tigers, broke Couch’s record of 4,275 yards on an 11-yard completion to running