Month: December 2019

3:02 AM ET UFC 245 featured new champions, former champs and perhaps future champions. The main event featured a proud champion in Kamaru Usman, who held off a challenge by Colby Covington. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim break down Saturday’s event. As the final UFC pay-per-view of the decade was
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12:00 AM ET Associated Press DENVER — Breaking out of a mini-slump, Nikola Jokic is reasserting himself as the centerpiece of the Denver Nuggets’ offense. Jokic had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season, leading the Nuggets past the Oklahoma City Thunder 110-102 on Saturday night. Jokic now
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10:39 PM ET NEW YORK — Is Teofimo Lopez Jr. the real deal? That was the key question for the 2018 ESPN prospect of the year going into his shot at lightweight world titleholder Richard Commey, who was by far his most significant opponent, on Saturday night. The answer: A resounding yes. Lopez is for
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2:06 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Colby Covington dominated the war of words. Kamaru Usman got the victory where it counted most. Usman finished the trash-talking Covington via TKO at 4:10 of the fifth round in the main event of UFC 245 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. With the win, Usman retained his UFC
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4:52 PM ET Charlotte Hornets rookie PJ Washington is expected to be sidelined through Christmas with a fractured finger, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Hornets play five games in that stretch. The injury occurred in the fourth quarter of Charlotte’s 83-73 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday, the team said in a
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