5:13 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will return to action later this summer. JDS vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik has been verbally agreed to for UFC 252 on Aug. 15, sources told ESPN. Combate first reported the fight. Dos Santos (21-7) will look to snap a two-fight losing streak. He most recently lost
Month: June 2020
4:39 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen became the all-time leading trainer at Churchill Downs on Friday, saddling Drop Dead Gorgeous to a win in the first race for his 738th victory beneath the Twin Spires. Asmussen overtook Louisville native Dale Romans, who held the record since Nov. 12,
3:39 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — As a way to honor those on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus, the PGA Tour has added the last names of workers from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area to caddies’ bibs. From nurses and doctors to hospital administrators, the names are on all 148
5:32 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Before this week, Rory McIlroy had never played the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club because it never fit with his schedule. Over the years, it conflicted with a prestigious event on the European Tour and last year it would have meant playing four straight weeks. McIlroy’s
1:40 PM ET Jessica Eye has missed weight for a second straight bout. The UFC women’s flyweight contender came in at 126.25 pounds — .25 over the flyweight limit — Friday morning for her scheduled UFC Fight Night main event against Cynthia Calvillo. Calvillo weighed in successfully at 126 pounds. When Eye got off the
10:32 PM ET Tyson Fury has proudly spent portions of his quarantine reliving his February seventh-round TKO over Deontay Wilder. Part of it is simple satisfaction in his work. The other part is his way to prepare for the third fight of their trilogy, which is expected to happen late this year. “I’ve watched that
4:56 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Cardinals Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who grew up in Minneapolis and took part in protests there following the death of George Floyd, said Friday that the next step in combating racism and social injustice is action. “That’s really what’s going to affect change,” Fitzgerald said on a
3:32 PM ET Antonio Brown pleaded no contest Friday to a felony burglary with battery charge and two lesser misdemeanor charges related to a January incident with a moving truck company outside his home in Hollywood, Florida. Brown will face no jail time, though he will have two years of probation and 100 hours of
3:22 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans head coach and general manager Bill O’Brien says he’ll take a knee during the national anthem next season with his players to protest racial inequality and police brutality. “Yeah, I’ll take a knee — I’m all for it,” O’Brien told the Houston Chronicle. “The players have a right
2:47 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — There was no social distancing and few among the thousands of fans wore face masks — and Novak Djokovic approved. The fans filled the makeshift stands on Friday at Djokovic’s Belgrade tennis club on the banks of the Danube River for the opening day of his charity