7:29 AM ET The main event of UFC 252 is considered one of the most critical fights in the promotion’s history, with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic defending against former two-division champ Daniel Cormier on Saturday in Las Vegas. Cormier ended Miocic’s record run of three straight heavyweight title defenses in their first meeting in 2018,
Month: August 2020
7:00 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs have been eliminated, and the final round-robin games have determined the final pieces of the puzzle in seeding both conferences. The matchups for the quarterfinals of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs are set. So let’s put a bow around the opening round, and take a look ahead at
6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN As Jamal Adams’ time with the New York Jets was nearing its end, one NFL talent evaluator made a bold prediction, saying the Seattle Seahawks would have the league’s best secondary if they were to land the All-Pro safety. Even if it isn’t the second coming of the Legion of
7:00 AM ET Each year around this time, I try to figure out what’s going to happen in the upcoming NFL season. Doing that in August isn’t exactly an exclusive hobby of mine, but I try to focus on using metrics and measures that have historically been good predictors of future team performance. What happened
7:05 AM ET There have been many extraordinary aspects to the National Hockey League’s return to the ice after it paused its season for the coronavirus pandemic in March. Hockey being played in August. Stanley Cup playoff games held in empty arenas echoing with artificial crowd noise. But perhaps most notable of all about the
12:03 AM ET As far as Austin Rivers is concerned, he proved himself right with his career-high 41-point performance in the Houston Rockets‘ 129-112 win on Sunday over the Sacramento Kings. “You continue to tell yourself, ‘You can do this, you can do this, you can do this, you can do this,’ for nights like
11:59 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard rose up and hit a 3-pointer while being fouled to put Portland ahead by two with 2:53 remaining in the fourth quarter of Sunday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, he turned and looked at the scoreboard. “I
6:09 AM ET LA Clippers power forward Montrezl Harrell posted that he has returned to the NBA bubble. Harrell posted on his social media accounts that he has rejoined the Clippers after leaving the team on July 17 to tend to his grandmother. The grief-stricken Sixth Man of the Year candidate recently lost his grandmother.
6:24 AM ET American tennis player Coco Gauff has said she has finally found the right words to speak out against social and racial injustice after appearing at a Black Lives Matter protest rally. Outspoken on social media, Gauff has released videos protesting against killings of Black people in the U.S. amid widespread outrage following
3:59 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. TOP STORY: Man United eye Douglas Costa as Sancho alternative Manchester United have long been linked with a move