11:18 PM ET Former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler has agreed to replace surging contender Geoff Neal in a bout against Neil Magny later this month, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. Neal (13-2) was scheduled to face Magny (23-7) at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 29, but announced on social media on Sunday he had
Month: August 2020
9:10 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Collin Morikawa has won the PGA Championship in just his second appearance in a major. The 23-year-old California native and Berkeley graduate shot 6-under 64 in the final round at TPC Harding Park to finish two strokes ahead of Paul Casey. He joins Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods
8:25 PM ET Associated Press HENDERSON, Ky. — Blue Grass winner Art Collector led all the way in winning the $200,000 Ellis Park Derby by 3 1/4 lengths on Sunday, and earned 50 qualifying points for next month’s Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., Art Collector ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.02 and paid
7:58 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Kevin Harvick completed a doubleheader sweep at Michigan International Speedway, holding off Denny Hamlin in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race after Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney crashed out early in the final stage. Hamlin was right behind Harvick for the final few laps and came
9:35 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado and the rest of the San Diego Padres were way too much for winless Madison Bumgarner and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Dinelson Lamet was brilliant in taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Tatis continued his remarkable power surge with a two-run
11:26 PM ET ESPN News Services The Pittsburgh Pirates‘ series this week against the St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed because of the coronavirus, Major League Baseball announced. The two teams were scheduled to play Monday through Wednesday in St. Louis. The Cardinals’ three-game series against the Chicago Cubs this weekend was also postponed after
6:36 PM ET The Cleveland Indians sent starter Zach Plesac home after he violated team rules by leaving the hotel to go out in Chicago on Saturday, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Athletic first reported the news on Plesac, who will be quarantined for 72 hours in Cleveland. Plesac drove back to Cleveland in
7:11 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Benches cleared during the seventh inning of the Astros–Athletics series finale Sunday, tempers flaring at last between the AL West rivals months after Houston’s sign-stealing scandal was brought to light by Oakland pitcher Mike Fiers. Oakland’s Ramon Laureano was hit by a pitch from Humberto Castellanos with
5:27 PM ET Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. — Rose Zhang thought she might need to withdraw from the U.S. Women’s Amateur because of a left wrist injury. Instead, she didn’t play for 10 days to have her best chance. It turned out to be a winning decision. Zhang won the longest U.S. Women’s Amateur title
5:43 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Rory McIlroy took issue with Brooks Koepka‘s comments following the third round of the PGA Championship in which he noted that Dustin Johnson “only” had a single major to his name as he assessed his own chances at winning a third straight Wanamaker Trophy. Asked about it Sunday following