6:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN Despite suffering two cuts near his left eye, Steven Nelson dominated De’Andre Ware in a sixth-round TKO victory on the Jamel Herring-Jonathan Oquendo undercard at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Saturday. Nelson slowly built up momentum in the early rounds, walking down Ware and then closing
Month: September 2020
11:15 PM ET Alistair Overeem showed a wrinkle in his game that most UFC fans haven’t seen, using his wrestling and vicious ground-and-pound to finish Augusto Sakai by TKO in the fifth round Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. The finish came at 26 seconds of the final round.
7:14 PM ET Authentic dueled with Tiz the Law in the final turn and upset the heavy favorite to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Ridden by John Velazquez, Authentic led from start to finish and gave trainer Bob Baffert his record-tying sixth Derby champion. Authentic covered 1¼ mile in 2:00.61, the seventh-fastest time ever
4:29 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Brandon Jones played it out in his mind over and over as he drove behind leaders Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain. When the moment arrived, Jones was ready to pounce. Jones swept past leaders Chastain and Hamlin two laps from the end to win the Xfinity Series
7:15 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Dustin Johnson went the last three hours over 13 holes without hitting from the fairway and still manged to hang on to the lead Saturday after two rounds at the Tour Championship. Johnson could at least see his entire golf ball from the first cut on the par-5
6:28 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open and close here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Juve consider Morata if no Suarez Italian champions Juventus are planning other options in
9:56 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Emily Zaler’s internship with the Denver Broncos this summer went so well that the team has hired her full-time for the 2020 season and made her the first female coach in the franchise’s history. Zaler was one of the Broncos’ three Bill Walsh interns as the Broncos moved through
9:39 PM ET HOUSTON — The second question of Deshaun Watson‘s news conference after the Houston Texans signed their quarterback to a four-year, record-setting contract extension on Saturday was asked by Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney. The third? By Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander. And then when Michael Perry, Watson’s offensive coordinator at Gainesville High
4:26 PM ET Associated Press Serena Williams has come back from a slow start to beat Sloane Stephens 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the US Open’s third round. Williams’ victory in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday allowed her to avoid what would have been her earliest exit at Flushing Meadows since she lost in the third
3:39 PM ET CHICAGO — The St. Louis Cardinals are placing starter Kwang-Hyun Kim on the 10-day injured list after he was rushed to the hospital with abdominal soreness in Chicago on Friday. At first, the team thought Kim could be having an appendix issue, but he was diagnosed with a kidney ailment. The 32-year-old