Month: April 2021

2:29 PM ET Rory MacDonald had to wait a full year to make his PFL debut — and now he will do so against a late-notice opponent. MacDonald (21-6-1), who signed with PFL in late 2019 but didn’t compete in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will face Curtis Millender (18-6) at PFL’s regular-season event
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10:17 PM ET UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will undergo neck surgery on Thursday in Los Angeles to address a medical issue he has dealt with for nearly 10 years. Sterling (20-3) won the UFC’s 135-pound bantamweight championship on March 6, when former champion Petr Yan was disqualified in the fourth round of their title
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5:36 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Veronika Kudermetova of Russia and Danka Kovinic of Montenegro will play for their first WTA title Sunday in the Volvo Car Open championship. The 15th seed, Kudermetova rolled past Spain’s Paula Badosa 6-3, 6-3, continuing a run at the year’s opening clay-court tournament where she hadn’t lost
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5:19 PM ET Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond is considered an intriguing Day 2 option for teams out of reach of the top quarterbacks in April’s draft. “There’s upside there,” said one longtime NFC scout. “If anything I would have liked to see him let loose a little more.” And teams are doing their research
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4:15 PM ET Associated Press CAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) – Lorenzo Sonego is one step away from becoming the first Italian for 15 years to capture an ATP tour clay-court title on home soil after beating second-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States on Saturday to reach the final of the Sardegna Open. Third-seeded Sonego held
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4:35 PM ET Associated Press RED DEER, Alberta — Brent Sutter, the former NHL star who coached the New Jersey Devils and Calgary Flames, has quit as coach of the Western Hockey League team he owns. Sutter has run the Red Deer Rebels for 20 seasons and coached them for 15. He remains the club’s
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3:39 PM ET ESPN News Services The Colorado Avalanche acquired goaltender Devan Dubynk from the San Jose Sharks on Saturday in exchange for defenseman Greg Pateryn and a fifth-round pick in the 2021 draft. Dubnyk, 34, gives NHL-leading Colorado some insurance in net behind starter Philipp Grubauer. Dubnyk has 26 games of Stanley Cup playoff
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2:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Opinions about the controversial new Georgia voting law could be found across the state Saturday, as a small group of protesters spoke out about the measure near Augusta National while the governor continued to lambaste Major League Baseball for its decision to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta.
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1:03 PM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic has had a galvanising effect on AC Milan since returning from MLS. Photo by Fabrizio Carabelli/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images AC Milan‘s technical director Paolo Maldini said striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was close to signing a new deal with the club. Italian media reports said the 39-year-old, who is Milan’s top scorer
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