7:57 PM ET Australia’s Robert Whittaker takes to the Octagon for his fight with Yoel Romero in Chicago, June 9, 2018 Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Dana White likes what he sees Down Under. It’s with good reason, too, as Australia and New Zealand boast some of the best talent in the UFC. He’s
7:30 PM ET Tiffany Avery Smith, the wife of former Houston Texans general manager Rick Smith, died Thursday from complications of breast cancer. She was 49. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2017. Rick Smith took an extended leave of absence in January last year to help care for his wife and
7:10 PM ET We have the official 24 selections for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game. But how well do you know these dudes? Let’s see how you fare in our first edition of shot chart trivia. Shot chart trivia: Who am I? Here we go: 10 multiple-choice questions featuring some All-Stars and some players with
8:31 AM ET Chris BermanNFL Studio Host, SportsCenter Anchor, Baseball Commentator Close Since October 1979, ESPN’s Chris Berman has become one of America’s most respected, popular and beloved sportscasters of his era. A six-time National Sportscaster of the Year, Berman’s shows have won eight Emmy Awards and 12 CableACEs. Chris Berman took his Swami Sez
6:33 PM ET ATLANTA — NFLPA executive committee president Eric Winston stressed the need to prepare just in case there is a 2021 lockout, including saving up funds from Madden likeness and other marketing ventures. Winston explained how the “Madden checks” collected over the next three years could equate to $60,000 per player, maybe not
6:31 PM ET Wade Miley has reached a one-year, $4.5 million deal with the Houston Astros that includes $500,000 in incentives, league sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Astros needed pitching, and they bring in one of the biggest surprises of last season in Miley. Miley’s agreement was first reported by the The Athletic
shares Jonny Bairstow made a counterattacking half-century © Getty Images Despite another first-innings failure for England’s batsmen in Antigua, Jonny Bairstow believes his side have every chance of fighting back as the second Test develops, thanks to an awkward patch of grass – just short of a good length – that he feels was
9:38 AM ET When USC athletic director Lynn Swann announced that Clay Helton would remain the Trojans’ head coach on Nov. 25, his statement of support contained a glaring, almost baffling, admission. “We acknowledge and understand our deficiencies in areas that include culture, discipline, schemes, personnel and staff,” Swann said. Again: Culture. Discipline. Schemes. Personnel.
5:07 PM ET Steve KimESPN Richard Commey, of Ghana, and Russia’s Isa Chaniev will meet for the vacant IBF lightweight title Saturday night at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET), and Commey couldn’t be happier about it. This is perhaps as neutral a setting as he could have asked for. In
5:43 PM ET The NBA world barely had time to recover from Thursday morning’s news that Kristaps Porzingis left New York Knicks officials with the impression that he wanted to be traded when the other shoe dropped. New York has agreed with Dallas on trade that includes Kristaps Porzingis, Courtney Lee, Tim Hardaway Jr., for