11:17 PM ET Nigerian middleweight Israel Adesanya (15-0) continued his ascent to stardom with a first-round TKO over Derek Brunson (18-7) in the first fight of the UFC 230 main card Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Adesanya negated Brunson’s early attempts to get him to the floor before landing a hard
11:30 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — At some point this season, No. 1 Alabama was going to have to break a sweat, and at the very least, come out of the halftime locker room knowing it was still in a football game. And while Tiger Stadium, in all of its deafening glory, was up
12:05 AM ET Minnesota Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs, listed as questionable with a rib injury, is not expected to play Sunday against the visiting Detroit Lions, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Minnesota has its bye week upcoming, so Diggs will have two weeks to rest his injured ribs. On Saturday, the Vikings elevated wide receiver
12:38 AM ET In the lead-up to their fight, Miguel Berchelt and Miguel “Mickey” Roman excitedly talked about producing the kind of battle on Saturday night that would go down in Mexican boxing lore alongside revered fights involving their famed countrymen Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez. And just as they promised,
10:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — James Harden scored 25 points, including 11 in a decisive run in the third quarter, in his return to the Houston lineup, and the Rockets defeated the Chicago Bulls 96-88 on Saturday night. Harden, who had missed three games with a strained left hamstring, scored 11 straight points
10:43 PM ET A 22-year-old falcon mascot of the Air Force Academy was injured during the football team’s trip to New York to face Army this weekend. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that Aurora, a well-known school mascot for over two decades, suffered an injury to both wings when she was abducted by West Point
10:20 PM ET Kyle Bonagura It already had been a memorable day for Troy safety Kyler Knudsen when coach Neal Brown called him up in front of the team to say a few words about him after the Trojans’ 26-16 victory Saturday against Louisiana. The redshirt junior walk-on had just made his first career start,
9:47 PM ET It was a triumphant occasion for Nonito Donaire, who captured the WBA bantamweight title and moved on to the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series by defeating Ryan Burnett by fifth-round TKO at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday. But the fight’s conclusion was certainly anticlimactic as Burnett (19-1,
9:18 PM ET ESPN News Services CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds say pitcher Jairo Capellan was killed and two other minor leagues players were injured in a car accident Saturday morning in the Dominican Republic. Dick Williams, the Reds’ president of baseball operations, confirmed Capellan’s death and said pitcher Raul Hernandez was in critical condition
7:48 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN While PJ Tucker is most known for his outlandish collection of rare sneakers, he made a statement on Friday night in Brooklyn, debuting Nike Basketball’s first performance-fashion collaboration in the company’s history. A design partnership between Nike Basketball design director Leo Chang and Los Angeles-based clothing label Fear of God’s