8:34 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State Buckeyes are hanging with the Beyhive Thursday night. With Beyonce and Jay-Z performing at Ohio Stadium for their On The Run II Tour, acting head coach Ryan Day surprised players at the end of Thursday’s practice with tickets to the concert. “You guys are going to
6:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Marlins starting pitcher Jose Urena has been suspended for six games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally hitting Atlanta Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. on Wednesday night, which led to a benches-clearing scuffle. Acuna had homered in five straight games — the last three against Miami. Urena’s discipline
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5:06 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou will face top contender Curtis Blaydes in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Beijing on November 24, sources told ESPN. Both sides have verbally agreed to the bout. Ngannou (11-3) has lost his last two fights, most recently by unanimous decision to Derrick Lewis
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 231 for 5 (Billings 57*, Blake 42) beat Somerset 226 for 5 (Hildreth 45, Davies 45, Gregory 44*) by five runsScorecard Kent Spitfires downed South Group leaders Somerset by five runs in a high-scoring thriller at Canterbury to book their place in the last eight of this year’s
5:16 PM ET NEW YORK — Marty McNair, the father of late Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair, told ESPN on Thursday that football coach DJ Durkin should be fired because he didn’t deliver on his recruiting promise — simply taking care of Jordan. “When I think of DJ Durkin, all I remember is him sitting
4:59 PM BST Danny Cipriani has issued an apology to the police after pleading guilty to common assault and resisting arrest. The England and Gloucester fly-half was also fined a total of £2,250 — £500 of which for assaulting a nightclub doorman and £250 for bruising a female police officer — after appearing at Jersey
MASON, Ohio — Madison Keys used her forehand to beat Angelique Kerber — one of her toughest matchups — and advance to the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open on Thursday night between bursts of rain that resulted in hours-long delays. Keys had lost five straight matches against No. 4 Kerber, but turned to
5:11 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Simona Halep needed only eight points to complete a gritty comeback that was put on hold overnight by rain, beating qualifier Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Western & Southern Open on Thursday afternoon. Rain resulted in three matches suspended overnight. Nobody was closer to
10:07 AM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” In