5:40 PM ET Promoter Roc Nation Sports and Guillermo Rigondeaux came to an agreement on Thursday on an amicable mutual release that makes the former junior featherweight world titleholder a free agent, Roc Nation promoter Dino Duva told ESPN. According to Duva, Rigondeaux’s promotional contract with the company had about a year to go. “But
Aug 2, 2018 A light heavyweight matchup between former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Anthony Smith is set to headline a UFC Fight Night event on Oct. 27 in Canada. UFC officials announced the 205-pound matchup on Thursday. The event will take place at Moncton Events Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick. Oezdemir (15-2), of Switzerland,
Aug 2, 2018 Welterweight contender Jamal James will be at home for his second fight in a row when he takes on Mahonry Montes. James and Montes will meet in a 10-round bout that will headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Aug. 24 (Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes, 8 p.m. ET) at the
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 191 for 4 (Billings 56*) beat Essex 163 (Bopara 42, Milne 4-15) by 28 runsScorecard Despite dropping four catches in a sloppy fielding display Kent moved into second place in the Vitality Blast T20 South Group following their 28-run win over basement side Essex in Canterbury. England white-ball
4:28 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Hendrick Motorsports has extended the contract of driver Alex Bowman for one year through 2020 as Nationwide has extended its sponsorship of the No. 88 team for the next two seasons. As Cup
4:20 PM ET Vince Carter doesn’t judge his peers for chasing rings. But it’s not something that he plans to do. “I come from an era where that’s not how it was. So that’s still instilled in me. And I don’t have any problem with how it’s done now. (It’s) just not for me,” Carter,
4:22 PM ET Austrian motor racing great Niki Lauda has had a successful lung transplant in Vienna, the hospital that treated him said Thursday. Lauda, who was badly burned in a near-fatal Formula One crash in 1976 and later became an airline entrepreneur, was taken ill recently. Austrian media had said he was being treated
1:00 AM ET Urban Meyer’s coaching future is in limbo. Ohio State opens preseason camp Friday without knowing who will lead the team Sept. 1 against Oregon State. The university is investigating what the Buckeye coaches, their wives and support staff knew and, perhaps more important, when they knew about the domestic incidents involving former
2:50 PM BST The Sables’ quest for a first win in the Rugby Africa Gold Cup campaign faces a formidable challenge when they host unbeaten Namibia in round four at Hartsfield Grounds in Bulawayo on Saturday. Zimbabwe are facing the dire prospect of relegation from the elite Gold Cup after managing one draw and two
2:36 PM ET AKRON, Ohio — Tiger Woods returned to one of his favorite courses with another score in the 60s, shooting 4-under par 66 on Thursday at Firestone Country Club in the opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Tiger Woods reacts after making birdie on the 18th green during the first round of the