7:46 AM ET The next 12 months could be some of the most interesting in MMA history. Conor McGregor is set to return from a broken leg. Jon Jones, who hasn’t fought since February 2020, could finally get a heavyweight title shot. Kamaru Usman is closing in on Anderson Silva‘s record of 16 straight UFC
6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN Now that 2021 is in the rearview and we’re now in 2022, the NFL Power Rankings are looking ahead. While there are still playoff berths to be earned and championships to be won, we decided this was a perfect time for each franchise to give a New Year’s resolution for
7:00 AM ET NICK SABAN HAD mixed emotions as he left his home in south Florida on Jan. 3, 2007 and headed for the airport. Initially, he hadn’t been interested in leaving for Alabama, and had said so publicly. He was committed to being the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. He loved and respected
1:28 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE — Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka opened her 2022 season with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Alize Cornet on Tuesday in one of the so-called Summer Set tournaments in Melbourne. Osaka returned to Rod Laver Arena for the first time since winning the Australian title last February. It
2:32 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Alexander Zverev beat Taylor Fritz in straight sets on Tuesday to clinch a victory over the U.S. team and get Germany’s ATP Cup campaign back on track. Jan-Lennard Struff withstood 34 aces in a 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-5 win over John Isner to give Germany the lead, and
5:35 PM ET Kylian Mbappe scored a second-half hat trick to lead Paris Saint-Germain past Vannes and into the Coupe de France round of 16. Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP Holders Paris Saint-Germain eased into the Coupe de France round of 16 after a second-half hat trick from Kylian Mbappe on top of Presnel Kimpembe‘s opener gave
2:43 AM ET Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has questioned the togetherness and commitment of Ralf Rangnick’s squad after Monday’s 1-0 home defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers, the latest setback in their troubled season. “We have to put more pressure on them, we have to have intensity. Us players, we have been here a long time,
This BBL has faced criticism for its supposed lack of international drawcards and the usual absences of Australia’s Test stars. But a few months from the T20 World Cup triumph, those on the fringes of national selection are starring in the first half of the BBL season. With Australia’s title defence on home soil just
8:40 PM ET Jamal Collier CHICAGO — Bulls guard Javonte Green will miss two to four weeks with a strained groin, coach Billy Donovan said Monday before Chicago’s game against the Orlando Magic. Green has carved out a role for himself as a solid contributor to Chicago’s success this season. He was inserted into the
12:16 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Miami Heat ruled forward Jimmy Butler out with a right ankle injury not long after he needed help to get off the floor and into the locker room late in the third quarter against the Golden State Warriors on Monday. Butler sustained the injury when he went to