11:56 PM ET Vadim Nemkov has clearly established himself as the man to beat in Bellator’s light heavyweight tournament, following Friday night’s convincing title defense over Phil Davis. Nemkov (14-3) is already Bellator’s 205-pound champion, but with bigger names in the promotion’s tournament like Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Yoel Romero and Ryan Bader, it would be
8:37 PM ET ESPN News Services Patrick Marleau tied Gordie Howe’s mark of 1,767 games played on Saturday night, when the San Jose Sharks played the Minnesota Wild. On Monday night, health permitting, he will set a new NHL record, against the Vegas Golden Knights. It will add to a lengthy list of accomplishments, of
7:21 PM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night co-main event between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose was canceled because of an injury Klose said he sustained when Stephens forcefully shoved him during their official weigh-in on Friday. Klose’s team told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that according to his CT scan results, Klose suffered a cervical sprain of
1:30 AM ET Robert Whittaker doesn’t create a lot of headlines. He doesn’t talk any trash. Never has he made a spectacle of himself. But, quietly, Whittaker has built a resume that rivals some of the most impressive in mixed martial arts. The former UFC middleweight champion put forth another excellent performance Saturday, beating Kelvin
The Jake Paul-Ben Askren fight arrived on Saturday, and it was everything the MMA world feared it would be. In a battle between a YouTube star and a professional mixed martial artist, it was the YouTube star who emerged victorious. In the first round, via KO. Granted, Askren was always more of a grappler than
2:40 PM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN Even as Mirabai Chanu went up to make her final attempt at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent en route to setting a new world record, her coach Vijay Sharma noticed something unusual out of the corner of his eye. “I saw that the Chinese coaches were paying attention to
11:14 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Brittany Force took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying in the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday. Force had a final qualifying run of 3.732 seconds at 320.66 mph in her dragster for her first No. 1 qualifier
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9:40 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — A shark sighting temporarily halted competition in the World Surf League event at Sydney’s Narrabeen Beach on Sunday. The second heat of the event was in progress when the shark was sighted, and surfers were called from the water. Competition was delayed for 15 minutes, until organizers were
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6:33 PM ET Associated Press Britain, Canada, Italy and Ukraine were among the eight countries that reached the qualifying round of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup with victories Saturday. These were the first matches in the women’s tennis team competition since its name was changed from Fed Cup last year. Also advancing were Kazakhstan,
4:45 PM ET Bryce Young stepped into the first-team quarterback role and shined during Alabama‘s spring game on Saturday, winning most valuable player honors after completing 25 of 44 passes for 333 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. Young, a former five-star prospect, was Mac Jones‘ primary backup as a freshman last season. He appeared
1:46 AM ET Associated Press Assistant coach Joel Johnson is taking over the United States women’s national hockey team after Bob Corkum abruptly stepped down less than three weeks before the world championships open in Canada. USA Hockey’s director of women’s national team programs Katie Million did not provide a reason for Corkum’s departure in
Getty Images Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker continues his road back to title contention on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night. Whittaker gets a man he was scheduled to defend his title against when he held it in Kelvin Gastelum. Both men are hoping a win gets them a rematch with current
LAFC becomes only the second club in Major League Soccer history to win its first four opening-day matches, beating Austin FC 2-0 in the visitor’s first-ever MLS match. Goals from Corey Baird and Jose Cifuentes come after a strange moment in the first half, when a miscommunication between LAFC star Carlos Vela and head coach