12:01 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Anthony Pettis, the main attraction of Friday night’s season-opening event in the Professional Fighting League, is known as “Showtime.” But Clay Collard stole the show. Collard knocked down Pettis, the former UFC lightweight champion, twice in Round 2 and survived a head-kick knockdown in the third round to take a
It has been an ugly season for the Buffalo Sabres, but there have been some bright spots. Sam Reinhart has been among them. He leads the team with 33 points in 46 games. Reinhart’s five multi-goal games this year ties him for second in the league. There have also been some glimpses of light at
Because this is college football, where nothing important happens in a straightforward or efficient manner, one of the more important announcements of the offseason was buried deep in a Friday news release. In fact, taking the words at face value, it wouldn’t be news at all that the College Football Playoff acknowledged that a working
6:30 PM ET Tiger Woods posted a photo of himself on crutches and with a small cast covering his right foot and ankle while at his backyard practice area in Jupiter, Florida. The photo, which Woods posted on Instagram on Friday afternoon, is the first of Woods since he was involved in a serious one-vehicle
Three Stars 1. Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild. Kaprizov has heard all of your discussions about Jason Robertson potentially catching him in the Calder Trophy race, and he decided to make a statement on Friday night. Kaprizov scored two goals, including a stunning highlight reel goal (see it below) to open the scoring, to give him
Upset, upset, upset. Underdogs cashed in three of the four main card fights Friday at 2021 PFL 1 against three of the promotion’s most notable names. First, it was seasoned MMA veteran Bubba Jenkins, who pulled off an improbable unanimous decision victory over two-time featherweight champion Lance Palmer in the main card opener. Two fights
Jorge Masvidal is getting his second shot at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV), and that’s just one of three title fights scheduled for UFC 261. The UFC welterweight, women’s strawweight and women’s flyweight titles will all be on the line in Jacksonville, Florida, with Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang
11:44 PM ET LSU, which is struggling to recover from an ongoing sexual harassment scandal that involved allegations against former coach Les Miles, is in the process of banning star running back Derrius Guice indefinitely from the athletics program, a school spokesman confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The university is also cutting ties with its
10:15 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jessica Korda rode out a series of big momentum shifts Friday at historic Wilshire Country Club to hold onto the lead in the HUGEL Air Premia LA Open. Six strokes ahead after three holes, tied with top-ranked Jin Young Ko at the turn and two shots back
Ducks: De’Vion Harmon commits to Oregon if he opts out of NBA Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Northwest Oregon has likely filled its starting guard position for the 2021-22 college basketball season alongside Will Richardson. Well, hopefully so. Oklahoma transfer De’Vion Harmon has told 247Sports’ Travis Branham he will continue to test the NBA
5:06 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Say this for the Kansas City Chiefs: When they see a weakness on their roster, they go all-in on fixing it. The Chiefs couldn’t afford to overlook the mess their offensive line had become, not after the way quarterback Patrick Mahomes was harassed during last season’s Super Bowl
Associated Press Twins lefty Happ loses no-hit bid vs Pirates in 8th inning Minnesota Twins left-hander J.A. Happ lost his bid for a no-hitter with one out in the eighth inning on Friday night against Pittsburgh, when Jacob Stallings doubled for the Pirates. Happ, in his first season with the Twins, was immediately removed by
On this episode of CrossFire, Matt Miller and Chris Hayre are joined by Chad Reuter to discuss whether they think the Chargers should trade or keep their pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, who’s the best sleeper pick of the first round, and who they think the Chargers will pick at No. 13 overall. SUBSCRIBE:
After five years of close calls and near misses in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Tampa Bay Lightning were finally able to win their second Stanley Cup during the 2019-20 season when they defeated the Dallas Stars in six games in the playoff bubble. On Friday, the Lightning officially revealed the Stanley Cup Rings to
Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura will head into the weekend atop the leaderboard alongside the team of Tony Finau and Cameron Champ. The pair of teams sit at 13-under par, but with a round of best-ball and a round of alternate shot yet to be played, it’s still anyone’s tournament. The overnight leaders, Hovland and
Axios Quiet on Ukraine’s eastern front as Russia announces end to exercises Just as the threat of a Russian invasion seemed to be looming largest, Russia’s defense minister announced today that the troops that had massed on Ukraine’s borders would return to their barracks by May 1.Driving the news: Some 80,000 troops and heavy military
Justin Reid has been a model safety for the Houston Texans since he joined the team in 2018. The former Stanford product has locked down one of the safety spots and has been a veteran presence, even as far back as his rookie season. The Texans picked Reid with the No. 68 overall choice in
CBSN New York’s Steve Overmyer looks at the New York Giants’ draft with Dan Duggan, the Giants beat writer for the Athletic.