7:09 PM ET Conor McGregor went into last year with the desire to fight at least three times before the calendar turned to 2021. Now, the former UFC double champion has even more ambitious goals: seven fights in the next 18 months, he said Thursday on Stephen A’s World. “The truth is the fight game
Month: January 2021
7:27 PM ET Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has blasted the decision to once again honour controversial Australian tennis icon Margaret Court in this year’s Australia Day honours. The 24-time Grand Slam singles champion is set to be promoted from Officer of the Order of Australia to the prestigious Companion of the Order of Australia, the
7:10 AM ET HOUSTON — There are four teams left in the playoffs, and somehow the biggest topic in the NFL is quarterback Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans. We covered the basics of why Watson is unhappy with the franchise that drafted him and what his options are going forward, but let’s take go
5:28 PM ET Liam Wheeler Liverpool‘s incredible 68-game unbeaten run at Anfield came to an end as the champions were beaten 1-0 on home turf by a resilient Burnley side. Ashley Barnes picked himself up off the turf to fire home the game’s only goal from the spot having previously been brought down by the
2:33 PM ET Associated Press The Washington Capitals will be without Alex Ovechkin and three other prominent players for at least the next four games because of COVID-19 protocols, coach Peter Laviolette said. Ovechkin, a three-time NHL MVP, was placed on the league’s unavailable list Wednesday along with No. 1 center Evgeny Kuznetsov, starting goaltender
12:54 PM ET After intimating as much over the last year or so, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant admitted he isn’t having as much fun playing baseball as he used to. Bryant, 29, spoke to Red Line Radio, a Barstool podcast, and was asked if there was joy for him on the field. “At
2:33 PM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. is nearing a return and listed as questionable to play Friday night against the Phoenix Suns. Porter has been cleared from the NBA’s health and safety protocols and returned to the team, a league source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Nuggets coach Michael Malone said that Porter
9:27 AM GMT Beyond the famous rugby players and the wealthy wine farms, there has always been football in Stellenbosch, albeit out of view behind the vines and University ivory towers. Known for its strong [and traditionally white] rugby history, the town of Stellenbosch’s rich football heritage has often been overlooked, but thanks to Stellenbosch
11:38 AM ET When Larry Scott met with the Pac-12 CEO group last week to discuss his future with the conference, he said it immediately became clear that the presidents and chancellors had concluded it was time for new leadership. “[They] were feeling like a new direction would make sense,” Scott told ESPN Wednesday night
12:32 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City T-Bones of the independent American Association are being renamed the Kansas City Monarchs after the team that played in the Negro Leagues. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum signed a licensing agreement with Mark Brandmeyer’s MaxFun Entertainment, owner of the minor league team. The
Robin Uthappa played 12 games for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020.© BCCI/IPL Top order batsman Robin Uthappa has been traded to Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League. ”Robin is our newest Bat-Man! Welcoming you with #Yellove Vanakkam,” CSK tweeted from their official handle on Thursday. Uthappa made the move
9:15 AM ET I wish I loved anything in life as much as Canadians love their (We The) North Division this NHL season. “In our small little hockey world, this is an unbelievably cool event and I’m really glad I’m in Canada when it happened,” said Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice, when asked about the
12:07 PM ET Missouri is hiring former Arizona Cardinals coach Steve Wilks as defensive coordinator, a source told ESPN. Wilks, 51, most recently coached in 2019 as Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator. He last coached in college in 2005, when he worked with Washington’s defensive backs on Tyrone Willingham’s staff. Wilks replaces Ryan Walters, who left
7:00 AM ET STEPHEN CURRY KNOWS exactly how far he has left to go. Now that he’s on the verge of passing Reggie Miller for second place on the NBA’s career 3-pointer list — he’s nine away from passing the Pacers great — Curry needs just 422 more to eclipse Ray Allen to become the
12:39 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — A Spanish tennis player ranked in the top 70 who was forced to quarantine in her hotel room after potentially being exposed to the coronavirus on an Australian Open charter flight says she tested positive for COVID-19. Paula Badosa, a 23-year-old who reached the fourth round at
6:50 AM ET THE ONLY TIME Dustin Poirier wanted to fight an opponent outside of the cage was the week of UFC 178. Poirier remembers standing behind a curtain at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas in September 2014, waiting to get on the scale. He recalls seeing a few scuffles in the
Somerset have never won the County Championship.© AFP Somerset’s 12-point deduction for preparing a substandard pitch against Essex in the 2019 English County Championship decider, has been cut to eight ahead of this season’s remodelled first-class competition. In November 2019, a Cricket Discipline Commission disciplinary panel rated the surface at southwest county Somerset’s headquarters as
Chris Froome’s debut for Israel Start Up Nation will be as part of a strong field for next month’s UAE Tour, which also includes fellow Briton Adam Yates. Froome is aiming for a fifth Tour de France win this year after missing out on selection with Ineos Grenadiers in 2020. The 35-year-old was due to
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