9:33 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar Valdez can proceed with his fight vs. Robson Conceicao on Sept. 10 in Tucson, Arizona, despite testing positive for the banned substance phentermine, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Athletic Commission ruled Thursday, multiple sources tell ESPN. Valdez is the WBC’s 130-pound titleholder. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN the organization
Month: September 2021
7:50 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Patrick Cantlay met his goal in the first round of the Tour Championship on Thursday, and it had nothing to do with the score on his card or the size of his lead. As the top seed in the FedEx Cup, he started with a 2-shot lead over
8:24 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight matchup between Michael Chiesa and Sean Brady in November, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday. Contracts have not been signed, but both sides have agreed to the contest, sources said. The fight will take place at a UFC Fight Night event, likely in Las Vegas. Chiesa
6:56 PM ET Associated Press GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. — Gene Elliott won the U.S. Senior Amateur on Thursday, beating Jerry Gunthorpe 1 up at the Country Club of Detroit. The 59-year-old Elliott, from West Des Moines, Iowa, won for the first time in 36 starts in USGA events. He also won the Senior British
6:11 PM ET After thousands of fans were left stranded at Flushing Meadows as a result of flash floods Wednesday in New York, Daniel Zausner, the chief operating officer of the United States Tennis Association, said the organization was not adequately prepared for the large amount of rain but doesn’t believe the USTA would do
8:15 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — G.J. Kinne and Gus Malzahn stand steps away from each other on the UCF practice field, near the quarterbacks of course. Malzahn points animatedly at the receivers before the passing drill begins. Kinne listens, then backpedals like a defensive back, keeping his eyes on the signal-callers. It is hard
7:12 PM ET Miesha Tate is back in the main event. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion — and one of the most popular women’s MMA fighters ever — will headline a UFC Fight Night against Ketlen Vieira on Oct. 16 in Las Vegas, the UFC announced Thursday. ESPN has Vieira ranked No. 8 in
12:03 PM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Tim Bontemps Unvaccinated NBA players will have lockers as far away as possible from their vaccinated teammates and will have to eat, fly and ride buses in different sections as part
1:46 PM ET Mets acting general manager Zack Scott has been placed on administrative leave two days after he was arrested on a DWI charge in New York, the team announced Thursday. Scott will be on leave “until further notice,” the Mets said, adding that team president Sandy Alderson will assume the general manager’s responsibilities.
6:25 PM ET Paul Millsap has agreed to a deal with the Brooklyn Nets, his agent, DeAngelo Simmons, told ESPN on Thursday. Millsap becomes the latest former All-Star to join the Nets over the past few seasons, joining Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden. Millsap’s four All-Star appearances bring Brooklyn’s total up
10:15 AM ET The time to exorcise demons — or try to, at least — has finally arrived. Exactly 1,423 days after a loss to Trinidad & Tobago prevented the United States men’s national team from qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, qualification for the 2022 competition finally begins. The USA’s 14-game path to
6:35 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Mac Jones decisively beat out Cam Newton for the New England Patriots‘ starting quarterback job. In doing so, he now has the chance to rewrite the narrative that Alabama Crimson Tide quarterbacks haven’t measured up in the NFL since the days of Bart Starr, Joe Namath and Ken Stabler,
5:19 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — About the only problems No. 1 seed Ash Barty and other top women’s players encountered Thursday afternoon at the US Open came in the delays trying to get to Flushing Meadows in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida’s remnants blowing through the Northeast a night earlier. Barty,
2:23 PM ET Montreal Canadiens first-round pick Logan Mailloux has been suspended indefinitely by the Ontario Hockey League stemming from the defenseman’s 2020 conduct that got him fined for an offense of a sexual nature in Sweden. The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday that Mailloux could apply for reinstatement starting Jan. 1 and that his
3:36 PM ET A Brooks Koepka moment that doesn’t actually include Bryson DeChambeau? Well, yes, that is possible. On Thursday, during the first round of the season-ending Tour Championship — the final stop in the $15 million-for-the-winner FedEx Cup playoffs — Koepka got off to a hot start. And he needed it. Given the staggered
Sep 1, 2021 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Ireland’s Katie Taylor hopes retaining her world lightweight titles on Saturday against Jennifer Han will land her a fight with Amanda Serrano. Taylor, who
7:00 AM ET We’ve finally entered September, and MLB teams will have only a final month and change to solidify their playoff positions — if they haven’t already. Where have the New York Yankees ended up after their 13-game winning streak was snapped? Have the Phillies Phillies bought themselves some breathing room with their recent
Opening batsman Avishka Fernando hit an attacking 118 to set up Sri Lanka’s 14-run win over South Africa in the first of three one-day internationals on Thursday. The hosts scored 300 for nine from their 50 overs after electing to bat first in Colombo, with Fernando scoring his third ODI century. South Africa fell short on 286-6
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