4:52 AM ET Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers‘ toe injury is expected to last for the remainder of the season, sources told ESPN. One source told ESPN that doctors can’t completely numb the fractured pinkie toe because Rodgers has to feel his foot to throw — otherwise it drags and he can’t feel it
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Haas driver Nikita Mazepin testing positive for Covid-19 will not have a “wider impact” on the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, says Formula 1. The 22-year-old Russian will not race after returning the result on-site, with a re-test also positive. “Mazepin is experiencing mild symptoms and is now isolating in accordance with Covid-19 protocols,” said
5:00 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — When fans started lining up outside Providence Park on Monday, five days before the Timbers were set to host their first MLS Cup, their rationale boiled down to something simple: They wanted to experience history. Portland has billed itself as Soccer City USA for decades and the opportunities to
2:13 AM ET Nonito Donaire showed boxing can still be an old man’s game. Donaire, 39, successfully defended his WBC bantamweight belt with a fourth-round knockout win over Reymart Gaballo on Saturday night in the sparsely filled Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. In an all-Filipino clash, Donaire scored a victory with a second
1:53 AM ET Charles Oliveira had something to prove on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Sure, he was already the UFC lightweight champion, but many still doubted his status, opting to believe that Dustin Poirier was the best lightweight in the world. No longer. With a third-round submission victory over Poirier, Oliveira secured his place
12:01 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko floored Richard Commey hard in Round 7, leaving his opponent on wobbly legs and in big trouble. He pleaded with Commey’s corner to stop the contest, but it allowed the marquee fight to continue. The stoppage never materialized for Lomachenko after that, but he still won in dominant
1:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko was on the verge of the statement win he was searching for Saturday, the kind of performance that could land him a shot at the undisputed lightweight championship. After he floored Richard Commey in the seventh round of their lightweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Lomachenko
11:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The two best middleweight fighters in the world will meet again early next year. Israel Adesanya will defend his UFC middleweight title against former champion Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 271 on Feb. 12 in Houston, the promotion announced Saturday during the UFC 269 broadcast. Adesanya
1:43 AM ET Associated Press LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Slow Down Andy upset heavily favored Messier by a length to win the $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity on Saturday, snapping trainer Bob Baffert’s seven-year winning streak in the race for 2-year-olds. Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, Slow Down Andy ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.33. The son
12:07 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Julianna Peña swore she’d do it. She swore she would take out the greatest of all time in double champion Amanda Nunes. Next to no one believed her. Then she went out and did exactly that. Peña (11-4) scored one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history
12:43 AM ET Charles Oliveira has retained his UFC lightweight title, submitting Dustin Poirier by rear-naked choke in Round 3 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The stoppage came at 1 minute, 2 seconds. Oliveira (32-8, 1 NC), 32, was making the first defense of the vacant title he won when he
As Yuvraj Singh celebrates his 40th birthday on Sunday, India batter Shubman Gill extended his greetings to the former cricketer. Gill and Yuvraj, who announced his retirement from all formats of the game in 2019, share a great camaraderie as both can be seen often commenting on each other’s social media posts. Taking to Koo,
9:00 PM ET Although it took until the 14th week of the season for the Heisman race to truly come into focus, there ended up being little doubt about who the winner should be. Alabama quarterback Bryce Young won the 2021 Heisman Trophy, the first Crimson Tide QB to do so. Tua Tagovailoa and Mac
3:44 PM ET As tension builds amid the frustration of a 2-10 season, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan plans to stay the course with coach Urban Meyer, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Meyer again has come under scrutiny, with sources confirming an NFL Network report on Saturday that Jaguars wide receiver Marvin Jones recently had
5:23 PM ET Tim Fiorvanti Close ESPN.com WWE on ESPN Editor Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Vasiliy Lomachenko is healthy and ready to earn his way back into a lightweight championship fight, but first he needs
8:11 PM ET Bryce Young saved his best for last, and in doing so ran away with this year’s Heisman Trophy, winning the award in a ceremony in New York City on Saturday night. A sophomore and former five-star prospect from California, Young entered the season with sky-high expectations as the presumptive choice to replace
9:19 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Ronny Deila is a man of his word. Minutes after New York City FC had claimed its first MLS Cup, beating the Portland Timbers via penalties, there was Deila, the coach stripping down to his underwear in front of the team’s fans and doing pushups on the Providence Park
4:52 PM ET Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop will remain on long-term injured reserve with a degenerative knee injury that marks “the end of his career,” general manager Jim Nill told The Dallas Morning News on Saturday. Bishop, 35, underwent surgery last year to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and had been