5:49 PM ET LAS VEGAS — When Friday ended, the UFC 279 main card was completely different than the one scheduled when the day began. In an unprecedented turn of events, the top three fights set for Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena were all altered by Friday evening, a chain reaction set off by once-headliner
5:29 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Noah Gragson outran the rain and Justin Allgaier to win the rain-shortened NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Gragson survived a two-lap shootout to win the second stage, after which the race was considered official. He used a great restart after the race’s first
3:35 PM ET Four second-half goals steered Barcelona to a routine 4-0 victory at Cadiz on Saturday as they moved top of LaLiga. Frenkie de Jong and Robert Lewandowski put the Catalans in front before a lengthy stop in play due to an illness in the crowd saw the players go off the field before
3:33 PM ET ESPN News Service Kyle Busch is leaving Joe Gibbs Racing and will join Richard Childress Racing beginning with the 2023 season, according to a report in The Athletic. An official announcement is expected Tuesday, according to the report. Busch, 37, the only active driver with multiple titles, was not able to come
3:56 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Despite committing 15 penalties and a poor performance by its offensive line, No. 1 Alabama was able to avoid an upset and beat unranked Texas 20-19 on a last-minute field goal Saturday. While Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban praised his team’s resiliency, he was nonetheless critical of their performance,
11:45 AM ET Tight end Darren Waller and the Las Vegas Raiders have reached agreement on a three-year contract extension with $51 million in new money. “This was one of the most challenging negotiations I’ve encountered,” said Waller’s agent Drew Rosenhaus. “It is very rare for a 30-year-old player with two years left on his
11:49 AM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Rudy Gobert scored 20 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Olympic silver medalist France moved into the EuroBasket quarterfinals by holding off Turkey 87-86 in overtime Saturday. Gobert had a putback dunk with 2.7 seconds left in regulation to tie the game then scored the first four points
Tributes were paid to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as sport resumed on Saturday, following the death of the UK’s longest-serving monarch on Thursday. While all English, Welsh and Northern Irish football, as well as senior football in Scotland, was postponed this weekend, other sports decided to return to action and mark their respects. Cricket
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took pole position at the Italian Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Cheered by the enthusiastic tifosi, Leclerc beat world championship leader Max Verstappen of Red Bull by 0.145 seconds. Verstappen, who is one of nine drivers to have a grid penalty, will be demoted to seventh place on the
Ollie Robinson returned his best England figures before South Africa hit back in the third and deciding Test at the Oval on Saturday after cricket paid its respects to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Sussex seamer Robinson took 5-49 in 14 overs, his third five-wicket innings haul in 11 career Tests, as South Africa were dismissed
8:00 AM ET On Saturday, No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland will take on No. 5 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia. If Jabeur wins, she will become the first African woman in the Open era to earn a Grand Slam singles title. If Swiatek prevails, it will be her third major title, having won two French
Remco Evenepoel looks set to win the 2022 Vuelta a Espana after retaining his overall lead as Richard Carapaz soloed to victory on stage 20. The Belgian, 22, finished two seconds behind his main rival for the red jersey, Spain’s Enric Mas. Evenepoel leads the general classification by two minutes and five seconds, with Juan
10:22 AM ET Associated Press Scottie Scheffler went 58 tournaments over more than two years between getting a PGA Tour card and getting his first win at the Phoenix Open. That turned out to be just the beginning of a year that topped all others in golf. A month later, Scheffler went to No. 1
10:17 AM ET Nate Diaz has received an enormous amount of support heading into the final fight of his UFC contract on Saturday, including from his old rival, Conor McGregor. McGregor took the time to congratulate Diaz on fulfilling his contract on Saturday, via his personal social media. The two fought twice in 2016, splitting
4:10 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It looks like Aaron Rodgers might not have the receiver whom he has referred to as his new No. 1 ever since the Green Bay Packers traded Davante Adams in the offseason. That’s because Allen Lazard was listed as doubtful for Sunday’s season opener at the Minnesota Vikings.
ENG vs SA, 3rd Test, Day 3 Live: England on top as South Africa crumble.© AFP England vs South Africa, Day 3 Live Score Updates: Ollie Robinson took five before Stuart Broad also took four wickets, helping England bowl out South Africa for a paltry total of 118 on Day 3 of the ongoing third
11:31 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier has denied claims of a rift between attacking duo Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. During PSG’s 2-1 Champions League victory over Juventus on Tuesday, Neymar appeared to be furious with Mbappe when he opted to shoot rather than pass the ball to his teammate for a simple tap-in.
6:00 AM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host Enough is enough. I just can’t do it anymore. I am done betting college football unders. You just need too much to go right, especially at the end of games. If I want an under, I