8:00 AM ET The UFC has fighters ranging from 115 pounds to more than twice that weight. Yet size does not matter very much when it comes to assessing where the greatest fights are. Some weight classes are top-heavy, featuring dominant champions no one can match. Other divisions draw their intrigue from a level playing
9:00 AM ET St. Louis Blues center Brayden Schenn didn’t want to talk about Nazem Kadri. He didn’t want to talk about Blues goalie Jordan Binnington‘s collision with the Colorado Avalanche center that forced him out of Saturday’s Game 3, and eventually the entire series, with a lower-body injury. About the conjecture that followed the
7:00 AM ET AFTER 3 HOURS and 35 minutes of tennis on the red clay court in Madrid, Carlos Alcaraz aims his serve out wide. Novak Djokovic, who has spent more time ranked No. 1 than anybody, lunges, grunting as he reaches awkwardly with his backhand to return the 19-year-old’s serve. Alcaraz is up 6-5
8:17 AM ET TULSA, Okla. — Justin Thomas‘ long wait to win another major championship is over after he defeated Will Zalatoris in a playoff to win the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club. Zalatoris will have to wait again for his first PGA Tour victory, along with Mito Pereira, whose costly mistake
Formula 1 teams will be forced to miss races this season unless the sport’s budget cap is increased, says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. The current budget limit is $140m (£111m). “Seven of the teams would probably need to miss the last four races to come within the cap this year,” he said. “It’s
4:26 AM ET LIVERPOOL, England — There are always what-ifs when a team gets so close to glory. Liverpool may yet end the 2021-22 season as Treble winners if they add the Champions League to the FA Cup and Carabao Cup already won by Jurgen Klopp’s players this year, but when they analyse how they
A Super Over could decide Indian Premier League’s champions should rain gods play spoilsport and no play is possible in regulation time. If not even an over a side is possible, the league standing will take precedence and will decide the winner, according to an IPL briefing note. This will also apply to the Qualifier
8:20 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — As Mito Pereira stood in the interview area in a tent at Southern Hills Country Club on Sunday, TVs to his left and right showed Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris preparing for a playoff in the 104th PGA Championship. After Pereira answered a couple of questions, someone had enough
11:38 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Ryan Blaney needed two extra laps after thinking he had already won the NASCAR All-Star race and $1 million, staying in front through a green-white-checkered finish after a caution came out just yards before he got to the line the first time. Blaney’s crew was already
12:43 AM ET Mike Smith was half a period away from shutting out the Calgary Flames in Game 3 of the Edmonton Oilers‘ second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Sunday. And then came Milan Lucic. Calgary trailed 4-0 midway through the third period when Lucic barreled into Smith while he played the puck behind Edmonton’s
1:28 AM ET DALLAS — Superstar Luka Doncic, moments after his Dallas Mavericks were pushed to the brink of elimination in the Western Conference finals, viewed the situation through a long-term lens. Doncic scored a game-high 40 points in Sunday’s 109-100 Game 3 loss to the Golden State Warriors, including 21 while the Mavs attempted
1:59 AM BST The Blues have wrapped up top seeding and home advantage for the Super Rugby Pacific finals, after their dramatic win in Canberra moved them six points clear at the top of the standings. Elsewhere there were wins for the Crusaders, Reds, Chiefs, Hurricanes and Waratahs, who picked up the upset of the
7:39 PM ET ESPN News Services TULSA, Okla. — Justin Thomas has won his second PGA Championship, rallying from shots seven back on Sunday to force a playoff with Will Zalatoris, then beating him with two birdies and a par in their three-hole aggregate at Southern Hills. Thomas added a second Wanamaker Trophy to the
10:48 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Tim Anderson hit a three-run homer and then put a finger to his lips to silence fans booing and chanting “Jackie” at him, capping a tumultuous weekend at Yankee Stadium and helping the Chicago White Sox beat New York 5-0 Sunday night for a doubleheader sweep.
12:32 AM ET TULSA, Okla. — There are some distinct odors that float through the air on Sundays at major championships: cigar smoke, warm beer, mediocre barbecue and freshly cut grass among them. It can be an oddly comforting cocktail as a fan. But if you’re a player trying to win your first major, there
8:40 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche are working with St. Louis law enforcement regarding threats made towards center Nazem Kadri after their Game 3 victory against the Blues Saturday night. The threats followed a series-ending injury to Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington after a collision involving Kadri. Just 6:45 into the first period of Game 3,
3:07 PM ET Josh Donaldson says he was “joking around” when he referred to Tim Anderson as “Jackie,” but at least one member of the Chicago White Sox isn’t buying the former MVP’s explanation. “Usually you have inside jokes with people you get along with, not people who don’t get along at all,” White Sox
10:07 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. For the first time since 2017, the Wanamaker Trophy belongs to Justin Thomas. Despite entering the final