2:07 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — For a brief, fleeting moment — the amount of time it took San Francisco Giants reliever Dominic Leone‘s sixth-inning fastball to travel from his hand to the plate — Cody Bellinger looked like the guy who was the 2019 National League MVP. Bellinger was balanced and quick, two elements
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8:36 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top seeds Daniil Medvedev and Karolina Pliskova rolled to straight-set victories at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, when several lower-seeded players were knocked out. Medvedev beat American Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-2, extending his winning streak to eight matches dating to his U.S. Open championship last
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6:31 PM ET In another Texas–Oklahoma classic, Lincoln Riley’s quarterback switch propelled the sixth-ranked Sooners to a historic comeback. Already in a deep hole in the second quarter, OU quarterback Spencer Rattler fumbled trying to make a play, and Texas recovered. The No. 21 Longhorns scored three plays later to take a 35-17 lead with
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6:53 PM ET ASHBURN, Va., — The Washington Football Team has placed assistant athletic trainer Doug Quon on administrative leave, according to multiple sources. The move comes within a week of head athletic trainer Ryan Vermillion being placed on leave pending an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency. It’s uncertain when Quon was placed on
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4:56 PM ET Mike Coppinger Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Tyson Fury defends his WBC heavyweight world title and the heavyweight lineal championship against Deontay Wilder on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ PPV, 9 p.m. ET, with
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8:36 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova won her second-round match in straight sets at the BNP Open on Saturday, while fifth-seeded Garbine Muguruza was beaten. Pliskova advanced to the third round with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Magdalena Frech at the combined ATP and WTA event. Pliskova fired six
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9:15 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Adam Schenk and Matthew Wolff both took a while to get started Saturday in the Shriners Children’s Open. It’s how they finished that put them into the final group with a chance to win. Both figured that’s how it will unfold Sunday at the suddenly windy TPC
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8:03 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Phil Mickelson needed only three holes to go from lagging behind to seizing control with an eagle-birdie-birdie stretch that carried him to a 5-under 67 and a two-shot lead Saturday in the Constellation Furyk & Friends Invitational. Making only his fourth PGA Tour Champions start — and
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8:18 PM ET UFC lightweight fighter Luis Pena has been arrested for the second time in five months. According to online inmate records, Pena was taken into custody on Saturday in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on charges of battery causing bodily harm and battery domestic violence. He is being held on $1,000 bond at the Broward
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7:23 PM ET Marina Rodriguez passed another major test and stated her case as a potential future title challenger. Surviving several terrible positions on the ground, Rodriguez defeated Mackenzie Dern via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. It was a classic striker vs. grappler battle
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6:30 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — AJ Allmendinger charged into the second round of the Xfinity Series playoffs with an overtime victory Saturday in the elimination race on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Allmendinger remained a perfect 3-0 on the hybrid road course/oval added to the NASCAR schedule in 2018. He wasn’t
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4:00 PM ET PANAMA CITY, Panama — United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter said that Weston McKennie‘s quad injury is “not severe,” but still thought it better to leave him out of Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Panama. McKennie didn’t make the trip to Panama after playing all 90 minutes in Thursday’s 2-0
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