6:21 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Anthony Pettis‘ playoff future is on the line. So is Lance Palmer‘s. Their tension-laden storylines are highlights on Friday’s PFL 6 (Live on ESPN+; 10 p.m. ET, ESPN 2) card, which wraps up the regular season as four divisions lock up their playoff brackets. The event in Atlantic City, New
6:00 AM ET MOBILE, Ala. — New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan took pride in being the only active player inducted into the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame on Wednesday, while crediting the “OGs” he shared the stage with — Reggie Wayne, Patrick Surtain Sr., Joe Staley and Fred Taylor. But Jordan, who ranks
6:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola struck out 10 straight New York Mets batters Friday, tying a major league record that stood alone for more than five decades. Hall of Fame ace Tom Seaver fanned his final 10 hitters for the Mets in a 2-1 victory over the
6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — While there was some room for debate about which position group deserved the most blame when GM Brandon Beane said the Buffalo Bills needed to run the ball better following the 2020 season, he didn’t mince words when it came to critiquing the tight ends. The group
5:39 AM ET Walk the walk, take your time, breathe and score. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? But as Euro 2020 prepares to enter the knockout stage, and with it comes the jeopardy of penalty shootout, you can be sure that at least one player will forget the basic principles of scoring with a free shot
8:17 PM ET Associated Press JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Nelly Korda realized there were low scores available Friday at Atlanta Athletic Club. For the longest time, she couldn’t find them in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. And then the birdies came in bushels, one after another, six straight to close her second round that put
7:12 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — We pause now to fondly remember Bubba Watson’s neon pink driver, which broke apart mid-swing on the second tee in the Travelers Championship on Friday. And, if the three-time Travelers winner is going to have luck like this over the weekend, please spare a thought for the
7:27 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Anthony Joshua will defend his heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk on Sept. 25 in London. Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, made the announcement Friday. Joshua, holder of the WBA, IBF, and WBO titles, was to have an all-British showdown with Tyson Fury this summer, but a legal ruling in
5:26 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Steve Stricker increased his lead to five strokes Friday in the Senior Players Championship, following an opening 7-under 63 with a 68 at breezy Firestone. The 54-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain had a 9-under 131 total on the difficult South Course, playing bogey-free for the first two
6:40 PM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic said he has been speaking to top women tennis pros, including Serena Williams, about the players’ association that he and Vasek Pospisil founded in the hopes of gaining “more access and more transparency” — and a larger cut of the sport’s revenues. “You start to realize that the
First there were 24 teams and now, after a wild two-week group stage, just 16 teams remain as the Euro 2020 knockout rounds begin this Saturday. Will France add Euro glory to their World Cup from 2018, or will Portugal become just the second team ever to defend a Euro title after Spain did it
5:07 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Another season that began with expectations of winning a Stanley Cup concluded with a bitter taste for the Vegas Golden Knights. The surprising Montreal Canadiens, who finished the regular season 18th in the NHL with 59 points, won the best-of-seven series 4-2 to advance to the Stanley
11:21 AM ET Bill Moos will retire as Nebraska’s athletic director at the end of the month, the school announced Friday. “I step away completely content, knowing that our athletic program is reborn and rebuilt and that it has a solid, stable foundation,” Moos said in a statement. Moos, 70, had led Nebraska’s athletic department
It has been almost 700 days since the last race of W Series, but on Saturday the lights will go out on an exciting new season. This year the female-only championship will share the global stage with Formula 1 as it provides eight support races at grand prix weekends. Britain’s Jamie Chadwick will be looking
Kapil Dev is a known name in every household in India. The all-rounder was the Indian cricket team’s captain, when they won the 1983 World Cup, which was a huge turning point in the game’s history in the country. The image of the legendary cricketer holding the trophy at the Lord’s is a recognisable photograph
12:36 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jack Ingram, a hard-hosed, hot-tempered racer who won five NASCAR championships and more than 300 races, has died, the NASCAR Hall of Fame said Friday. He was 84. No details were released by the Hall of Fame. A 2014 inductee, Ingram lived in the Asheville area and
6:00 AM ET BEREA, Ohio – On the first day of Browns minicamp last week, Jadeveon Clowney lined up with the other linemen for a series of sprinting conditioning drills. Clowney, just six months removed from knee surgery, exploded off the line before nearly tracking down the pair of teammates in front of him who’d
6:14 AM ET Bret Bielema believes there’s a specific moment on every recruiting visit in which something said or done shapes the prospect’s future path. When Russell Wilson visited Wisconsin in June 2011, he faced a decision not only between schools (Wisconsin vs. Auburn) but sports (football vs. baseball). He had produced a good career