6:45 AM ET Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Kevin Pelton Close ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system We hear you,
7:29 AM ET Brian Ortega earned his way to a UFC featherweight title fight in December 2018. That’s a fact. No one handed him that opportunity. He proved himself championship-worthy by winning six consecutive fights in the UFC. And at the same time, Ortega’s loss to then-champion Max Holloway at UFC 231 two years ago
7:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Before Chase Claypool scored four touchdowns in a single football game, he scored 10 in a game. He probably would have scored more too, if Khul Sanghera hadn’t limited his touches. “He didn’t touch the ball a lot, but when he did, he made the best of it,” said Sanghera,
Follow the Indian Premier League 2020 live cricket score on Sports.NDTV.com. After 5.0 overs, Rajasthan Royals are 48/0. Get live score, ball by ball commentary and much more. Keep track of Indian Premier League 2020 today match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Everything related to Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore match will
2:54 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Mookie Betts‘ third-inning shoestring catch altered the momentum and Will Smith‘s sixth-inning home run off his namesake proved to be the difference, but all throughout, there was Corey Seager, a forgotten man on this star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers team, producing like he has through the entirety of his resurgent
8:00 AM ET The College Football Playoff race might swing in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Saturday night. Or the game could be a preview of what’s to come. Georgia–Alabama is the scheduled game with the second-highest impact on the playoff race, according to the Allstate Playoff Predictor, behind only Ohio State–Penn State on Halloween. It’s also
8:22 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Bret Holmes couldn’t chase down Cory Heim as the sun set on the ARCA Series finale at Kansas Speedway. It didn’t really matter. The 23-year-old from Munford, Alabama, won the series championship over Michael Self by finishing second Friday night. Holmes began the race eight points
6:39 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If Clint Bowyer could have scripted his sendoff, it most certainly would have been a proper blowout for NASCAR’s best partier. Bowyer would have had fans and friends and celebrated every week all along the NASCAR circuit if he’d had his way. He certainly would not have
11:45 PM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. SAN
9:55 PM ET ESPN News Services NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson, who was suspended indefinitely after using the N-word during a virtual race in April, has applied for reinstatement, a spokesperson for the sanctioning body confirmed Friday. Larson, who was fired by Chip Ganassi Racing, applied for reinstatement earlier this week and NASCAR is
4:29 PM ET Houston, in orange, succumbed to a 3-1 home defeat to Nashville on Oct. 14 as both teams inch towards the end of the regular season. Some of their opponents haven’t been as lucky given postponements and/or uncertainty over when games might be rescheduled. Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports MLS has been battling COVID-19 all
9:22 PM ET Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Xander Schauffele began his second round by missing a 4-foot birdie putt. That was hardly a sign of what was to follow Friday in the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek. Schauffele made putts as short as 3 feet and as long as 35 feet. He
9:44 PM ET For the first time since the Players Championship was canceled in March after one round, the PGA Tour will allow a limited number of spectators at a U.S. event during next month’s Houston Open. The Bermuda Championship in two weeks will be the first to admit a limited number of spectators. The
12:45 PM ET Mike Reiss Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Patriots since 1997 Joined ESPN in 2009 Field Yates Close ESPN Insider Field Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs. A graduate of Wesleyan University (CT), he is a regular contributor to ESPN Boston’s Patriots
5:03 PM ET A subsequent test of Alabama coach Nick Saban on Thursday showed that he is negative for COVID-19, the university announced Friday afternoon. The news comes 48 hours after Saban’s initial positive test and opens up the possibility that Saban could return to coach Saturday night’s home game against No. 3 Georgia. The
3:00 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Anthony Joshua will end a year out of the ring when he defends his WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight titles against Kubrat Pulev
6:03 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Kings have signed No. 2 overall NHL draft pick Quinton Byfield to a three-year contract. The Kings on Friday announced the entry-level deal with Byfield, a powerful 6-foot-5 center from Ontario. The 18-year-old Byfield is likely to play another year of junior hockey
6:13 PM ET Steve KimESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr. came in at the lightweight limit of 135 pounds on Friday’s official weigh-in for their anticipated lightweight unification fight at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Saturday (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ET). There was a palpable tension as Lomachenko and Lopez engaged