9:52 PM ET ESPN News Services MOBILE, Ala. — Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville beat former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Tuesday’s Alabama Republican Senate runoff. Familiar to Alabamians from his decade as Auburn University’s head football coach, Tuberville, 65, is positioned for a strong challenge against Democratic U.S. Sen. Doug Jones. With
6:18 AM IST All seven of Adelaide Oval’s Big Bash League fixtures will play out in prime-time evening slots in one of the standout features of a fixture that has lengthened the 10th edition of the tournament to 65 days to appease broadcasters while also creating more room to move amid the Covid-19 pandemic. One
11:54 PM ET Associated Press Rick Dutrow, who trained Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown and is serving a 10-year suspension by New York racing authorities, withdrew his application for a license in Kentucky on Tuesday, his latest legal defeat in an attempt to restart his career. Dutrow and his attorney appeared on a
9:17 AM BST Kelleher, Randall and Lomu, has he done it? Larkham … Lomu has won the game surely for New Zealand! This has been a magnificent comeback from the All Blacks after all they’ve lost. And it’s that man Jonah Lomu, the human juggernaut. That was the match-deciding play in the 2000 Bledisloe Cup
5:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior lightweight contender Mikaela Mayer easily outclassed Helen Joseph in a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card on ESPN at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday. This was the first time a women’s fight has been the main
11:43 PM ET Major League Soccer‘s MLS is Back Tournament has seen two teams drop out and some concern about its viability, but recorded zero new coronavirus cases over July 12 and 13. The news of no new COVID-19 cases over the last two days comes as the tournament enters its second week on Wednesday,
10:14 PM ET Houston Rockets guard James Harden arrived Tuesday night at the NBA’s Walt Disney World Resort campus five days after the team flew to Orlando, Florida. The Rockets have not disclosed a reason for Harden’s delayed arrival. Russell Westbrook, Houston’s other All-Star guard, announced Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19 before the
5:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior lightweight contender Mikaela Mayer (12-0, 5 KOs) puts her unbeaten record against Helen Joseph in the main event of Tuesday’s Top Rank boxing card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET). This is the first time a women’s fight has been the main
5:23 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Right wing Troy Terry has agreed to a three-year, $4.35 million contract extension through the 2022-23 season with the Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim announced the deal Tuesday. Terry will get $1.35 million in the 2020-21 season, $1.45 million in 2021-22 and $1.55 million in 2022-23. The 22-year-old Terry
3:15 PM ET The Cleveland Browns are on the verge of finalizing a massive five-year extension worth $125 million with star pass-rusher Myles Garrett, a league source confirmed to ESPN. The deal is not final yet, but the sides are close. NFL Network first reported Tuesday that a deal was imminent with the 2017 No.
8:44 PM ET Here I was, tromping through the weeds on Northerly Island, trying to get my daily hike in before my energy gave out, when I noticed that always welcome notification on my work email account. Checking the message, I found that there was an actual baseball signing, and analysis was required. It doesn’t
6:17 AM IST The WBBL will feature a three-week hub in Sydney and won’t be played in Melbourne until late November as the tournament builds in contingencies to deal with the ongoing challenges posed by Covid-19. The tournament is scheduled to begin on the weekend of October 17 and 18 at Allan Border Field in
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Opening Day for the 60-game 2020 MLB season is fast approaching, and it sure feels good to have some actual baseball action to talk about. Each day over the next two weeks, our panel of MLB experts will weigh in on the biggest storylines of the season ahead, starting with
6:51 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Blackhawks defenseman Calvin de Haan missed practice Tuesday because of a family emergency. Coach Jeremy Colliton said he isn’t sure when de Haan will be back. The 29-year-old de Haan is coming back from right shoulder surgery in December. He was acquired in a June 2019 trade with
5:24 PM ET Jorge Masvidal said Tuesday that he wants an immediate rematch with UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman, even if it would mean passing on a potential bout with Conor McGregor, which Dana White said could be the biggest fight in UFC history. Usman won a unanimous decision over Masvidal early Sunday morning on
7:01 PM ET With reporting from Stefano Fusaro in Orlando, Florida. Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley woke just before 6 a.m. on Sunday, ahead of a 9 a.m. kickoff against D.C. United, to find an email asking players to join a Zoom call with the league. Toronto was informed that a player in its squad
3:39 PM ET The road to a new nickname, one that has existed for 87 years for Washington’s football team, was decades in the making for some. But for Washington owner Dan Snyder, it was almost an overnight decision. While the battle over opponents of the franchise’s name had gone on since the early 1970s,
4:18 PM ET Harrison Barnes announced Tuesday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the fourth such Sacramento Kings player in the days and weeks leading up to the NBA’s restart in Orlando, Florida. “I’ve been primarily asymptomatic and am doing well,” Barnes wrote in a tweet. “I’m quarantined and am abiding by