8:19 PM ET The UFC has booked a No. 1 contender matchup at middleweight between former champion Robert Whittaker and Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290 in July, UFC president Dana White announced on Friday. In a video posted to social media, White said Whittaker and Du Plessis will square off on July 8 in
Month: April 2023
4:50 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons have released cornerback Casey Hayward halfway through the two-year deal he signed with the club last season. Hayward, 33, was brought in for the 2022 season to be the starter opposite A.J. Terrell. He played six games – defending three passes with an interception – before a torn pec
4:46 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek rallied to beat Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 for a place in the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals on Friday. Swiatek hadn’t played since last month in the Indian Wells semifinals because of a rib injury but began her clay season on Thursday with a
LONDON — Arsenal handed control of the Premier League title race to Manchester City despite scoring twice in the final three minutes to salvage a 3-3 draw against Southampton at Emirates Stadium. An unexpected night of high drama in north London began with a dreadful mistake from Gunners goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, gifting possession to Carlos
12:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” After years of failed attempts to find a new ballpark location that would keep them in Oakland, the Athletics announced Wednesday night that they have signed a binding contract for land in
3:55 PM ET Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Novak Djokovic lost to a Serb countryman for the first time in 11 years in the quarterfinals of the Srpska Open on Friday. Dusan Lajovic won 6-4, 7-6 (6) to down a world No. 1-ranked player for the first time. “It is the biggest
3:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury is planning a July return for a defense of his WBC heavyweight title, sources told ESPN, with London’s Wembley Stadium on hold for July 15 and July 22. Former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. is in the mix for the Fury fight, as is China’s Zhilei Zhang, sources
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11:29 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — Four Lions players, including 2022 first-round pick Jameson Williams, were among five players leaguewide to be suspended for violating the NFL’s gambling policy after an investigation by the league. Lions wide receiver Quintez Cephus and safety C.J. Moore have been suspended indefinitely for betting on NFL games, as
3:42 PM ET NEW YORK — Donovan Mitchell still remembers the noise. As a young fan sitting inside Madison Square Garden during a playoff game years ago, he was watching the New York Knicks, his hometown team, play on the game’s biggest stage. On Friday, before a pivotal Game 3 (the series is tied 1-1;
10:15 AM ET ESPN staff Each series of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs has made it through its first two games. Some are tied, some have seen the home team win both games, and one has seen the visitors return home with a 2-0 lead. There has been the usual mix of controversial calls, goaltending
9:19 AM ET Marc Raimondi Ian Parker The UFC is the biggest MMA promotion in the world, with the majority of the planet’s top fighters. One look at most pound-for-pound lists makes that clear. However, there are a ton of talented fighters in other organizations. And over the past few years, many exceptional combat athletes
6:40 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — They still talk about the “Odell Beckham catch” all these years later, not only because Anthony Richardson appeared to be levitating midair as he reached behind for the football, but because Anthony Richardson is no wide receiver. Richardson has always been a quarterback, but his team had a need,
8:00 AM ET IT’S MARCH 31 and the revitalized New York Knicks are in Cleveland to face the equally upstart Cavaliers. The stakes are high. New York, at 44-33, sits four games behind the Cavs in fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings. But tonight’s showdown offers more than just another checkmark at the end
8:00 AM ET RYAN GARCIA DIDN’T care anymore. Didn’t care how famous he was. Didn’t care who saw him or what they thought of him. Didn’t care about much of anything as he sat hunched over a poker table in the Commerce Casino — “the most celebrated cardroom in the world,” it proclaims — one
9:48 PM ET PHOENIX – It has been 564 days since Fernando Tatis Jr. last graced a baseball field in a major league game with actual stakes. There are obvious concerns — given the season-long absence, the steroid-related suspension, the surgeries to both his wrist and shoulder — about whether he can recapture the superstar
7:25 AM ET In honor of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, we’ve identified a starting lineup of celebrity fans for all 16 NHL teams in the postseason. Here is how they stack up. Atlantic Division The roster: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Conor McGregor, Bill Burr This is easily the funniest collection of celebrity fans, which
7:54 AM ET The night session at the French Open will be brought forward by half an hour this year, tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said on Friday. “It will start at 8 p.m. (local time) with an interactive show and the first point will be played at 8:30 p.m.,” she told a news conference. Last