6:44 PM ET Steve KimESPN Reigning WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he was contacted about facing the man he was named after — former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson — but doesn’t think anything has come of it. “I had a phone call saying ‘Would you like to fight Mike Tyson in an exhibition fight?’
Month: May 2020
12:03 PM ET Editor’s note: This originally ran in February, 2019, and has been updated in anticipation of Tyron Woodley‘s bout Saturday against Gilbert Burns. Tyron Woodley returns to the Octagon on Saturday for the first time since losing his welterweight title to Kamaru Usman on March 2, 2019. A lot has happened while Woodley
1:35 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch says he supports wearing a mask in public so “we all can take care of our neighbor” amid the coronavirus pandemic, a rare instance of the two-time NASCAR champion wading into a social issue. The reigning Cup champion rarely speaks on non-racing issues, but Busch
1:33 PM ET Associated Press The runner-up at the U.S. Amateur last summer, John Augenstein‘s plan was to play in the Masters, finish out his senior season at Vanderbilt, play the U.S. Open at Winged Foot and then turn pro. That’s still the plan, with some notable changes. Instead of turning pro, Augenstein is heading
8:13 AM ET IT’S STILL DARK when George Hill drives up the dirt road. It is 5:30 a.m., and Hill parks his Dodge pickup, trudges over to a small hut perched 12 feet above the ground, climbs the ladder and settles in to watch the sunrise. Wearing Wrangler jeans and a hoodie emblazoned with the
8:16 AM ET College football is the ultimate small-sample sport. We determine champions and all-time greats and hirings and firings and massive salaries based on incomplete impressions and only 12-15 games. Combine that with the size of the FBS itself — throughout its history, college football’s top-division roster has typically featured well over 100 teams
6:25 AM ET In team-by-team virtual calls with players this week, NBPA executive director Michele Roberts said the “overwhelming” sentiment has been that “they really want to play” and resume the 2019-20 season, most likely in late July at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida. “It’s time. It’s time,” Roberts told ESPN.
8:57 AM ET Steve Kim 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 Boxing is ready for a big comeback. Fights are on the schedule and soon there will be action inside the ring. Yes,
7:00 AM ET With the June 10 MLB draft two weeks away, team preferences and talent tiers are coming into focus, so it made sense to use the long weekend to pump some sources and put out another mock draft before we enter the final phase of preparations. I have a solid feel for where
7:00 AM ET It has been 75 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, there have also been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft, the playoffs
6:00 AM ET Brent Guy retired last year after more than three decades as a college football coach. At age 59, he retired because he had had enough. It wasn’t that he had had his fill of the long hours and short sleeps or that he didn’t enjoy competing or that he no longer enjoyed
May 26, 2020 ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup series is at Charlotte Motor Speedway for a second time this week for the Alsco Uniforms 500. Brad Keselowski took home the checkered flag Sunday at the Coca-Cola 600. Who will win Thursday’s event after it was washed out Wednesday? ESPN.com NASCAR senior writer Ryan McGee,
9:15 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup series is at Charlotte Motor Speedway for a second time this week for the Alsco Uniforms 500. Brad Keselowski took home the checkered flag Sunday at the Coca-Cola 600. Who will win Wednesday’s event at the track? ESPN.com NASCAR senior writer Ryan McGee, fantasy analyst Mike
6:50 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs are still on top. Several long months after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl, Kansas City enters the 2020 NFL season as both the best team in the league and the Super Bowl favorite, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI). FPI is our prediction
7:00 AM ET World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has said he believes the majority of players would like to see the Ryder Cup postponed until 2021, saying that it would be the “right call” to do so. The golf calendar has been ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak, with three of the sport’s four majors —
UK supercar maker and Formula 1 team McLaren plans to cut more than a quarter of its workforce after the coronavirus crisis hit sales and advertising revenue. The firm employs about 4,000 people, and of the 1,200 to be made redundant, the vast majority will be in the UK. Formula 1 racing has been suspended,
5:11 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lankan fast bowler Shehan Madushanka has been suspended from all forms of cricket with immediate effect for alleged possession of illegal drugs, SLC announced after he was arrested by the police and later put in remand custody. Madushanka was allegedly in possession of a little over two grams of
Will the Gabba see a visit from India later this year? © Getty Images Queensland’s chairman Chris Simpson has confirmed the state association remains allied with New South Wales and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) in questioning Cricket Australia’s chosen remedy for the financial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, as all three organisations continue to
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