9:42 AM ET Steve KimESPN As the calendar turns to August, boxing gets back into full swing as Matchroom Sports and Premier Boxing Champions restart their promotions. Each has plenty of action lined up, and this weekend kicks off a busy stretch of fights to end the summer. There will be cards around the world
Month: July 2020
Jul 30, 2020 RICK RENTERIA WAS in the Dominican Republic in the winter of 2017, shortly after his first season as manager of the Chicago White Sox. He held a stopwatch in his hand and clicked it as soon as Luis Robert‘s swing produced a routine grounder to the left side. When Robert’s foot touched
8:00 AM ET Twenty years ago, 10 years ago, 10 months ago, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick would have met the idea of the Fighting Irish ever playing college football in any conference with a stifled yawn, a subtle eye roll, a we’ve-been-over-that response. And yet here we are. It took a pandemic, but
2:40 PM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Loudon, New Hampshire, for Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301. Denny Hamlin won the Super Start Batteries 400 last week in Kansas for his Cup Series-leading fifth victory of the season. Who will take the checkered flag Sunday afternoon (3 p.m. ET) at New
8:27 AM ET Steve KimESPN LAS VEGAS — Bob Arum sits in his hotel suite on the 12th floor of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, awaiting the results of his coronavirus test. It’s the 12th time he has gone through the process, waiting to confirm he’s safe to go about his business — running
7:45 AM ET Edmen Shahbazyan already has his own identity, with his own career and his own athletic accolades — but admittedly, the Ronda Rousey connection is, for now, hard to ignore. Shahbazyan (11-0, 4-0 in the UFC) is the middleweight phenom who will face the toughest test of his career on Saturday when he
3:33 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s the latest on Manchester United’s pursuit of Jadon Sancho. Plus: Chelsea and Manchester City are keen on a pricey centre-back to sort their defences out. Jump to: City, Chelsea hunt Gimenez
7:15 AM ET Britain’s Andy Murray expects some of the top male players to follow women’s world No. 1 Ash Barty in skipping next month’s U.S. Open in New York due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Australian Barty said on Thursday she was not comfortable travelling to the United States amid the pandemic for
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen headed Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in first practice at the British Grand Prix. Verstappen was 0.474 seconds clear of the world championship leader but using a softer tyre than Hamilton, whose team start the weekend as strong favourites. Racing Point’s Lance Stroll was third ahead of Red Bull’s Alexander Albon. Nico
Nico Hulkenberg is to stand in for Racing Point’s Sergio Perez at the British Grand Prix, after the Mexican contracted coronavirus. Perez tested positive on Thursday and revealed he flew back to Mexico after the previous race in Hungary to visit his mother, who had been in hospital. He will miss at least the two
By Tom BrownBBC Sport Wales Last updated on 41 minutes ago41 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Team Ineos rider and 2016 Olympic champion Owain Doull says cycling will look “very different” as the World Tour season resumes in Italy. Doull, 27, is riding the one-day Strade Bianche in Tuscany on Saturday. The 184km (144-mile) race
12:51 AM ET NBA Insiders It’s not easy to recall the storylines and themes that dominated the 2019-20 NBA season prior to its suspension, which seems like eons ago. But the battle for supremacy between the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers in their home market — and more largely the Western Conference — was
8:35 PM ET Mike Trout, whose wife is scheduled to give birth to the couple’s first child this summer, was placed on the paternity leave list by the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. Trout’s wife, Jessica, was originally scheduled to deliver sometime in August. The limit for a stint on the paternity leave list is
10:22 PM ET Sergio Santos scored twice for the second time in MLS competition and also added an assist, and the Philadelphia Union held on for a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in their MLS is Back Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night near Orlando, Fla. Jamiro Monteiro also scored early for Philadelphia, which reached
9:33 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Ryan Moore curled in a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a share of the lead with Adam Schenk on Thursday in the PGA Tour’s Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club. Moore and Schenk had 14-point rounds under the modified Stableford scoring system. They each
8:33 PM ET The UFC has added a heavyweight matchup between Alexander Volkov and Walt Harris to its UFC 254 pay-per-view lineup in October, sources confirmed to ESPN. UFC 254 is scheduled to take place on Oct. 24 at a location to be determined. UFC president Dana White revealed this week it will feature a
7:00 PM ET Four Power 5 conferences have announced their preferred scheduling models, as the SEC joins the Big Ten and Pac-12 in going with conference-only games. The SEC is now planning on playing a 10-game season starting on Sept. 26. The Big 12 is expected to decide next week. What do all these decisions
7:20 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defending champion Brooks Koepka matched his career best with an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over Rickie Fowler in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Koepka had nine birdies and a bogey on a windy day at TPC Southwind in the World Golf Championship
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