10:36 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN After months of arduous negotiations between competing promoters and rival champions, the contract for a two-fight deal between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua to unify the heavyweight titles has been finally signed. “We’d like to get a site deal confirmed in the next month,” said Eddie Hearn, managing director of
Month: March 2021
11:30 AM ET If there was one truism about the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments prior to COVID-19, it’s that they felt — especially the opening weekend — like a shared American experience. Once the ball was tipped, the action was happening everywhere at once, in cities big and small, from sea to shining
11:41 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — YouTube will broadcast a Major League Baseball package of games for a third season. The series of 21 telecasts start on Wednesday, April 7 at 1:10 p.m. EDT when the Boston Red Sox host the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays in the finale of a two-game series,
9:46 AM ET Penn State is expected to hire Purdue assistant Micah Shrewsberry as its next head basketball coach, sources told ESPN. Pat Chambers, who had been the Nittany Lions’ head coach since 2011, resigned in October after an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct. Jim Ferry took charge this past season on an interim
9:08 AM ET Undefeated Gonzaga is the clear-cut favorite to win the NCAA tournament, but sportsbooks are more concerned about another No. 1 seed: Michigan. Gonzaga is 2-1 to win the tournament at Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill, followed by Baylor at 5-1 and Illinois and Michigan, which are each 6-1. In early December, the
9:45 AM ET The ACC eliminated its intraconference transfer rule on Monday in a unanimous decision by its board of directors. The intraconference transfer rule, created in 1996, required student-athletes without a degree to sit out one year if they were transferring from one ACC school to another. The move does not come as a
5:36 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent After years of talking about it, Manchester United have finally done it. A director of football is finally in place at Old Trafford. Whether it’s director of football or football director is irrelevant; Ed Woodward doesn’t much care what you call it. The point is that John Murtough, formerly of
8:00 AM ET In August, the NCAA granted every fall student-athlete an extra year of eligibility if they want it, meaning the 2020-21 year doesn’t count against them. It’s a generous waiver that permits student-athletes an opportunity to reclaim this past season that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The waiver applies to all student-athletes,
7:23 AM ET Leon Edwards‘ first fight since mid-2019 ended prematurely in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event when he accidentally poked Belal Muhammad in the eye, ending the bout in a no contest. After such a long period of inactivity, one major question hangs in the air — how far away is Edwards from
Sir Bradley Wiggins wants a new inquiry into why banned testosterone was ordered in 2011 by ex-British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman. A medical tribunal ruled Freeman ordered Testogel “knowing or believing” it was to help dope an unnamed rider to “improve their athletic performance”. Ex-Team Sky rider Wiggins questioned the findings, adding
7:00 AM ET What is the thing most likely to keep a big league executive awake at night? The answer might vary, but high up on the list for all of baseball’s decision-makers would surely be innings. Just plain, simple innings. As in, who is going to pitch them and for how long? That issue,
7:11 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Guard Kevin Zeitler signed a three-year, $22 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal includes $16 million in guarantees, the source added. Zeitler, 31, was signed hours before the start of the NFL’s legal tampering period for free agents because he
7:00 AM ET Death, taxes, and discounting the New York Islanders until they go on a run that forces you to pay attention. It’s been a yearly tradition for the Isles in the Lou Lamoriello and Barry Trotz era. But as a rival player told me recently: “The Islanders have the strongest team identity in
Big Picture The third instalment of one of white-ball cricket’s most compelling rivalries resumes on Tuesday. England, laggards in T20Is for long despite having a World Cup crown, have torn down templates and laid down the marker in the Eoin Morgan era. India, winners of the inaugural edition, have only now realised the need to
6:56 AM ET We’re 10 days away from the NBA trade deadline. Which contenders will make a splash heading into March 25? One of the season’s biggest moves has already been made, with the Brooklyn Nets signing Blake Griffin last week after the former All-Star forward agreed to a buyout with the Detroit Pistons. The
7:10 PM ET ESPN News Services PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Justin Thomas found the right time for a near-perfect performance to put a rough start to the year behind him, rallying from three shots behind with bold play to close with a 4-under 68 and win The Players Championship on Sunday. Thomas becomes only
1:28 AM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards scored a career-high 34 points and threw down another monster dunk as the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves held on to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 114-112 on Sunday. At 19 years and 221 days old, Edwards became the youngest player in Timberwolves history with a 30-point
1:44 AM ET After the LA Clippers failed to respond and were routed by a more aggressive and hungrier New Orleans Pelicans squad on Sunday night, Kawhi Leonard said his team’s lack of consistency is “very concerning.” The Clippers never led and trailed by as much as 33 before falling 135-115 to the up-and-down Pelicans
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