Month: June 2022

9:51 AM ET Two-time defending PFL women’s lightweight champion Kayla Harrison will face the toughest challenge of her career when she takes on former Bellator women’s featherweight champion Julia Budd in the main event of PFL 6 on July 1 in Atlanta, officials told ESPN on Wednesday. In the co-main event, former Bellator welterweight champion
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10:34 AM ET Mike Rizzo says the Washington Nationals will not trade Juan Soto, insisting instead that the club intends to build around the superstar outfielder. Rizzo, the Nationals’ president of baseball operations and general manager, directly addressed Soto’s long-term future in Washington during a radio interview Wednesday morning. “We are not trading Juan Soto,”
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10:01 AM ET In an homage to its namesake, the cover of the Madden NFL 23 video game will have one person on it — John Madden himself. Madden, the Hall of Fame coach who died Dec. 28, will be on the cover of all three editions of this year’s game, which will be released
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7:01 AM BST Israel Folau will be a prized addition to Tongan rugby but will have restrictions on what he posts on social media, along with all his teammates, coach Toutai Kefu said. Folau, an evangelical Christian, will soon make his return to international rugby, three years on from the termination of his Wallabies contract
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3:29 AM BST Marika Koroibete has fired a warning to Eddie Jones’ England, saying he’s a superior player to the deadly winger who left Australia last year to ply his trade in Japan. Koroibete on Tuesday night pledged his commitment to the Wallabies for the July three-Test series, certain to be one of the three
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1:43 PM ET The French government and UEFA have announced inquiries into events before, during and after Saturday night’s UEFA Champions League final. These were the sort of scenes the European game hoped were long behind them: supporters (including children) being pepper-sprayed, ticket-less individuals forcing their way through or over gates, fans being mugged and
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12:36 AM ET ESPN News Services After standing for the national anthem Monday in honor of the Memorial Day holiday, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler remained in the clubhouse Tuesday to protest the direction of the nation after the school shootings that killed 21 in Uvalde, Texas, last week. Only a handful of Giants
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11:37 PM ET Tommy Pham wasn’t quite ready to return to the Cincinnati Reds lineup Tuesday night, even though his much-publicized three-game suspension had ended. The veteran outfielder felt some tightness in his calf during batting practice before the team’s series opener against the Boston Red Sox. As for the rest of him? “Hand is
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