9:00 AM ET More than 10 years ago, Holly Holm was sitting in the JacksonWink MMA facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, discussing “what if” scenarios with her team. Holm was still a professional boxer at the time (she wouldn’t fully transition into MMA for several years), but when the conversation steered toward chokes and, more
Month: November 2022
4:44 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Highly regarded Arkansas State transfer receiver Corey Rucker will miss the rest of South Carolina’s season with a foot injury. Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer said Tuesday that Rucker was scheduled for surgery. Beamer expects Rucker to make a full recovery and be back in time for the
9:00 AM ET Preseason rankings have always been reliant on the expected impact of newcomers: a group of players notoriously difficult to predict. And with the introduction of the one-time transfer rule, combined with the passing of name, image and likeness (NIL) legislation and the NCAA’s extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19 still in
8:00 AM ET The surprises continue across the NBA as the third week of the 2022-23 season gets underway. The 6-0 Milwaukee Bucks stand alone as the last undefeated team, and get appropriate placement at the top of this week’s power rankings. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Co. haven’t had the toughest schedule so far but clutched
8:48 AM ET A group of high-profile investors, including NBA star Stephen Curry, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, women’s soccer player Alex Morgan, Los Angeles Angels All-Star Shohei Ohtani, entertainer Justin Timberlake and tennis star Serena Williams, are backing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy‘s new company, which plans to launch a tech-infused golf league in
9:36 PM ET Ange Postecoglou has come a long way since he served as a ball boy on the sidelines at Middle Park in Melbourne. A long, long way. The stage he inhabits now is significantly grander, but the early experiences and lessons in a place that allowed him to familiarise himself with a new
8:00 AM ET Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks has had to deal with numerous high stress days and get through a handful of uncomfortable news conferences over the past year. Tuesday was particularly rough. Marks had to explain why he mutually parted ways with coach Steve Nash just seven games into the season —
6:39 AM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — The man in charge of women’s professional tennis, Steve Simon, has been sitting close enough to the action at the season-ending WTA Finals this week — from a seat in front of the front row, as courtside as can be — that a player easily could
After being “outplayed” by Netherlands in Adelaide, Zimbabwe head coach Dave Houghton said his players got ahead of themselves given the significance of the match and had “seeds of doubt” in their minds. Had Zimbabwe won, and then beaten India in their next game, they could have been in with a chance, although an outside
6:56 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN On Nov. 23, 2000, in a forgettable game during a forgettable season, quarterback Tom Brady recorded the first passing yards of his career. They came in the form of a 6-yard pass to tight end Rod Rutledge in garbage time of a Detroit Lions blowout of the New England Patriots.
British professional mountain biker Ben Moore believes more people could benefit from the “thrill” of extreme sports. The 32-year-old has been racing on the pro circuit for nearly seven years. “Some might not think these types of sports are for them,” Moore told BBC Radio Solent. “You have to be an adrenaline seeker and a
4:27 AM BST New Zealand Rugby [NZR] says it is “aligned in principle” with a Rugby Australia [RA] plan to see a combined Wallabies-All Blacks team face the British & Irish Lions as part of their 2025 tour Down Under. The Lions are due to play three Tests against the Wallabies in Australia and, speaking
1:19 AM BST Wallabies lock Will Skelton is out to prove he is worthy of Rugby World Cup selection next year, admitting his performances in Test match rugby have never hit the same heights as what he has produced at club level. Skelton joined the Wallabies at their Saint Etienne base on Sunday, the towering
2:54 AM BST Reuters with ESPN staff New Zealand lock Brodie Retallick will miss the autumn internationals against Wales and Scotland after being handed a three-week suspension following his red card against Japan on Saturday. Retallick will, however, be available to face England at Twickenham on Nov. 19 if he completes a coaching intervention programme,
2:03 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — There was talk, mostly rooted in Bryce Harper‘s pre-at-bat conversation with Alec Bohm, that Lance McCullers Jr. might have been tipping his pitches on Tuesday night. There was talk that the nine-day layoff, further prolonged by Monday’s postponement, might have played a part in the starter looking uncharacteristically rusty. McCullers
7:18 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning star defenseman Victor Hedman was a late scratch prior to Tuesday night’s 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators because of an undisclosed upper-body injury. The Lightning said Hedman is day-to-day, and coach Jon Cooper told reporters that the veteran was “definitely a little
1:17 AM ET Pedro Gomez, the late ESPN baseball reporter whose award-winning career spanned 35 years and included coverage of more than 25 World Series, was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. Prior to joining ESPN, Gomez, who was based in Phoenix, was a columnist and national baseball writer
11:37 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — After scoring 20 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 109-98 win over the Brooklyn Nets, All-Star Zach LaVine said he’s “glad he’s feeling this well” after playing 37 minutes on his surgically repaired left knee, and both he
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