Month: July 2023

Jul 20, 2023, 11:07 AM ET While a unification bout at Wembley against Tyson Fury is no longer on the cards, Oleksandr Usyk could still compete under the lights after swapping his boxing gloves for football boots and signing a contract with Ukrainian club, Polissya. Heavyweight champion Usyk, who trained as a footballer with Ukraine’s
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 11:38 PM ET Two of the most popular fighters in the UFC middleweight division will face off this fall. Undefeated Khamzat Chimaev will return to the Octagon at 185 pounds and fight Paulo Costa at UFC 294 on Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, UFC president
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2023, 09:40 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern has had discussions with former NFL and college coach Dave Wannstedt and others about a special assistant role for the 2023 season. Wannstedt told WSCR radio in Chicago on Thursday that he
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 20, 2023, 10:08 AM ET The Colonial Athletic Conference has been renamed the Coastal Athletic Conference, the league announced Thursday. Known as the CAA, the league has retained that familiar moniker and will keep the same logo. The league has expanded out of its initial Northeast and Mid-Atlantic footprint in recent years
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Jul 20, 2023, 07:00 AM ET With All-Star week festivities in the rearview mirror, the second half of the 2023 season is off to a bang. MLB had a night of offense to remember on Tuesday, with 12 teams scoring double-digit runs — a level of offensive production not seen in 129 years. Despite putting
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Tom Luginbill, ESPN AnalystJul 20, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Close Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall The 2024 college football recruits create excitement and optimism among fans, and a great tool to help introduce the future stars of Saturday is to compare them
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Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJul 20, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame A bipartisan trio of U.S. senators shared a draft Thursday morning of legislation that aims to create a uniform national law for how college athletes can make money and
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