11:15 AM ET HOUSTON – Everything is bigger in Texas – including this weekend’s super-sized UFC main event. Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane both weighed in successfully Friday morning for their UFC interim heavyweight title bout. Lewis weighed 264.5 pounds and Gane came in at 247. The two men will meet Saturday night in the
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5:35 PM ET Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano was suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball on Friday after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. MLB said Laureano, a 27-year-old who is in his fourth season with the A’s, tested positive for Nandrolone, a performance-enhancing drug. Laureano denied that he knowingly took the
7:57 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain have made contact with Lionel Messi over a potential move, sources have told ESPN, and the former Barcelona star’s arrival could have an impact on the futures of Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba. PSG reached out to Messi on Thursday following the unexpected announcement from Barca that he would not
3:50 PM ET Kawhi Leonard has decided to return to the LA Clippers, a source confirmed to ESPN. Terms of the deal are being finalized for Leonard, who declined his player option for $36 million this coming season to become a free agent but was expected to return to the Clippers. His decision to stay
4:36 PM ET UL-Monroe coach Terry Bowden has left the team to be with his father, Hall of Fame coach Bobby Bowden, who has end-stage pancreatic cancer. The team confirmed Terry Bowden traveled Thursday to Tallahassee, Florida. Offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez, the former head coach at West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona, is leading the team
Report Welsh Fire beaten for third game running after losing key moments against experienced visitors Trent Rockets 140 for 4 (Patel 46*, Ahmad 2-23) beat Welsh Fire 139 for 8 (Phillips 50, Riaz 4-30) by six wickets A quickfire 46 from Samit Patel and a superb spell of death bowling from Wahab Riaz took Trent
4:16 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers on Friday signed defenseman Darnell Nurse to an eight-year contract extension. The deal has an average annual value of $9.25 million and will begin in the 2022-23 season. The 26-year-old alternate captain appeared in all 56 games for the Oilers during the past pandemic-shortened
News Seamer making headlines for the right reasons with maiden Test five-wicket haul Whatever happens over the next couple of days of this intriguing Test, England can take heart in the emergence of a cricketer who should serve them well for the next four or five years. But for England’s poor fielding – and we’ll
3:13 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks have acquired guard Grayson Allen in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. In return, the Grizzlies will get guard Sam Merrill and two future second-round picks, sources said. Allen, the 25-year-old former Duke standout, set career highs in points (10.6), rebounds (3.2) and assists
3:00 PM ET ESPN staff With the first preseason game in the books, the other 30 NFL teams at 2021 training camps are gearing up for the first full slate of games, starting next Thursday. Friday was a busy day in the league, with two first-round quarterbacks from the 2018 NFL draft making news, a
3:38 PM ET Oklahoma added an ESPN Junior 300 commitment to its 2023 class on Friday when tight end Luke Hasz chose to the Sooners. Hasz had a top list that included Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and TCU. He’s the No. 54 ranked recruit in the 2023 class and the
2:46 PM ET Texas A&M defensive lineman McKinnley Jackson has been suspended by the team after he was arrested Thursday on two drug charges, including possession of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony. Jackson also was charged with one misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana under 2 ounces. He was released from the Brazos County
1:23 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver James Washington has approached the team about requesting a trade, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. The source said that Washington, who is entering the final year of his rookie deal, is unhappy with his limited playing time last season and so far this preseason. Washington,
2:36 PM ET Texas and Texas A&M could see more recruiting battles in the near future with the Longhorns set to join the SEC in 2025, but the Aggies won the most recent battle after ESPN 300 safety Bryce Anderson committed on Friday. Anderson is a 6-foot, 190-pound safety from West Brook Senior High School
1:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs placed five-time Gold Glove outfielder Jason Heyward on the 10-day injured list Friday because of inflammation in his left index finger. Manager David Ross said the finger has been bothering Heyward for “a pretty good bit” and he aggravated it taking batting practice at Colorado
12:59 PM ET Reggie Jackson is staying with the team that he said helped save his career by agreeing to a two-year, $22 million deal with the LA Clippers, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The free agent point guard will be returning for the maximum that the Clippers can pay Jackson under the CBA
1:10 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills and quarterback Josh Allen have agreed to a six-year contract extension, sources tell ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. Allen’s deal tops out at $258 million, with $150 million of that guaranteed, sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Allen, the No. 7 pick in 2018, had his fifth-year
11:51 AM ET Two seasons after leaving, veteran Andre Iguodala has agreed to return to the Golden State Warriors, his agent Brandon Rosenthal of Landmark Sports confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. He became an unrestricted free agent when the Miami Heat declined the $15 million team option. “Who would have thought I’d have