4:48 PM ET HOUSTON — Jon Jones‘ fight strategy isn’t limited to what happens inside the Octagon. The UFC light heavyweight champion revealed during media day for UFC 247 that there was a game plan behind picking Dominick Reyes for Saturday’s title defense. Jones previously had said he picked Reyes because he and his coaches
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6:30 AM ET While the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers might just have finished a thrilling Super Bowl, the NFL is only going to get busier in the weeks to come. The league’s 32 teams are planning their offseason agendas, identifying targets in free agency and beginning to narrow down prospects they’ll want
8:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — With the bulbs of the cameras flashing incessantly around her, Sofia Kenin hoisted the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup on Saturday night at Rod Laver Arena after enamoring audiences around the world with her aggressive play, relentless self-belief and endearing speech about her lifelong dream coming true.
1:15 PM GMT Scotland have made one change to their starting lineup for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with England at Murrayfield, with Magnus Bradbury coming in at back-row after recovering from a thigh injury. Nick Haining, who made his debut in place of Bradbury in last weekend’s defeat by Ireland, has dropped to the bench.
7:30 AM ET NHL Insiders The trade deadline for the 2019-20 NHL season looms on Feb. 24, and there is no shortage of buyers or sellers. With that in mind, we tasked our panel of NHL editorial staff with coming up with a series of trades that would make rational sense for both clubs involved.
7:00 AM ET For anyone who has wondered whether the Chicago Cubs could actually go through with trading a former league MVP and one-time face of the franchise in Kris Bryant, this week’s Mookie Betts blockbuster served as an important reminder about the lengths a team is willing to go to make its payroll work.
1:46 PM ET On Wednesday, Detraveon Brown, a wide receiver from Shreveport, Louisiana, pulled an Ole Miss hat out of a bag under the table during a ceremony at Northwood High School and announced he was signing with the school. “They are the SEC and they’re a big-time athletic program,” Brown told The Shreveport Times
5:32 PM GMT In a major change to the existing policy governing participation in T20 and other leagues across the world, Pakistan’s cricketers will now be allowed to play four leagues, including the PSL, in a year. Permission to play in other leagues is contingent on a number of factors, including taking part in the
7:30 AM ET The year is 2040. The NHL adds it’s 35th and 36th teams with the addition of the Atlanta Grits and the Kansas City Ribeyes. Alex Ovechkin announces the upcoming 2040-41 season will be his last at age 56. He enters the season with 1,287 career goals. This is also the final season
10:55 AM GMT England head coach Eddie Jones has made five changes to the starting lineup to face Scotland in the Six Nations on Saturday, with Ben Youngs dropped to the bench. Gloucester’s Willi Heinz will replace Youngs at scrum-half with Lewis Ludlam, Mako Vunipola, George Kruis and Jonathan Joseph all set to start. –
11:12 AM ET The first senior golf event that Phil Mickelson will be eligible for after turning 50 will be the U.S. Senior Open, but he has no interest in playing that event — and isn’t too keen on playing many Champions Tour events in the future. “None whatsoever. No,” Mickelson replied when asked if
10:40 AM ET ESPN Recruiting College football’s February signing period is over, and national champion LSU has inked a top-five class, its first since 2016. LSU is at No. 4 after picking up three-star WR Alex Adams and ESPN 300 RB Kevontre Bradford. Bradford, a smooth runner who possesses an explosive burst, gives the Tigers
11:19 AM ET Quarterback Jett Duffey has been denied admission to Central Michigan following a second Title IX complaint against the Texas Tech graduate transfer, a source confirmed to ESPN. According to Central Michigan Life, which first reported on the allegation, a female student at Texas Tech said Duffey sexually assaulted her while she was
6:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The 2019 NFL season just officially concluded, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers already have been busy evaluating their options at quarterback. A decision looms on what to do with free agent Jameis Winston, who became just the eighth quarterback in NFL history to eclipse 5,000 passing yards in a
US-based Haas have become the first Formula 1 team to release images of their new car for the 2020 season. Haas’ traditional grey, white and red livery returns after last year’s public falling-out with a title sponsor. And the team hope it can lead to a revival after dropping to ninth in the constructors’ championship
6:00 AM ET Jamal Adams has made his wishes clear: He expects a contract extension this offseason. The New York Jets‘ best homegrown talent since Darrelle Revis, the star safety wants them to show him the money — a lot of money — before he steps foot on the field in 2020. And so begins
8:10 AM GMT England flanker Lewis Ludlam expects Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Scotland to be a “war” and says the hostile atmosphere at Murrayfield will bring out the best in him. England are aiming to avenge a 25-13 defeat by the Scots at the same venue two years ago when tempers flared following the
12:46 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jason Gillespie, Sussex’s head coach, is set to link up with the England Lions squad for a 12-day spell on the red-ball leg of their tour of Australia. Gillespie, who claimed 259 wickets for Australia in a 71-Test career, will be on hand to offer the Lions’ fast bowlers advice