4:20 PM ET NFL owners on Thursday accepted the negotiated terms of a new proposed collective bargaining agreement, sending the vote to players ahead of a potential agreement between the sides. All 32 owners met Thursday in New York City for an update on the current proposal. Three-fourths of the owners had to approve the
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Feb 20, 2020 Charlotte GibsonESPN In 1973, Hall-of-Fame tennis player Billie Jean King famously beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes exhibition match. Bringing in a record 90 million television viewers, the tennis match is one of the most memorable moments in women’s and sports history. For King — who has 39 Grand
3:33 PM ET Brazilian light heavyweights Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will meet for the third time at UFC 250 on May 9 in Brazil, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The UFC 250 pay-per-view is scheduled to take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inside Ginasio do Ibirapuera. The UFC has not yet
3:34 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Yankees seem to have picked up where they left off last season on the injury front, with pitcher Luis Severino joining the list of players dealing with ailments this spring training. Severino became
7:00 AM ET Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers the Chicago Cubs for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN Radio 1000. Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com This has been the busiest spring
7:17 AM ET Lamar Jackson will introduce himself and people will look at him funny. Not that they’re meeting Lamar Jackson, but that he actually is Lamar Jackson. There is confusion, denial and, eventually, Jackson convincing people he is who he says he is. Even though the second-guessing makes sense. Because while Lamar Jackson plays
7:00 AM ET As we approach the NHL trade deadline on Monday, there’s some mild trepidation around the league that player movement on deadline day could be slower and less consequential than in years past. There are any number of reasons for that. The standings currently look like the type of abstract art where paint
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome says he feels like he has been given a “second chance” following his serious crash last summer. The 34-year-old has been out for eight months after being badly injured in a Criterium du Dauphine practice ride. Speaking before his return to action at the UAE Tour on Sunday,
1:13 PM ET Associated Press XI’AN, China — The Xi’an Open women’s tennis tournament scheduled for next month in China was canceled Thursday by the WTA because of concerns over the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The hard-court event was supposed to be held April 13-19, with 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams. There would have
1:27 PM ET The media company owned by Lakers All-Star LeBron James is being sued by a Maryland youth group over its use of the “More Than An Athlete” phrase. The suit, filed in federal court on Tuesday, also names ESPN, Nike and the maker of the NBA 2K video game for using the phrase
Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen was fastest on the second day of the first pre-season test, as Mercedes caused a stir with a new steering system. Raikkonen headed Racing Point’s Sergio Perez, Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull’s Alexander Albon. Mercedes, meanwhile, debuted their revolutionary steering system. “It allows the drivers an extra dimension of control
Media playback is not supported on this device UCI Track Cycling World Championships Venue: Berlin Velodrome, Germany Dates: 26 February-1 March Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. Great Britain’s Olympic medal hopefuls will test themselves against the world’s best at
12:25 PM ET The UFC is targeting a middleweight bout between former champion Chris Weidman and Jack Hermansson to headline UFC Fight Night on May 2, multiple sources told ESPN. Bout agreements have not been signed, but the UFC is working on finalizing the fight, sources said. The UFC Fight Night event is scheduled to
8:00 AM GMT Quetta Gladiators won the toss and chose to bowl v Islamabad United Defending champions Quetta Gladiators decided to put Islamabad United in on a surface that appears to favour big runs. Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed announced Jason Roy, Shane Watson, Ben Cutting and Fawad Ahmed were their four overseas players. New Islamabad skipper
Mercedes believe a trick steering innovation which could give them an advantage in 2020 is within the rules. Technical director James Allison said it “introduces an extra dimension for steering which we hope will be useful”. He said governing body the FIA was aware of it. “The rules are clear about what’s permitted on steering
1:00 PM ET This has never happened before in the NHL. Not back when the Anaheim Ducks were Mighty, and mighty terrible as an expansion team whose leading scorer was Terry Yake. Not back in the aimless post-Wayne Gretzky years for the Los Angeles Kings, when the only thing uglier than their play was their
8:08 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A 19-year-old former high school basketball player tries to walk on at the local community college when he learns his daughter will be born with spina bifida. She’ll need multiple surgeries, just for starters. He drops out of school and gets a job at Red Lobster. Then
7:12 AM ET IT WAS LATE summer 2009, and Paul Felder was at a party with his theater friends. Felder had graduated from Philadelphia’s University of the Arts the previous year, and he was revealing his new passion in life. It wasn’t what they were expecting. “They were like, ‘Wow, that was insane. That was