4:03 PM ET Utah wide receiver Terrell Perriman has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old girl. Perriman, a redshirt freshman from Miami, has not been charged but was booked Thursday at Salt Lake County jail for suspicion of rape, kidnapping, enticing a minor by internet or text and dealing in material
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4:38 PM ET Josh Barnett‘s long-awaited return to the cage has been rebooked. A bout between Barnett, the former UFC heavyweight champion, and Ronny Markes is now targeted for Bellator 241 on March 13 at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun, promotion officials confirmed with ESPN. MMA Fighting was the first to report the news. Barnett, who has
10:43 PM ET Bradford Doolittle Close ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com
3:48 PM ET John Andretti, who raced on the NASCAR, IndyCar and open-wheel circuits, has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 56, it was announced Thursday. “With the heaviest of hearts we share that John Andretti has today lost his battle with cancer,” said a post by Andretti Autosport, which
12:00 PM GMT The Six Nations is back, offering a short-term cure to rugby’s strife. The championship temporarily papers over the cracks in the game as old, established rivalries are reignited with new faces at the helm. Wales winning the Grand Slam last year seems to be from a different era, let alone year. Since
2:57 PM ET The San Jose Sharks‘ disappointing season just took another hit with news that forward Tomas Hertl is done for the season after suffering a knee injury Wednesday. The team announced that he suffered a torn ACL and MCL. Hertl got a shot off with 13:43 left in the first period and then
3:03 PM ET Associated Press SALISBURY, N.C. — Ryan Williams, a junior quarterback at Livingstone College in North Carolina, was paralyzed after a shooting in which at least six people were wounded during a party at a restaurant, police said. Williams of Jacksonville, Florida, was among the victims shot at a Salisbury restaurant early Sunday,
1:21 PM ET The New York State Athletic Commission has suspended Ivan Redkach’s boxing license for one year after the welterweight bit Danny Garcia during their title elimination bout on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The commission announced Thursday that it “issued the maximum fine [to Redkach] of $10,000 for engaging in dangerous,
1:06 PM ET Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco — Stephen Ames shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take a 4-stroke lead over a Hall of Fame quartet in the Morocco Champions, the first PGA Tour Champions event in Africa. Making his season debut, Ames matched the Samanah Golf Club record set by Daniel Brooks in
Jan 30, 2020 James Harrington It’s that time of year again, when rugby writers drag out the split phrase “most unpredictable … for years” and insert the Six Nations tournament into the middle of it. The thing is, this year, they could actually be right. There are so many unknowns going into the 2020 Six
12:17 PM GMT George North will play at centre for only the fifth time in his international career when Wales meet Italy this weekend, announced Wales coach Wayne Pivac on Thursday. The change in position for North means Scarlets winger Johnny McNicholl earns his first international cap. – ESPN Fantasy Rugby is back! Click here
5:23 PM GMT South Africa’s Under-19 program could be in line for an overhaul after the team’s failure to progress out of the quarter-finals at the age-group World Cup, which they are hosting. South Africa advanced second from their group, following defeat in the opening match to Afghanistan. The team also came into the tournament
12:17 PM GMT George North will play at centre for only the fifth time in his international career as Wales meet Italy in Cardiff on Saturday, with the visitors set to be captained by Luca Bigi for the first time. The change in position for North means Scarlets winger Johnny McNicholl earns his first international
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN The Super Bowl is behind us, and now the real intrigue begins for all 32 NFL teams with the start of the offseason. We asked our NFL Nation reporters to give us a bold prediction for the 2020 offseason. Nothing was off limits — be it free agency, the draft,
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” In the first few weeks after the baseball season begins next month, we will all be on our guard for bad arguments propped up by small samples of data. We might be
7:56 AM ET ESPN’s MMA Insiders The year has already gotten off to a bang. A couple of the biggest stars in the sport — Conor McGregor and Cris Cyborg — have already made headlines with huge TKO stoppages. The next few months don’t slow down at all, with Jon Jones, Israel Adesanya and Khabib
7:14 AM ET AS SOON AS he appeared on screen, stomach lurching, he uttered the lament. “Oh no.” Jayson Tatum instinctively withered in his seat, shrinking lower as if that would somehow make him invisible. It didn’t. And as Kemba Walker, Khris Middleton and Donovan Mitchell turned their attention to Tatum with equal parts sympathy
8:05 AM ET Jorge Masvidal has made it very clear that 2019 is in his rear-view mirror. “That f—ing year’s over — 2020 is gonna be better,” the UFC welterweight star said after receiving the Helwani Nose Award for Fighter of the Year. It is hard not to look back and reflect on what Masvidal