9:28 AM ET Steve KimESPN Add the Pula Arena in Pula, Croatia, to the list of venues interested in hosting the heavyweight bout between unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua and challenger Kubrat Pulev. “We have a very solid offer,” CEO of Epic Sports and Entertainment Ivaylo Gotzev, who represents Pulev, told ESPN. “We’re respecting [Joshua
8:30 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita will resume live racing Friday after receiving approval from Los Angeles County health officials. The Arcadia track stopped live racing on March 27 by order of the county health department because of concern over the spread of the coronavirus. From March 12-27, the track raced
8:04 PM ET Boxing is moving one step closer to returning to the United States. Top Rank is exploring an event for June 9 in Las Vegas, company CEO Bob Arum confirmed to ESPN’s Steve Kim. The event, which is yet to be finalized, is slated to be held at an MGM property. If it
6:05 PM ET Two years after signing a four-year, $38 million contract extension with the Jacksonville Jaguars, wide receiver Marqise Lee finds himself in a much different place as he hopes to revive his career. He’s at the bottom with the New England Patriots. And embracing it. Lee, who was selected in the second round
2:51 PM ET Defensive end Taco Charlton promised the Kansas City Chiefs would get the best version of him, something that perhaps the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins didn’t get in his previous NFL stops. “I guess you could say that,” Charlton said, when asked whether his recent signing with the Chiefs could be his
7:10 PM ET Rory McIlroy is looking forward to a return to competitive golf and won’t waste any time getting going as he expects to play the first three PGA Tour events when the schedule starts again next month. McIlroy, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, said Wednesday that he will play the Charles
6:05 PM ET American Hockey League president David Andrews wouldn’t rule out the 2020-21 season having less than 31 teams participating if fans aren’t cleared to return to arenas. “I would say there’s a chance … you know, anything can happen. There’s so much uncertainty. But we’re hoping that isn’t the case,” Andrews told the
Play 01:53 Buttler: Sport, in the grand scheme of things, has not been important for a while The return of international cricket came a step closer on Wednesday, as the UK government outlined its plans for a resumption of training as the nation comes to terms with its ‘new normal’. In the hope of both
3:22 PM ET Florida’s Ron DeSantis became the second governor to announce that his state is open to professional sports teams that want to resume activity amid the coronavirus pandemic. “All professional sports are welcome here for practicing and for playing,” DeSantis said at a news conference Wednesday in Tallahassee. “What I would tell commissioners
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After 13 distinguished years at left tackle, Joe Staley retired on April 25, leaving the San Francisco 49ers trying to answer a difficult question: How do you replace a franchise legend? But as luck — and a whole lot of patience — would have it, the Niners pivoted
3:23 PM ET The PGA Tour is on track to resume competition next month at the Charles Schwab Challenge, but getting restarted after months of being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic has required a huge amount of planning, with numerous obstacles being navigated to produce a safe environment for players, caddies and those
9:26 PM ET The coronavirus pandemic continues to rattle the college sports landscape and leave many questions still unanswered. But even before a new normal can begin to take shape, colleges and universities will have to find a safe way to simply reopen campuses. Complex, high-stakes public health issues need to be dealt with before
2:04 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor has continued to donate medical supplies to various hospitals in his native Ireland, all while apparently planning a return to the Octagon this summer. McGregor donated another round of personal protective equipment to various facilities on Tuesday, according to several posts on social media. According to reports, McGregor
7:00 AM ET With the season on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN polled its NBA experts to rank the greatest players in the league’s 74-year history. It’s no surprise that Michael Jordan ended up on top, but there were close calls and heated debates throughout the rankings — and outside of them. We
7:48 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1958, Stan Musial recorded his 3,000th hit. Thirty years later, a disgruntled teenager on a hotel escalator was
8:59 AM ET Steve KimESPN Boxing wasn’t always the first love for some of today’s top performers in the ring. Football, basketball, soccer and even snooker are among the sports fighters such as two-division champion Terence Crawford, undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus and featherweight interim titlist Xu Cang grew up playing. ESPN spoke to a
11:08 AM BST Agustin Pichot has resigned from his role on the World Rugby Council and as president of Americas Rugby after his defeat by Bill Beaumont in the recent election for the post of the global body’s chairman, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) has said. Pichot, who won 71 caps for Argentina, served as
10:18 AM ET Associated Press The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association enters its second season with plans to regionalize its structure by basing players in five hub cities, while also continuing its Dream Gap Tour series of barnstorming stops across North America. Groups of 25 players will practice in rinks in New Hampshire, Minnesota, Toronto,