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
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
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
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
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
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
7:00 AM ET PHOENIX — Driving down 32nd Street in north Phoenix, it’s easy to miss the large building to the right. It’s nondescript, the brick painted white, the roofing a greenish-gray. At first glance, it looks like it could fit into any old business park. Then its sign explains the size: Black Rock Bouldering
7:05 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Nine miles apart, two superstars started spring training by answering the same questions about a winter filled with trade rumors. But the vibe in the responses given by Nolan Arenado at Rockies camp and Kris Bryant as the Cubs opened spring training couldn’t have been more different. The reason?
7:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — On May 28, 2018, more than 4,000 Vegas Golden Knights fans flooded Toshiba Plaza, the two-acre space located directly outside T-Mobile Arena, to watch Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. Rapper Lil Jon attended, in a VGK jersey. Just down Las Vegas Boulevard, the 150-foot Statue of Liberty
6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN While NFL teams prepare for the offseason churn of players between free agency and the 2020 NFL draft, changes have been made to 17 of the league’s coaching staffs. In an effort to take stock of all the coaching movement, particularly the changes in primary coordinators, NFL Nation reporters have
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
6:07 AM ET Roger Federer has announced he will miss the French Open following surgery on his right knee. Federer, 38, underwent surgery in Switzerland on Wednesday and announced via his twitter account he will be out until the grass season. “My right knee has been bothering me for a little while,” Federer said on
Welsh rider Luke Rowe has extended his contract with Team Ineos until 2023. Rowe has played a key role as a support rider in the Tour de France in the past five years by helping winners Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal to victory. The 29-year-old recovered after breaking his leg in 25 places
9:10 AM GMT There are a lot of big-picture themes about this T20 World Cup: participation, inclusion, expansion to name a few. They are all crucially important and will be revisited frequently over the next couple of weeks as the record-breaking attempt at the MCG nears. Now, however, after much build-up the first match is
Media playback is not supported on this device Geraint Thomas says he will need to be in better shape this season to repeat his Tour de France win of 2018. The Welshman is again targeting the biggest Grand Tour – after coming second to Ineos team-mate Egan Bernal last year. “I’ll have to be better
7:00 AM ET GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Francisco Lindor didn’t sound like a man who had been shopped around all winter and was approaching the end of his time with the Cleveland Indians. He sounded genuinely upbeat about the potential of a franchise that has spent the past two offseasons reducing payroll. He sounded sincere when
9:58 PM ET Baltimore Ravens tight end Hayden Hurst said living with depression led to a suicide attempt four years ago. “I woke up in the hospital,” Hurst told First Coast News this week. “I didn’t know what happened. I had to have a friend fill me in. Apparently, I had been drinking and went