Month: February 2022

10:39 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The Indian Open was canceled and the China Open was postponed as restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic continued to cause problems on golf’s European Tour. The Indian Open had been postponed from its original scheduled date of Feb. 17-20 but now will not take place
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10:37 AM ET Yoel Romero will look to pick up his first Bellator win when he takes on MMA veteran Melvin Manhoef in the co-main event on May 6 in Paris, the promotion announced Thursday. The bout will be contested at light heavyweight. Romero is a former UFC title challenger. The main event will feature
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8:31 AM ET Although Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden wants a trade to the Philadelphia 76ers, he has resisted making that formal request out of fear of the public backlash that would come with asking out of a second franchise in consecutive seasons, sources told ESPN. Harden is hopeful that 76ers president of basketball operations
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1:23 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule is adding a ton of NFL experience to his defensive staff in new pass game coordinator secondary coach Steve Wilks, who was with the organization for six year under Ron Rivera. The team agreed to terms with Wilks, a Charlotte native, on Wednesday. Wilks
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6:24 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show John Riel Casimero will defend his WBO world bantamweight title in front of challenger Paul Butler’s home crowd at the M&S Bank Arena in
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11:46 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — John Isner beat Kevin Anderson to advance to the quarterfinals of his hometown Dallas Open on Wednesday night, outlasting the South African in their first meeting since a marathon in the Wimbledon semifinals in 2018. All three sets went to tiebreakers, with Isner holding on, 7-6 (1), 6-7
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12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic is on the entry list for the BNP Paribas Open in California, where the Serb would face a vaccine mandate. Djokovic, who was unvaccinated against COVID-19 as of last month, was detained and eventually deported from Australia for failing to meet that
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5:35 PM ET Washington Commanders defensive tackle Jonathan Allen apologized for a since-deleted tweet in which he said Adolf Hitler was one of three people living or dead with whom he’d like to have dinner. Allen, Washington’s nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for the second consecutive year, had told his
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9:37 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Tyler Skaggs’ mother painted a portrait Wednesday of the late Los Angeles Angels pitcher as a loving son who first struggled with a Percocet “issue” in 2013. Debbie Hetman appeared as a prosecution witness in the federal criminal case against former Angels communications director Eric Kay, providing emotional
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