7:40 PM ET Associated Press Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. He was 78. Former British boxer and close friend Kenny Rainford told The Associated Press in a telephone call from Liverpool, England, that his close friend died on
Month: September 2022
6:13 PM ET Marcelo will be back in European competition with Olympiakos this season. Oscar J. Barroso/Europa Press via Getty Images Brazilian full back Marcelo has signed for Olympiakos after leaving European champions Real Madrid in the summer, the Greek champions announced on Friday. The club did not reveal the details of his contract but Greek
Sep 2, 2022 LAKE FOREST, Ill. — After four decades with the Chicago Bears, team president and chief executive officer Ted Phillips has announced he will retire from his role at the conclusion of the 2022 season. “I have been truly blessed with the honor of working for the Chicago Bears for 40 seasons and
Sep 1, 2022 Tim BontempsESPN The NBA G League unveiled its 2022-23 schedule on Thursday, and along with it an interesting wrinkle for the upcoming season: Every G League game that goes to overtime will end not with a timed period, but instead with an Elam Ending. Under the Elam Ending format, the game clock
6:56 PM ET Associated Press RECIFE, Brazil — Paul Stoll had 15 points and nine assists, and Mexico defeated the U.S. 73-67 on Friday in the opening game of Group C play for both teams at the FIBA AmeriCup. Fabian James added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Mexico. Jeremy Pargo led the U.S. with
4:45 PM ET ESPN News Services MILAN — Giannis Antetokounmpo simply took over with the game on the line. And as usual, he did it on both ends of the floor. Antetokounmpo scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while Tyler Dorsey also finished with 27 points as Greece held off Croatia 89-85 in the
7:25 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN The Houston Texans have invited the Uvalde High School football team to be their guests for the team’s season opener against the Indianapolis Colts at NRG Stadium on Sept. 11. The Texans, along with supermarket chain H-E-B, are providing the Uvalde team with transportation to the stadium as well as
5:40 PM ET Jamal Collier Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News CHICAGO — Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to miss training camp and is doubtful for the start of the regular season because of lingering pain and discomfort following meniscus surgery
6:56 PM ET ESPN News Services BOLTON, Mass. — Matthew Wolff became a footnote in LIV Golf history with the first hole-in-one, an ace that carried him to a 7-under 63 in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston on Friday. Wolff is tied for the lead with Talor Gooch. British Open champion Cameron Smith, among six players
1:52 PM ET PARIS — UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou told ESPN on Friday that the most realistic timetable for his return to competition is early 2023. Some reports had surfaced that the UFC was hoping that Ngannou, who had knee surgery to repair his right ACL and MCL in March, would be back by
Sep 2, 2022 Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” He’s the old guy in the room now, and that is not an easy fact for Manny Machado to accept. At the All-Star Game in July, a week after his 30th birthday,
1:15 PM ET WBC junior flyweight champion Kim Clavel will make the first defense of her title on Dec. 1 when she fights in a unification bout against WBA champion Jessica Nery Plata in Laval, Quebec. The 31-year-old Clavel (16-0, 3 KO) won her title in July, beating Yesenia Gomez by unanimous decision. It will
Lewis Hamilton says he and Mercedes are “not that far behind” at the Dutch Grand Prix after an encouraging Friday practice for the team. Hamilton ended the day third quickest, just 0.072 seconds off the pace set by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, whose team-mate Carlos Sainz was second fastest. Championship leader Max Verstappen was eighth in
11:50 AM ET Phil Mickelson said he has heard from “numerous” professional golfers from both LIV Golf and the PGA Tour about the current upheaval in the sport and the changes that have come as a result of it. “I think players on both sides of LIV and the PGA Tour are appreciative of what
8:00 AM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com WHEN DAN LANNING walks out onto the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where his Oregon Ducks will face Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday, it’ll be hard to forget from where he came: a $1,200-a-month job under Nick Saban just seven years ago. Lanning remembers the eyebrows that were raised when
7:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — As the Dolphins prepared for one-on-one drills with the Philadelphia Eagles during a recent joint practice, Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and receiver Tyreek Hill discussed which route to run first. Hill didn’t have a preference, but quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell jumped in and said: “I want to hear
12:19 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston forward Danilo Gallinari suffered a torn ACL in his left knee while playing for the Italian national team, the Celtics announced Friday, an injury that could cause him to miss the entire 2022-23 NBA season. Gallinari previously tore the same ACL in April 2013 and missed the entire 2013-14
Pakistan set up a second showdown against arch-rivals India in as many weeks with a record 155-run win over Hong Kong in a must-win Asia Cup match in Sharjah on Friday. Mohammad Rizwan had to work hard for his 78 off 57 balls as Pakistan got a much-needed final flourish to post 193 for two
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