8:38 PM ET UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has been forced out of a main event slot against Islam Makhachev on Feb. 26 due to injury, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Dariush (21-4-1) was scheduled to face Makhachev (21-1) in a 155-pound bout that might have produced a future title challenger, but withdrew Tuesday after
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6:27 PM ET If Matt Harvey can find a team willing to sign him, he could immediately be suspended for at least 60 days for saying that he provided opioids to Tyler Skaggs on several occasions, a Major League Baseball official told ESPN on Wednesday. Harvey’s admission in federal court Tuesday qualifies as distribution under
8:04 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — The trial of Eric Kay, the former Los Angeles Angels communications director charged with the 2019 death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, is headed to the jury. The defense rested Wednesday after presenting a brief case, and closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday morning. After that, 10 women and
2:41 PM ET The Washington Nationals offered a 13-year, $350 million extension to outfielder Juan Soto prior to the current lockout by Major League Baseball, he confirmed to ESPN’s Enrique Rojas on Wednesday. The offer, made before the work stoppage, was intended to start this season and did not include deferred money, a Nationals source
6:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Rory McIlroy is tired of talking about the proposed Saudi-backed Super Golf League, which may or may not strip the PGA Tour of a handful of its best players. “Not-so-super league,” McIlroy said, under his breath, when asked during a news conference at Riviera Country Club on Wednesday about
Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn says the sport’s new technical rules will lead to closer racing and a more competitive field this year. Brawn says he is “convinced” the cars will be “closer in performance from the very beginning” and “confident these rules will lead to much better racing”. Brawn said: “We may see
6:57 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Negotiations aimed at ending Major League Baseball’s lockout will resume Thursday. The players’ association notified management Wednesday that it is ready to respond to the offer MLB made last weekend, proposals that were received coolly by the union. Baseball’s ninth work stoppage, its first since 1995, enters
6:11 PM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay playfully used the jubilation of Wednesday’s Super Bowl parade to coax the NFL’s best defensive player out of potential retirement, however faint those thoughts might have been in the first place. On a makeshift stage in front of the L.A. Coliseum, with the
4:39 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods said he will be back playing golf on the PGA Tour; he just doesn’t know when. As Woods, 46, nears the one-year anniversary of the car wreck that nearly cost him his right leg and led to multiple surgeries, he said Wednesday that he’s making progress —
5:03 PM ET Adam Brown Liverpool are in the drivers’ seat after a Champions League round of 16 win at Inter Milan. Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images Liverpool were back in Champions League action on Wednesday night and secured a hardfought 2-0 win against Internazionale at the San Siro. Chances were few and far between for
2:31 PM ET NEW YORK — As Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons gets acclimated to his new team, veteran guard Patty Mills says he sees a “fire built up” inside the 25-year-old former All Star as Simmons restarts his NBA career again after requesting a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers. “I see a real hunger-ness
2:40 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR’s qualifying races likely will be tamer than normal. The Duel at Daytona scheduled for Thursday night — a qualifying event that splits 42 cars into two races and sets much of the starting grid for the season-opening Daytona 500 — could be a watered-down version
India white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said his side sees something special in Ravi Bishnoi and that is why he was chosen in the playing XI against West Indies in the first T20I. Ravi Bishnoi’s two-wicket haul was backed up by quality knocks by Rohit Sharma (40) and Suryakumar Yadav (34*) as India defeated
1:39 PM ET Former world No. 1 Andy Murray suffered a brutal 6-0, 6-1 defeat by Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round of the Qatar Open on Wednesday. Murray, twice a champion at the event, never got anywhere near the form he showed the previous day in beating Japan’s Taro Daniel, lasting little
11:42 AM ET A highly anticipated featherweight title rematch between A.J. McKee and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire has been booked for April 15, Bellator officials announced Wednesday. The 145-pound championship bout will headline Bellator 277 at SAP Center in San Jose, California. Additionally, that event will feature a light heavyweight title fight between defending champion Vadim
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10:45 AM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow will not need surgery to repair a right knee injury he suffered in Super Bowl LVI. Bengals coach Zac Taylor said Burrow will simply need rest after he aggravated a sprained MCL in his right knee in the team’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams on
10:46 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the New York City vaccination mandate that is preventing Nets guard Kyrie Irving from playing in home games “doesn’t quite make sense to me” during an appearance on ESPN’s Get Up on Wednesday morning. As an unvaccinated player against COVID-19, Irving cannot play at the