1:59 PM ET Chelsea have decided to begin the process of pulling out of the proposed European Super League, sources have told ESPN’s James Olley. The development comes ahead of Chelsea’s Premier League match against Brighton on Tuesday at Stamford Bridge. The reserval is a stunning U-turn for the London club following Sunday’s announcement that
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2:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Seamus Power of Ireland has withdrawn from the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after testing positive for the coronavirus. Power was replaced in the PGA Tour’s only official team event by Zack Sucher, who will partner with David Hearn of Canada. Power is the 30th player to test positive,
Delhi Capitals defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. Delhi Capitals, who had lost to Mumbai Indians in the title clash last year, came out on top after a convincing performance. Delhi Capitals bowlers, led by leg-spinner Amit Mishra, bowled superbly to restrict the defending champions to
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Imagine if the recent volume of social media inquiries connecting or disconnecting the San Francisco 49ers to quarterbacks Justin Fields, Mac Jones and Trey Lance in the upcoming NFL draft were put into solving actual mysteries. We’d know the contents of Marsellus Wallace’s briefcase in “Pulp Fiction” and
11:40 AM ET Patrick Marleau played his 1,768th game Monday night, breaking Gordie Howe’s NHL career record. Which naturally led to questions about whether anyone would ever break Marleau’s still-increasing games benchmark. “The modern game, the speed, the physicality … players are playing at a young age, but it’s very difficult to be as durable
Britain’s Simon Yates has taken the overall lead of the Tour of the Alps following an impressive victory on stage two. Yates, 28, of Team Bike Exchange, left behind his rivals after launching a devastating attack with 24km remaining. He now leads Ineos Grenadiers’ Pavel Sivakov in the general classification by 41 seconds. “They weren’t
10:00 AM ET Khamzat Chimaev says he is finally on the mend from a very difficult bout with COVID-19 that threatened to end his promising career earlier this year. Chimaev (9-0) was scheduled to face Leon Edwards in a high-profile UFC bout in January and again in March, but he was forced to withdraw both
10:00 AM ET Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Trevor
7:00 AM ET “Mind-boggling.” “A mystery.” “It’s hard to figure.” Those are some of the words scouts and opposing pitchers used when asked about a Chicago Cubs offense that sits dead last in the majors in many categories, including a .192 team batting average that’s among the all-time worst through 15 games. What’s most confusing
7:51 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view will not be the first card in UFC history to have two women’s championships on the line. That distinction goes to a 2015 event in Melbourne, Australia, which is notable for two other reasons: first, for filling Etihad Stadium with 56,214 fans, the most ever to
4:38 PM ET Regis Prograis will get the knockout finish he believed he deserved this past weekend. Prograis’ technical decision win over Ivan Redkach on Saturday in Atlanta was overturned to a sixth-round TKO on Monday, Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission executive director Matt Woodruff told ESPN on Monday. The bout originally was ruled a
England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler’s daughter Georgia is celebrating her second birthday today. On the occasion, Rajasthan Royals (RR), the franchise her father represents in the Indian Premier League (IPL), has the perfect message for Georgia. On its official Twitter handle, RR shared a couple of adorable photos of Georgia and captioned it, “Our cutest
6:54 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. For weeks, it appeared that the East Division playoff slots were all but secured, but the New York Rangers have continued to lurk in that fifth position. Tonight, they’ll look to claw one
7:00 AM ET As the globe comes to terms with the inevitably of a Super League upending the structure of European soccer, it’s not hard to imagine a series of events that leads to a similar shift in an American sport similarly steeped in more than a century’s worth of tradition. With its best teams
2:12 PM ET A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Seattle Seahawks defensive end Aldon Smith for an alleged second-degree battery that occurred in the New Orleans area on Saturday evening, St. Bernard Parish District Attorney Perry Nicosia confirmed. Nicosia said that Smith allegedly choked a victim unconscious during a confrontation that began
7:49 AM ET Junior lightweight and lightweight titleholder Gervonta Davis is going up to junior welterweight to face unbeaten WBA “regular” titlist Mario Barrios on May 26. Davis has had problems making weight in the past — he was stripped of his IBF junior lightweight title before his title defense against Francisco Fonseca in 2017
9:45 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Well, MLS is back for 2021, and the opening weekend saw no shortage of drama, superb goals
1:09 AM ET Stephen Curry‘s recent shooting streak has left everyone around him in awe. Teammates, coaches, opponents — it’s hard for everybody to wrap their minds around exactly what they’ve been seeing as the Golden State Warriors star continues to set new records on a nightly basis. For his latest feat, Curry poured in