3:00 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — The Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrated their victory Wednesday with a boat parade amid continued concern over the coronavirus pandemic. The parade got started around 1 p.m. on the Hillsborough River near downtown Tampa. Thousands of fans decked out in Buccaneers gear lined the
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10:35 PM GMT Reuters with ESPN staff New Zealand scrum-half Aaron Smith described his France counterpart Antoine Dupont as the world’s top rugby player on Wednesday. Replying to the Six Nations’ Twitter question “Who is the best rugby player in the world right now?”, the 32-year-old Smith went for Dupont. “This guy is on another
8:53 PM ET Khasan Magomedsharipov, the younger brother of UFC featherweight contender Zabit Magomedsharipov, has signed an exclusive contract with Bellator MMA. Khasan’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, confirmed the signing to ESPN on Wednesday, following an initial report by MMAJunkie.com. Bellator has not yet announced the signing, or indicated when Khasan will make his promotional debut.
8:11 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers‘ game against the New York Rangers on Sunday is postponed with three Flyers players — Justin Braun, Travis Sanheim and captain Claude Giroux — on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list. This is the second-straight postponed game for the Flyers, though the league says that Philadelphia will be able to
7:15 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Football doesn’t always have to be beautiful to deliver 10-out-of-10 entertainment. It can also be crazy, error strewn, infuriating and enlivened by flashes of brilliance to be as memorable as the most majestic team performance. Anyone who doubts that should just re-run the 120 minutes of Everton‘s 5-4 FA
6:19 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Billy Conigliaro, the first-ever Red Sox draft pick who started out in the Boston outfield with star-crossed brother Tony and later spent years taking care of him after a heart attack, died Wednesday. He was 73. Conigliaro’s family told the team he died at home in Beverly, Massachusetts.
6:35 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights forward Tomas Nosek became the first NHL player this season to be pulled during a game because of a positive COVID-19 test, the league said on Wednesday. Nosek did not return to play in the third period of the Knights’ 5-4 win at home over the Anaheim Ducks on
5:58 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — A little over 12 months ago, Novak Djokovic had been crowned Australian Open champion for the eighth time, American upstart Sofia Kenin secured a maiden Slam win, millions of dollars had been raised for Australia’s bushfire relief fund and the tennis season was just getting underway. And then the
2:04 PM ET One day after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban confirmed that his team had stopped playing the national anthem before games, the NBA on Wednesday issued a statement saying that wouldn’t be the case. “With NBA teams now in the process of welcoming fans back into their arenas, all teams will play the
4:51 PM ET Sevilla defender Jules Kounde scored an extraordinary solo goal and Ivan Rakitic struck against his old side in a 2-0 win over Barcelona in a Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Wednesday. French centre back Kounde opened the scoring in the 25th minute, dribbling from his own area and playing a
4:06 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz has still not been traded, and that has people antsy. There appeared to be momentum toward a deal over the Super Bowl weekend, then it seemed to ebb, and everyone is trying to figure out what all of it means. Deep breaths. It’s early February. A
4:46 PM ET Canelo Alvarez’s top 2021 plan is to do what no other boxer has done in the four-belt era: unify the super middleweight division. Ahead of his Feb. 27 title defense against WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim in Miami, Alvarez told ESPN his plan for the rest of the year is fighting WBO
1:25 PM ET Clemson linebacker Mike Jones Jr., who started seven games last season, is transferring to LSU, he announced Wednesday. Jones, who has three years of eligibility, recorded 30 tackles, including four for loss, and had two interceptions and a forced fumble in 10 games for Clemson last fall. The 6-foot, 220-pound Jones also
2:10 PM ET UFC 258 has lost a key main-card fight. A scheduled bantamweight contender bout Saturday between Pedro Munhoz and Jimmie Rivera has been canceled due to a coronavirus-related issue, the UFC announced Wednesday. Sources said the promotion is attempting to rebook the matchup as soon as later this month. In its place, Andre
Four days after crashing to one of the most astonishing defeats in Test cricket history, Bangladesh take on the West Indies in the second Test in Dhaka on Thursday knowing they must win to square the two-match series. The shock waves of Sunday’s defeat in Chattogram, which saw the West Indies make 395-7 in the
12:53 PM GMT Wales have called up James Botham, Lloyd Williams and the uncapped Willis Halaholo to their injury-hit squad ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield, the Wales Rugby Union said on Wednesday. The Cardiff Blues trio replace Dan Lydiate, Tomos Williams and Johnny Williams who were all hurt in the
12:33 PM GMT England coach Eddie Jones has said no player in his side is guaranteed a starting spot but backed his captain Owen Farrell to come back after a poor performance against Scotland on Saturday. Scotland ended a 38-year wait for a victory at Twickenham on Saturday when they beat England 11-6 on the
12:37 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Martin Truex Jr. has signed a multi-year agreement to stay at Joe Gibbs Racing, where the 2017 NASCAR champion has won eight races in his two years with the team. Truex joined Denny Hamlin as JGR drivers who signed contract extensions this month. Truex, Hamlin, Kyle