8:45 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 Luke Campbell has dismissed the training videos Ryan García posted on his popular social media channels as irrelevant. Campbell insists that his elite-level experience,
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7:58 AM ET The UFC shouldn’t be short on excitement to open 2021. The promotion will head back to Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to kick off its January schedule, with three compelling main events in an eight-day span. And each of those fights has title implications. The one that surely will
7:15 AM ET It began with Joe Burrow, Coach O and an unprecedented LSU run that made college football history, and 2020 ended on an even more unprecedented historical note. In between, a global pandemic threatened the entire sport and exposed rifts and power imbalances across its landscape. This was a year of pain and
11:29 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The San Diego Padres are finalizing a trade to acquire former Cy Young winner Blake Snell from the Tampa Bay Rays for prospects, sources told ESPN. The prospective deal would be centered
AUS vs IND: Ajinkya Rahane scored 112 runs in India’s first innings at the MCG.© AFP Batting great Sunil Gavaskar feels Ajinkya Rahane’s gritty hundred in the ongoing Boxing Day Test will go down as one of the most important centuries in the history of Indian cricket. Rahane hit his 12th century in the longest
12:29 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Philip Tomasino had a goal and an assist and Canada beat Slovakia 3-1 on Sunday night to improve to 2-0 in group play in the world junior hockey championship. Jordan Spence and Jack Quinn also scored, and Devon Levi made 17 saves on his 19th birthday. Martin
7:45 PM ET The first year of the NFL’s expanded playoffs has left us with seven postseason spots still in play as Week 17 approaches. That’s more than in any year since at least 1990, the most recent time the field expanded, and sets up a wild final week of the regular season. Here is
8:33 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns suffered a dislocated left wrist and is expected to miss several games before he’s cleared to return. No surgery will be required, the team said Sunday, and the organization is terming his timeline on the basis of a weekly evaluation. There’s optimism that will require a relatively
9:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame golfer Greg Norman said on social media Sunday he’s in the hospital after a positive coronavirus test. Norman, 65, said he’s getting an antibody treatment in Florida and hopes to be released on Sunday. “I am fit and strong and have a high tolerance for pain
8:40 PM ET The Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning found the salary cap relief they desperately needed in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. The Lightning traded defenseman Braydon Coburn, forward Cedric Paquette and a second-round selection in the 2022 NHL draft to Ottawa for goaltender Anders Nilsson and forward Marian Gaborik.
3:44 PM ET The Missouri Tigers are out of the TransPerfect Music City Bowl after a rise in COVID-19 cases in its program, it was announced Sunday. The Tigers were set to face Iowa on Wednesday in Nashville, but Missouri canceled practice Sunday after an increase in positive COVID tests and paused all team activities
8:25 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A 2-year-old colt racing in the $80,150 Eddie Logan Stakes at Santa Anita was fatally injured Sunday, becoming the Southern California track’s first fatality since June. Trained by Peter Miller, Ebeko was lagging the field when he injured his left front leg at the top of the
4:36 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Potentially the greatest moment in the history of the Jacksonville Jaguars came on the same day they set a franchise record with their 14th consecutive loss after a 41-17 loss to the Chicago Bears. The loss, coupled with the New York Jets‘ victory over the Cleveland Browns, means the
5:51 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks set an NBA shot-clock era record by leading the Los Angeles Clippers by 50 points at intermission Sunday en route to a 124-73 victory. Yes, Kawhi Leonard was out, but it’s safe to say even someone of his talent couldn’t have helped the Clippers, who trailed 77-27 at intermission.
5:55 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer is withdrawing from the Australian Open while he continues preparing to return to action after two operations on his right knee, his agent told The Associated Press on Sunday. Tony Godsick — Federer’s long-time representative and CEO of their management company, TEAM8 — said he is working on
4:10 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Being the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed hasn’t been the path to the Super Bowl for the Kansas City Chiefs, but they’re about to try again. The Chiefs clinched the AFC’s top seed on Sunday by beating the Atlanta Falcons 17-14 at Arrowhead Stadium. The 14-1 Chiefs, who
5:12 PM ET Lionel Messi says former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu lied to him repeatedly over the course of several years but he won’t rule out staying at Camp Nou beyond this season despite wanting to leave four months ago. – Messi, bad blood, and a burofax: Behind the Barca drama– Messi gets extended
5:24 PM ET Jose Mourinho doesn’t like statistics being used to assess a football match. Just last week, the Tottenham manager complained that, too often, they are like “badly cooked meat or fish” when used out of context, but here is one stat that the Portuguese cannot argue against — Spurs have now collected just