Jul 19, 2023, 05:24 PM ET Saquon Barkley says he has considered not playing for the New York Giants this season, admitting during a recent interview that he “might have to take it to this level” amid his stalemate with the team over a long-term contract. Barkley discussed his “leverage” in contract negotiations with the
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 05:50 PM ET The UFC is looking for a new main event for its first card of August. Umar Nurmagomedov is out of his scheduled headliner against Cory Sandhagen because of undisclosed reasons, sources confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. The UFC is seeking a new opponent for Sandhagen, a
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 04:50 PM ET Luis Alberto Lopez will defend his IBF featherweight title vs. Joet Gonzalez on Sept. 15 in Corpus Christi, Texas, sources told ESPN. Lopez, ESPN’s top boxer at 126 pounds, will headline a Top Rank on ESPN show for the first time in the U.S. The 29-year-old Mexican
ESPN News Services Jul 19, 2023, 03:58 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets signed center Gabriel Vilardi to a two-year, $6.875 million deal, the team announced Wednesday. The 23-year-old restricted free agent had been scheduled for an arbitration hearing July 28. Vilardi arrived in Winnipeg in the June 27 trade that sent winger Pierre-Luc Dubois to
Nyck de Vries has said losing his seat at Alpha Tauri just 10 races into his Formula 1 career “hurts”. The 28-year-old Dutchman was dropped by team owners Red Bull last week and replaced by Daniel Ricciardo from this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. “Of course it hurts that the F1 chance I dreamed of for
Jul 19, 2023, 01:41 PM ET The Seattle Kraken extended the contract of head coach Dave Hakstol through the 2025-26 season on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced by the team for Hakstol, who was named as a Jack Adams Award finalist for coach of the year after guiding the Kraken to
Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 02:33 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Tennessee law enforcement on Wednesday arrested Davonte Pack, a longtime
England’s Stuart Broad became just the fifth bowler to take 600 Test wickets, as Australia ended Wednesday’s opening day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford on 299-8. Marnus Labuschagne and Mitchell Marsh each made 51 after England captain Ben Stokes won the toss in a match the hosts must win to maintain their hopes
Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 02:13 AM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 11:27 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. New NHL Players’ Association executive director Marty Walsh said he’s focused on getting NHL players back into the Winter Olympics for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games in Italy. The NHL hasn’t participated in the Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament
Jonas Vingegaard is on the brink of retaining his Tour de France title after opening up a lead of more than seven minutes on a gruelling stage 17. Two-time winner Pogacar struggled after an early crash on the queen stage and was dropped with 15km left. Felix Gall broke clear to win the stage, 34
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 08:56 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — With the purse for The Open more than doubling over the past decade, R&A CEO Martin Slumbers on Wednesday wouldn’t rule out taking money
Jul 19, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Dallas Cowboys six-time All-Pro guard and team captain Zack Martin is considering not reporting to training camp due to his unhappiness with his contract and the team’s lack of interest in restructuring it, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Martin believes he is “woefully underpaid relative to the market,” a
Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 09:39 AM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Chinese tennis player Zhang Shuai quit a match after her opponent rubbed out a ball mark with her foot following a disputed line call at the Budapest Grand Prix. The second-seeded Zhang retired from the match while trailing 6-5 in the first set against
Jul 19, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Two weeks before the Aug. 1 MLB trade deadline, the Los Angeles Angels are hovering around the .500 mark, which leaves one question hanging over the entire sport: Will the Halos trade free-agent-to-be Shohei Ohtani? Though we don’t yet know what the Angels’ decision will be, we aren’t about
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 08:15 AM ET HOYLAKE, England — Nine years ago, the resplendent orange Rickie Fowler wore against the backdrop of Hoylake’s cement-colored palate seemed like it glowed a little brighter. At the 2014 Open Championship, Fowler was still in his mid 20s, wearing a flat-billed, white and orange Puma hat with
Andres Waters Jul 19, 2023, 08:03 AM ET After years of buildup, ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound men’s boxer, Terence Crawford and No. 4 Errol Spence Jr., will finally square off on Saturday, July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, in one of the most anticipated fights in men’s boxing. The 12-round fight for Spence’s
Jul 19, 2023, 05:57 AM ET Benjamin Mendy has signed for Ligue 1 side Lorient, the club announced on Wednesday, days after he was found not guilty at a retrial on one count of raping a woman and the attempted rape of another woman. In January, Mendy was found not guilty of six counts of