7:10 PM ET LOS ANGELES — After his first practice with the Dallas Mavericks, All-Star guard Kyrie Irving said he felt “really wanted” by his new team, a stark contrast to feeling “very disrespected” at times during his turbulent 3½-season tenure with the Brooklyn Nets. “I just know I want to be places where I’m
6:26 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Kyle Busch was detained at a Mexican airport late last month when a handgun and ammunition were discovered in his luggage, the NASCAR star acknowledged this week, apologizing for the incident and calling it “a mistake.” Busch was sentenced this month to 3½ years in prison and
6:20 PM ET They say the sequel never quite lives up to the original, but that kind of logic doesn’t apply to Wrexham AFC. Hollywood star owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney might have preferred a different ending to the club’s FA Cup fourth-round replay against Sheffield United on Tuesday, but there was certainly no
Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali says the sport will “never put a gag on anyone” amid ongoing controversy over freedom of speech. Governing body the FIA is facing a backlash over a new rule that prohibits “personal, religious and political statements” without written consent. “Everyone wants to talk,” said former Ferrari team boss Domenicali. “So
4:18 PM GMT Wales second row Alun Wyn Jones will be available to face Scotland in the Six Nations tie at Murrayfield on Saturday, despite coach Warren Gatland having ruled him out after the 34-10 loss to Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday. Gatland told reporters Jones had failed a head injury assessment, which would see
Feb 6, 2023 Over three years since 57,127 fans crammed into Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium, the UFC is officially finally back in Australia. Perth’s RAC Arena will on Sunday host UFC 284, headlined by the lightweight title fight between the champion Islam Makhachev and the challenger, Australia’s own Alexander Volkanovski. Will Volkanovski join rarefied company and
1:21 PM ET Tulane defensive coordinator Lance Guidry is expected to become the next defensive coordinator at Miami, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Tuesday. Guidry spent the 2022 season at Marshall and took the Tulane job last month. Tulane is owed $500,000 in buyout money for Guidry’s departure, a source told Thamel, and the
Feb 7, 2023 The Buffalo Sabres locked up another key member of their core on Tuesday, signing forward Dylan Cozens to a seven-year, $49.7 million extension. Cozens was set to be a restricted free agent this summer. His new deal comes on the heels of Buffalo inking Tage Thompson to a seven-year, $50 million contract
11:23 AM GMT Steve Borthwick’s overhaul of England’s coaching team has continued with the announcement that Richard Wigglesworth and Aled Walters will join at the end of the season, while forwards coach Richard Cockerill said on Tuesday he will join Montpellier after the Six Nations. Wigglesworth is interim head coach of Leicester Tigers but will
12:48 PM ET Martin Truex Jr. won NASCAR’s exhibition race at the LA Coliseum on Sunday, a mouth-watering appetizer ahead of the 2023 season. Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The NASCAR season has arrived. The real season. After the stock car equivalent to a department-store soft opening at the LA Coliseum on Sunday night, the
12:11 PM ET Sean O’Malley, one of the UFC’s top rising stars, confirmed Friday on his YouTube page that he has signed an eight-fight contract extension with the promotion. The top bantamweight contender didn’t disclose financial details of the deal, but said he negotiated without a manager and felt the UFC gave him the compensation
Gary Ballance became only the second Test batsman after Kepler Wessels to score a century for two countries, hitting an unbeaten 137 for Zimbabwe against the West Indies in Bulawayo on Tuesday. Needing at least 248 runs in reply to a West Indies’ declaration of 447-6 to avoid a possible follow-on, Zimbabwe declared at 379-9
10:38 AM ET Northwestern’s game against Iowa on Nov. 4 will be played at Wrigley Field, the latest in a series of games set to take place at the Chicago Cubs’ home ballpark. In 2013, Northwestern and the Cubs announced a multiyear agreement for several Wildcats athletic events at Wrigley, including five football games. Northwestern
10:42 AM ET As the LIV Golf League prepares to start its second season in Mexico later this month, the circuit being financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is generating virtually no revenue, according to federal court documents. The LIV Golf League’s attorneys made that admission in a motion filed with the U.S. District
Playing at home, India will go into the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as favourites but former South African star JP Duminy says Australia could trump the hosts 2-1 in the much anticipated Test rubber. India will be without two of its key players in Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah, but premier all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will be back
9:51 AM ET Associated Press IndyCar driver Conor Daly will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 with the NASCAR team owned by Floyd Mayweather. The Money Team Racing raced its way into the Daytona 500 last year with driver Kaz Grala; Daly made his Cup Series debut for the team in October on The
7:00 AM ET A record 50.4 million adults in the United States — roughly 20% of the population — are expected to combine to bet approximately $16 billion on Super Bowl LVII, according to survey results released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association. The number of expected Super Bowl bettors is up 61% from last
10:08 AM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — After the Pegula family kept the health information of Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres co-owner Kim Pegula private for over eight months, Jessica Pegula shared Tuesday that her mother suffered cardiac arrest in June 2022 and remains in recovery. Kim Pegula continues to improve daily but is