5:31 PM ET UFC welterweight Leon Edwards has had an even more frustrating 2020 than some of his peers, but says he is still “100%” committed to taking a fight this year. Edwards (18-3), of England, was supposed to headline UFC Fight Night opposite former champion Tyron Woodley in March, inside London’s 02 Arena. The
5:44 PM ET One of the best featherweight fighters in MMA over the past decade is calling it a career. Ricardo Lamas, 38, announced Monday on MMA Junkie Radio that he is retiring from mixed martial arts after 12 years as a pro. The former UFC title challenger said after his unanimous-decision win over Bill
6:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Over the past eight months, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was unanimously selected as NFL MVP, got feted as the No. 1 player in the game by his peers and saw his face splashed across the cover of the Madden video game. Starting with the regular season opener
Britons Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas safely navigated stage one of the Tirreno-Adriatico, which was won by German Pascal Ackermann in Italy. Bora-Hansgrohe rider Ackermann edged out UAE-Team Emirates’ Fernando Gaviria in a bunch sprint in Lido di Camaiore. Four-time Tour de France winner Froome and 2018 champion Thomas were left out of Team Ineos
7:15 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — How in the world did Carson Wentz, the newly anointed franchise quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016, wind up trapped inside a gas station bathroom, anyway? Wentz began cracking up when that memory was raised before practice last week — far enough back in time now that it’s just
Kagiso Rabada joined training after completing his mandatory quarantine period.© Delhi Capitals/Twitter Ahead of the Indian Premier League‘s (IPL) 13th edition, South African pacer Kagiso Rabada on Monday joined his first training session with Delhi Capitals after completing one week of self-isolation upon his arrival in Dubai. The 25-year-old trained with his teammates for the
9:07 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Victoria Azarenka hadn’t won a match in more than a year before she came to New York. Tsvetana Pironkova hadn’t played in a tournament since 2017. Now both are perhaps the unlikeliest players in the fourth round at the US Open. 1 Related They have made incredible comebacks, and what
11:52 AM ET Gary Neville readily admits that he does not sit back and wallow in the moment. When a task is completed, it’s time for the Salford City co-owner to move on to the next challenge, and there are plenty of those right now for a League Two club in the midst of the
South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi on Monday said that he has never experienced racism personally, and respecting the views of everyone was his key takeout from the recent culture camp held in Skukuza. An extended 32-member squad including a High-Performance squad featuring nationally contracted players, South Africa A team, as well as players who have been identified
11:01 AM ET Is Nick Diaz ready to return to the Octagon for his first UFC fight in over five years? His manager told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that Diaz is “100 percent” committed to fighting again, and the plan is for an early 2021 return. The manager, Kevin Mubenga, even provided a video of a
Formula 1 will revive plans to introduce reverse-grid sprint races in place of qualifying. Mercedes blocked plans to trial the idea this season – but Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix has given F1 fresh impetus. Two safety cars, a penalty for Lewis Hamilton and a race stoppage at Monza mixed up the field and led to
9:30 AM ET Despite the Big Ten and Pac-12 sitting out the fall season (for now), there’s still some great football to be played, with the SEC, ACC and Big 12 among the Power 5 conferences participating. Here are 10 teams — including two outside the Power 5 — that will be the most exciting
7:00 AM ET ESPN.com Staff With just three weeks left before the end of the regular season, contending teams in Major League Baseball are running out of time to sort out alternatives. Just as we’re seeing the playoff picture become more certain than ever, we’re seeing some significant, albeit small, reshuffling in our rankings. 2
9:15 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. See you in October? The fallout of the New York Yankees‘ beating at the hands, bats and gloves of the Baltimore Orioles is one that appears to have started shifting the momentum in one direction, one in which the
6:56 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — For many reasons — primarily the loss of NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard in free agency — the Toronto Raptors entered the 2019-20 season as the least-heralded league champion since the 2011 Dallas Mavericks. Bookmakers in Las Vegas set the line for Raptors wins at
For a much-delayed Tour de France that offered a few fans, as little coronavirus as possible and none of the famous British riders who have won it recently, the first week of this three-week adventure had a familiar feel. A British bloke in yellow. “He had some kind of parasite – he was on the
Chris Gayle is fine catcher when you’re not looking.© Kings XI Punjab Chris Gayle’s antics as a self-proclaimed ‘Universe Boss’ have been entertaining for his fans. An Indian Premier League (IPL) heavyweight in his own right, Gayle now finds himself at Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) juggling the ball at the edge of the boundary as seen
8:00 AM ET Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Army athletic director Mike Buddie has compared this offseason to