Month: February 2023

1:54 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — The San Antonio Spurs have acquired center Dewayne Dedmon and a 2028 second-round pick from the Miami Heat in exchange for cash considerations, it was announced Tuesday. The move will open some financial flexibility and a roster spot for the Heat. Dedmon is averaging 5.7 points in
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1:10 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC LaLiga has filed a formal complaint with a court in Mallorca after Vinicius Junior was racially abused by a fan during Real Madrid‘s 1-0 league defeat to Real Mallorca on Sunday. TV cameras picked up a fan shouting “Vinicius, you’re a monkey” during the game. “After analysing the images
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8:18 AM ET The UFC is will open its third Performance Institute training facility later this year, and the location will be in Mexico City, promotion officials told ESPN. The building is targeted to open in the fourth quarter of 2023. Currently, the UFC has Performance Institutes in Las Vegas and Shanghai, China. While the
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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3:50 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Sean Payton’s formal introduction as Denver Broncos coach Monday touched on the importance of keeping an open mind on players, a promise of discipline, an eye for details and a focused pursuit of winning that “is not for everybody.” And perhaps nothing punctuated all of it more than Payton’s
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3:13 AM ET Hatayspor’s vice president has said Christian Atsu has been found alive after being buried under rubble following an earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ghana winger Christian Atsu has been found alive after being buried under rubble in the earthquake that hit Turkey, the vice president of his
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