7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 3 NFL schedule for the 2021 season is stacked with great matchups, and we have you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and, of course,
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10:10 PM ET Brianna Williams On Friday, the Utah Jazz and Vivint Arena announced that all home games will require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of an event to gain access to the arena. So naturally, local reporters were out on the streets to hear how
9:41 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — For the first time in his Ryder Cup career, Rory McIlroy will sit out a session of the event when play resumes Saturday morning. McIlroy, 32, is one of the European Ryder Cup team’s leaders, having competed in all 24 sessions from 2010 through 2018 and compiling an 11-9-4
7:39 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The return of Nick Diaz is complicated. I’ve been talking to professional fighters since 2009, but I have never had an interview go the way my conversation with Diaz went this week. Diaz, 38, returns from a six-year absence on Saturday, against Robbie Lawler at UFC 266. He has
11:27 PM ET Miesha Tate‘s second fight during her comeback run with the UFC will have to wait. The popular former UFC women’s bantamweight champion has tested positive for COVID-19, and her main event bout with Ketlen Vieira is off the UFC Fight Night card Oct. 16 in Las Vegas, Tate’s manager Josh Jones told
4:25 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A high profile rematch between Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler will apparently still happen at UFC 266 this weekend, following a last-minute request from Diaz’s camp to change the weight limit of the bout. Diaz (26-9) and Lawler (28-15) originally agreed to fight at the 170-pound welterweight limit, however
9:02 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Nick Diaz never has been one to hold back, whether it be in the cage or talking with the media. On Wednesday, three days before he returns to the Octagon after more than six years away, Diaz spoke of his “resentment” toward mixed martial arts, wondered aloud why he
12:27 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC featherweight title will officially be on the line Saturday. Alexander Volkanovski, the champion, weighed in at 144.5 pounds Friday morning and challenger Brian Ortega was 144 pounds at the official weigh-in here at the UFC Apex. The two will meet in the main event of UFC 266
3:38 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a featherweight matchup between former champion Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez to headline an event on Nov. 13, multiple sources told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, but the bout is expected to become official shortly. It will serve as the main event of a UFC Fight Night
2:45 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC star Jon Jones was arrested Friday morning by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, just hours after a past UFC fight of his was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Jones is being charged with misdemeanor battery domestic violence and injuring or tampering with a vehicle, Officer
Mumbai Indians have lost both their matches in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 so far. The defending champions have lacked a bit of firepower in the middle and final overs, and one of the reasons for that is the unavailability of Hardik Pandya. The star India all-rounder was a big
2:11 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey will miss a few weeks with the strained hamstring suffered in Thursday night’s 24-9 victory at Houston, a league source confirmed to ESPN. The injury occurred early in the second quarter when McCaffrey pulled up on a 2-yard run around the left side.
3:49 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Working through a groin injury, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt said he did enough work during practice this week that the door is open for him to play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. Watt is officially listed as questionable for Sunday after being a limited participant at practice all three
3:32 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers might be down to their third option protecting Aaron Rodgers‘ blind side on Sunday night against the San Francisco 49ers. Coach Matt LaFleur listed Elgton Jenkins as doubtful. The Pro Bowl left guard has been filling in at left tackle for All-Pro David Bakhtiari,
5:05 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — One by one, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has crossed off different thresholds in his return from a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle that he suffered last year. Monday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles represents another one: his first contest at AT&T Stadium since the injury.
4:55 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens‘ defense suddenly got thinner after the team placed four players, including Pro Bowl outside linebacker Justin Houston, on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday. In addition to Houston, Baltimore put outside linebacker Jaylon Ferguson, nose tackle Brandon Williams and defensive tackle Justin Madubuike on the reserve/COVID-19
5:53 PM ET DALLAS — The New Orleans Saints are on the mend, returning four players who missed last week’s loss to the Carolina Panthers because of injuries. But they still expect to be without three assistant coaches Sunday at New England because of COVID-19 protocols and seven starters because of injuries/suspension. The Saints announced
9:42 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The European team, which had won four of five and nine of the last 12 Ryder Cups, stuck with its recipe that has worked, with nine veterans and three rookies. The Americans, who had been on the losing end so many times since the turn of the 21st century,