7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN As the NFL preseason schedule hits full throttle this week, heated position battles for all 32 teams will be decided in games and training camp as kickoff for the 2022 season draws near. Some of the competitions will have huge implications for fantasy football fans — especially the undecided QB
11:22 AM ET Bellator MMA has rebooked a featherweight matchup between Aaron Pico and Jeremy Kennedy in October, officials told ESPN on Tuesday. The 145-pound bout will take place at Bellator 286 on Oct. 1 in Long Beach, California. That event is headlined by a featherweight title fight between champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (33-5) and
9:55 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams announced her tennis career is winding down, citing her desire to grow her family. Williams shared her thoughts about her future in a first-person essay on Vogue.com on Tuesday, suggesting the US Open could be her final tournament. She admitted she had mixed feelings about her next chapter
Former Indian skipper and ex-chairman of the selection committee Krishnamachari Srikkanth said that had he been the chairman of selectors currently, pacer Mohammed Shami would have been a part of Men in Blue’s squad for upcoming Asia Cup 2022, which will take place from August 27 onwards. The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Monday announced
4:43 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Every top club has exciting young talent ready to make the step up and get on the transfer radar of Europe’s elite sides. 2 Related As the 2022-23 campaign kicks off around the continent, our resident scout looks at the next group of players who could follow the path of
8:23 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tennis player Andrej Martin was suspended Tuesday for failing a doping test at a competition, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said. The 32-year-old Slovakian tested positive in June for SARM S-22, a synthetic substance that can copy the effects of testosterone, at a second-tier event in his home
9:00 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Joshua Thompson walks across the street from his office inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium earlier this year, puts on a hardhat and begins a tour of the future home of Florida football. He has recently been hired as new coach Billy Napier’s director of football operations, and he’s impressed
Behind Shikhar Dhawan‘s cheerful exterior lies an intensely “spiritual man” who has made peace with representing India in only one format. Approaching his 37th birthday, Dhawan has made a pledge to himself. “Till the time I am playing for India, I would like to be an asset and not a liability,” Dhawan told PTI in
6:53 AM ET Codie McLachlan/Getty Images The World Junior Championship is a holiday hockey tradition like no other. This year is an exception. The tournament is still coming your way during peak vacation time, only now it’s happening mid-summer, rather than post-Christmas. Confused? Let’s recap. The 2022 WJC was set to be played as usual
5:31 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. There are 17 men’s boxing divisions (not counting WBC’s new bridgerweight) that are sanctioned by the four major organizations: WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. They range from 108 pounds to unlimited weight after 200 pounds. Some of those divisions include some of the best fighters in the world. Others
7:00 AM ET When wide receiver Jordan Addison announced he was transferring from Pitt in the spring, months after winning the Biletnikoff Award, it made national headlines for how surprising a move it was and how it could reshape college football. Big names and award winners have transferred before, but Addison’s decision signaled how different
Turning down a role as a fighter pilot in Tom Cruise film Top Gun: Maverick was “the most upsetting call that I think I’ve ever had”, says Lewis Hamilton. The British seven-time Formula 1 world champion said he accepted a part in the hit sequel to the original 1986 film. However, he had to pull
1:05 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. SEATTLE — Matt Carpenter‘s dream comeback season with the New York Yankees may have come to an early end Monday night in Seattle. Carpenter, 36, broke his left foot when he fouled off an 89 mph slider from Mariners
8:23 PM ET Brooklyn Nets governor Joe Tsai voiced his support Monday night for the front office and coaching staff after Kevin Durant told Tsai to choose between him and the team’s general manager and coach. Tsai and Durant recently met in London, ESPN sources confirmed, in which Durant reiterated his desire to be traded
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri is currently in the UK doing commentary for Sky Sports for the ongoing second edition of the Hundred competition. Shastri recently was at the game which was being played at the Lord’s Cricket Ground along with Mukesh Ambani and Sundar Pichai. On Tuesday, the former head coach shared
1:50 AM BST Wallabies halfback Nic White has revealed several teammates have spoken to Michael Hooper following their courageous 41-26 win over the Pumas, after their captain shocked world rugby with a late withdrawal from the squad for personal reasons. Making the decision to pull out from their Argentina tour on the eve of their
10:47 PM ET Running back Tovani Mizell became the third member of Georgia’s 2024 recruiting class on Monday. The 6-foot, 195-pound Mizell, from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, is ranked No. 94 in ESPN’s Junior 300. Mizell is the fifth-ranked running back in the 2024 cycle, according to ESPN, and the third Junior
9:42 PM ET ESPN News Services GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers‘ use of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca during an offseason retreat isn’t considered a violation of the NFL’s drug policy. Rodgers discussed on “The Aubrey Marcus Podcast” last week how he went on an ayahuasca retreat to Peru in 2020,