8:25 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Chris Curtis dreamed about fighting inside the Octagon for over a decade as a professional mixed martial artist. Now that his UFC debut was happening, though, it was turning nightmarish. He was in a UFC 268 prelim last November in New York, and Curtis was getting beaten to the punch
7:00 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — He paces the hallway just after 6:45 a.m., carefully studying the day’s script. But when it’s time for Rob Gronkowski to perform, it’s not running routes or catching passes from Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, it’s acting in a television commercial for USAA. Situated in a makeshift dog
8:00 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN LAS VEGAS — IT’S the final game of opening night at the Thomas & Mack Center, and the crowd — some Detroit Pistons fans, some Portland Trail Blazers fans and the rest just folks itching for some sports action in the middle of the offseason — arises in jubilation on
6:45 AM ET NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma Sooners are in their second week of spring practice, and the football facility is buzzing with high school football players and their families ahead of a critical recruiting weekend, but head coach Brent Venables — just three months into the job after his December hire — wants
11:42 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The first All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in 42 years featured Clayton Kershaw starting in front of the home fans and appearances from Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera, but the final score looked all too familiar: The American League won 3-2 for its ninth straight All-Star victory and 21st
Jasprit Bumrah was forced to miss the final ODI against England owing to back spasms.© AFP India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah dropped to second among bowlers while Hardik Pandya rose a whopping 13 places to eighth in the all-rounders’ list after his strong show against England in the latest ICC ODI rankings issued on Wednesday.
4:44 AM ET BALTIMORE, Md. (MD) — Granit Xhaka rarely holds anything back, and he isn’t about to start now. The 29-year-old is as robust in the tackle as he is in an interview chair, a no-nonsense character whose passion and drive have inadvertently taken him to some contentious places during his six years at
1:23 AM BST ESPN staff As New Zealand Rugby [NZR] officials prepare to meet and attempt to plot a path out of the All Blacks’ mire, the team’s media manager has revealed she was responsible for cancelling coach Ian Foster’s Sunday press conference. Jo Malcolm, an employee of NZR, says she made the decision because
9:55 PM ET The 2022 MLB All-Star Game has officially gone Hollywood as Dodger Stadium hosts the biggest and brightest names in baseball. It’ll be familiar territory for Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, who is just the sixth pitcher in the past 40 years to start the All-Star Game in his home park. 2
4:35 PM ET Andrew Wiggins made his first All-Star team this year and was a crucial part of the Golden State Warriors‘ run to the NBA title, but he still regrets one thing he did this season. “I still wish I didn’t get [vaccinated], to be honest with you,” Wiggins told FanSided. At the start
8:58 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent Miles Bridges is facing three felony domestic violence charges after being accused of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children last month, the Los Angeles County district attorney said Tuesday. District Attorney George Gascon said his office filed one
4:15 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Ben Kennedy is thinking big. As in big cities, big ideas and big plans. That’s how NASCAR and Chicago got together. Kennedy played an instrumental role in NASCAR bringing an unprecedented street race to downtown Chicago during its 75th season in yet another radical change to its once
1:16 PM ET Two weeks into the 2022 European Championship, we’re still waiting for the first big name to fall. We won’t have to wait much longer. Six teams entered the 16-team tournament with title odds significantly better than the rest of the field, and all six advanced as expected to the knockout rounds. With
5:09 PM ET ATLANTA — Spencer Rattler became one of the most high-profile transfers of the offseason when he announced late last year that he was leaving Oklahoma for South Carolina, but Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer said Tuesday that he isn’t worried about how the quarterback will handle the burden of expectations with the season
5:53 PM ET ATLANTA — Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea is undeterred by last season’s 2-10 record or the program’s eight consecutive seasons finishing below .500. At SEC Media Days on Tuesday, Lea made a bold proclamation about the future of Commodores football. “We know in time Vanderbilt football will be the best program in the
5:44 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Andrej Sekera announced his retirement on Tuesday after almost two decades in the NHL. The Slovak defenseman played the past 15 full seasons since making his debut in 2006. Sekera played 888 regular-season and playoff games for the Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers
4:24 PM ET Henry Cejudo’s ultimate goal — and one of the main reasons he is coming out of retirement — is to challenge for the UFC featherweight title. But it’s more likely Cejudo returns initially at bantamweight. Cejudo told ESPN in an interview published Tuesday that he wants to fight Alexander Volkanovski for the
4:13 PM ET Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany — Top-seeded players Carlos Alcaraz and Anett Kontaveit won their first-round matches at the Hamburg European Open on Tuesday, while Emil Ruusuvuori had an upset win over Diego Schwartzman. Alcaraz, 19, dropped the first set but recovered to win 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3) against 259th-ranked German wild card