7:35 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show After getting knocked out of the ring in a jarring defeat five months ago, Michael Conlan would have been forgiven had he chosen an
11:24 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, the team said. He was 94. “We have lost an icon,” Dodgers president and CEO Stan
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced its 16-player squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League fixtures against the Netherlands from August 16-21 and a 15-member side for the ACC T20 Asia Cup, which will be played in the United Arab Emirates from August 27 to September 11. Fast bowler Naseem Shah
11:54 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN JOSE, Calif. — Four-time major champion Naomi Osaka won the first match she’s played since May, beating Zheng Qinwen 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 on Tuesday night at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Osaka hit 11 aces and saved 7 of 8 break points in the hard-court tournament that serves
6:57 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The summer transfer window is here, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Fofana wants Chelsea move Leicester City centre-back Wesley Fofana is pushing for a
12:13 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The NFL notified the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday that the team would be stripped of its 2023 first-round pick, among other disciplinary measures, for violations of league policies relating to the integrity of the game. Following a six-month investigation, the league found the Dolphins — primarily team owner
6:33 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Lars Tate, part of a long line of Georgia running back greats and who went on to play three seasons in the NFL with Tampa Bay and Chicago, has died, the school announced Tuesday. He was 56. Tate died late Monday in St. Petersburg, Florida, about a
5:38 PM ET A busy week of NFL discipline continued Tuesday as the league stripped the Miami Dolphins of their 2023 first-round pick, among other measures, for tampering violations commissioner Roger Goodell said were of “unprecedented scope and severity.” The announcement came one day after an independent disciplinary officer suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson
3:31 PM ET Juan Soto is a San Diego Padre. In the biggest blockbuster of the 2022 MLB trade deadline, the Washington Nationals dealt the 23-year-old megastar for a treasure trove of top prospects. Now that Soto will be playing his home games at Petco Park, what does it mean for the Padres and the
4:53 PM ET Associated Press Webb Simpson will be on his home course of Quail Hollow in September for the Presidents Cup but without clubs. Simpson and Steve Stricker have been added as assistant captains for Davis Love III. They will be joining Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson and Fred Couples as assistants for the
6:09 AM ET As one of the most iconic footballers of all time, it stands to reason that Diego Maradona has had his likeness captured in statue form more than most. 2 Related Unfortunately, the resemblance is not always particularly favourable, and Maradona has suffered his fair share of bad busts and shoddy sculptures over
2:50 PM ET PGA Tour players have one last chance to get themselves into the FedEx Cup playoffs, and it comes this week at the Wyndham Championship. The top 125 in the standings will advance to next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship. The top 70 then advance to the BMW Championship. And finally, the top
Oscar Piastri says he will not replace Fernando Alonso at Alpine next season – after the team said he would. Alpine announced on Tuesday afternoon that the 21-year-old would race “in line with the commitments made by the team to the young Australian”. But Piastri then tweeted that he had “not signed a contract with
3rd T20I: Suryakumar Yadav stars as India beat West Indies to take a 2-1 lead.© AFP India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I Highlights: India on Tuesday defeated West Indies by 7 wickets in the third T20I at the Warner Park in Basseterre. With the win, India took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Chasing
Britain’s seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has joined the incoming ownership group of three-time Super Bowl winners the Denver Broncos. Hamilton has been brought into the group by Walmart boss Rob Walton, who is in the process of completing a reported $4.65bn (£3.81bn) takeover of the franchise. The Waltons are America’s richest family and
7:00 AM ET Welcome to trade deadline day. We finally got a rush of action on Monday, so let’s see if the momentum holds into what should be a busy day. The deadline comes at 6 p.m. ET, so that gives Padres GM A.J. Preller a few extra afternoon hours to swing a deal …
6:30 AM ET Michigan, Baylor and Utah State went a combined 5-16 in the abbreviated 2020 college football season. Predictably, this knocked all three programs off of the radar screen entering the 2021 season. Embattled head coach Jim Harbaugh and Michigan picked up a smattering of preseason AP Top 25 votes but were picked fourth
6:55 AM ET Monday’s news of a six-game suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has, predictably, triggered an intense reaction. This is fair and understandable, because the allegations of sexual misconduct against Watson are disturbing and deal with the issue of how the NFL polices players when it comes to behavior toward women. The