11:36 PM ET The Chicago Bears have agreed to release quarterback Nick Foles, the team confirmed Saturday night. The Bears originally acquired Foles two seasons ago in a trade with Jacksonville for a fourth-round draft pick. After starting seven games in 2020, the Super Bowl LII MVP logged only one start last season. He carried
10:55 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Marlon Vera was feeling it on Saturday — and it might be time for the UFC’s bantamweight division to take notice. In his first UFC main event, Vera (21-7-1) put on a show against the ultra durable Rob Font (19-6). Ultimately, Vera wasn’t able to get the finish —
9:14 PM ET ESPN News Services On the same day Trevor Bauer was handed an unprecedented two-season suspension without pay Friday by Major League Baseball for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy, another woman, in an interview with the Washington Post, accused the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher of choking her unconscious without
7:13 PM ET Mike Coppinger Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Two big events in two of the biggest boxing cities in the world take over the sport on Saturday. Shakur Stevenson and Oscar Valdez will face
8:16 PM ET English heavyweight Tom Aspinall will headline his second UFC event in a span of four months, as he has agreed to face Curtis Blaydes on July 23. Multiple sources confirmed the heavyweight bout will serve as the main event for UFC Fight Night on July 23 at O2 Arena in London. The
4:41 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Simona Halep played some of her best tennis at the Madrid Open again in defeating home-crowd favorite Paula Badosa in straight sets to reach the last 16 on Saturday for the seventh time in 11 appearances. The two-time Madrid Open champion had 21 winners as she defeated No.
7:26 PM ET Associated Press PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Jon Rahm birdied the last two par 5s and got some help from a couple of poor chips by Cameron Champ to take a 2-shot lead into the final round of the Mexico Open. Rahm, whose last victory was at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines
7:04 PM ET A featherweight matchup between Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett will headline a UFC Fight Night on June 18, the promotion announced Saturday. The UFC Fight Night is slated to take place in Austin, Texas. Kattar (23-5) is coming off an impressive upset over Giga Chikadze in January. A Massachusetts native, Kattar fought
6:57 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Georgia Bulldogs won the Southeastern Conference championship in December, they won the national championship in January and they now have won the NFL draft. The Bulldogs, powered by the nation’s top-scoring defense, set a record this weekend for players from one school selected in a seven-round draft. Georgia,
6:00 PM ET Matt MillerESPN The biggest draft class in NFL history is officially in the books with 262 players joining the ranks of professional football players following the 2022 NFL draft. What big takeaways are there from this draft? What lessons can be learned, studied and applied from the 2022 class? This draft saw
10:12 AM ET Mino Raiola, one of the most high profile agents in world football, has died following a battle with illness, a statement from his family said on Saturday. He was 54. Raiola represented some of the game’s biggest players including Erling Haaland, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba. Matthijs de Ligt, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Jesse
6:46 PM ET Associated Press THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Steve Stricker wanted to stay in bed Saturday morning and some of the players at the Insperity Invitational probably wish he did. Stricker took advantage of calm conditions with a 7-under 65 for a three-way share of the lead in his return to the PGA Tour
2:21 PM ET MIAMI — Heat swingman Jimmy Butler is confident he’ll be ready for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night as he continues to deal with right knee soreness. “It’s all right,” Butler said after Saturday’s practice. “We got another day in between. Get out there,
5:12 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Josh Berry led a dominant outing for JR Motorsports and won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race of the season Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway. Berry had tears in his eyes and hoisted his daughter in the air after he took the checkered flag in the No.
5:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said after the team’s practice Saturday that he didn’t have any second thoughts about Joel Embiid being in the game when he suffered a right facial fracture and mild concussion from an elbow by Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam with 3:58 to go in Philadelphia’s
1:52 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Chris Buescher was the surprise pole winner Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway, turning a lap of 160.149 mph to win his first career top spot. The RFK Racing driver will be joined on the front row by Denny Hamlin, who was ordered this week by NASCAR to
5:14 PM ET Defensive end Ochaun Mathis, an All-Big 12 performer, is transferring to Nebraska for the 2022 season. Mathis picked Nebraska over Texas during an announcement Saturday on Twitter Live. He earned second-team All-Big 12 honors last season for the Horned Frogs, recording four sacks and seven tackles for loss, to go with three
2:26 PM ET The Detroit Red Wings will not renew the contract of Jeff Blashill, who just completed his seventh season as head coach. Detroit finished with a 32-40-10 record (.451 points percentage) and were 26 points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, missing the playoffs for the sixth straight season. The