8:56 AM ET The 2022 PFL regular season will kick off on April 20 at the Esports Arena Arlington in Texas, featuring the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions. Last year’s lightweight champion, Raush Manfio (15-3), will headline the event against Don “Magic Man” Madge (10-3-1), of South Africa. In the co-main event, former UFC champion
1:18 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Ashleigh Barty had just won the 2019 French Open and was standing on the court waiting for her team to join her. It was her first major title, and the realization of every young tennis player’s dream. Her longtime coach Craig Tyzzer rushed to be by her side, preparing an
1:53 PM ET Bellator has shuffled its upcoming tournament after a pair of injuries to significant names. Bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis and the popular James Gallagher are both out of the scheduled Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix, the promotion officially confirmed Thursday. Former champ Juan Archuleta will replace Pettis and fight Raufeon Stots for the
Australia Women have been in stunning form in the 2022 Women’s World Cup.© AFP BANW vs PAKW, Women’s World Cup, Live Updates:Australia will be looking to finish the league stage of the 2022 Women’s World Cup with a perfect record as they take on Bangladesh in their final match before the knockout stages. With 12
7:51 AM ET Members of Congress are planning to host a virtual summit with college athletes and advocates next week in hopes of stoking momentum for NCAA reform. The summit, scheduled to take place Wednesday in the lead-up to this year’s Final Four weekend, will include a trio of panels moderated by Democratic senators and
12:39 PM ET Former coach David Cutcliffe is coming back to the SEC, but this time in an entirely different capacity, as he’ll be working for the conference as special assistant to the commissioner for football relations, it was announced Thursday. “David Cutcliffe has earned tremendous respect across the college football community and he adds
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With a short slate on Wednesday night, there wasn’t much movement in the playoff races (or the “race” for the draft lottery). But Thursday night promises to be quite different. A 10-game schedule
7:00 AM ET No one thinks about NFL overtime until it happens, which isn’t that often in the grand scheme of things and is usually pretty tame when it does. But all hell breaks loose when the format impacts the outcome of a playoff game, as it did in January’s divisional matchup between the Buffalo
10:30 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR issued steep penalties against Brad Keselowski and his new race team Thursday for illegally modifying a supplied part on the Next Gen car. Keselowski was docked 100 driver points and the No. 6 Ford team docked 100 owner points. Matt McCall, his crew chief, was fined
7:00 AM ET Bradford Doolittle Close ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995
Steve Smith scored 59 and 27 in the third Test vs Pakistan.© AFP Australia batter Steve Smith on Thursday set the record for the fastest to reach 8000 Test runs, getting there one innings quicker than Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara. Smith got to the milestone during Australia’s second innings of the ongoing third Test
7:00 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the biggest names in soccer who could miss out on the tournament. Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images Can you imagine a FIFA World Cup in Qatar without Portugal‘s Cristiano Ronaldo or Egypt‘s Mohamed Salah? Or a tournament in which European champions Italy or African champions Senegal fail to
8:00 AM ET Malachi Nelson, the No. 2 prospect in the 2023 class, recently flipped his commitment from Oklahoma to USC. Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times/Getty Images The 2023 recruiting cycle is in full swing with 67 of the ESPN Junior 300 recruits already committed. Notre Dame has gotten off to the best start thus
8:00 AM ET The NBA playoffs are less than a month away and both conferences feature seeding races that are sure to come down to the wire. Several top teams are missing key players who could return in time for the playoffs and help their teams’ postseason hopes. The No. 5 Chicago Bulls and No.
7:10 AM ET Before the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills Competition in Las Vegas earlier this season, St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou was asked about participating in the fastest skater event. Specifically, if the 23-year-old thought he could outpace Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid, who had won the competition three times. “I’m gonna try,” Kyrou
3:50 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Cornerback Malcolm Butler is returning home, agreeing to a two-year deal worth up to $9 million with the New England Patriots, his agent Derek Simpson told ESPN. Butler spent the 2021 season on the reserve/retired list after signing with the Arizona Cardinals and practicing with them throughout training camp
8:00 AM ET IT WAS DARK on the Minnesota Timberwolves team plane as it took off from San Antonio late on the night of March 14, headed home to Minneapolis. But it wasn’t especially quiet. There was no chance of that after the game star center Karl-Anthony Towns just had, scoring a career-high 60 points
4:51 AM BST Reuters with ESPN staff Super Rugby Pacific organisers on Thursday announced new dates for four matches involving New Zealand sides that were postponed due to COVID-19. The match between the Hurricanes and Chiefs has been rescheduled for April 3, while the Highlanders will face Moana Pasifika on April 8. The Hurricanes’ game