7:16 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona‘s bid to register Lionel Messi‘s new contract with LaLiga has been handed a boost after the league announced a cash injection of €2.7 billion ($3.2B) on Wednesday. LaLiga has agreed in principle to sell 10% of a newly formed company housing most of its business to private
Month: August 2021
7:13 AM ET Manchester City are attempting to seal the £100m signing of Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish ahead of Saturday’s Community Shield clash against Leicester City at Wembley, sources have told ESPN. As reported by ESPN on June 7, City manager Pep Guardiola had identified Grealish as a key summer target on a par
6:39 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The record-breaking play some 17 years ago was like something drawn up by kids in the dirt. But it further established Peyton Manning as the NFL’s greatest quarterback at the line of scrimmage. Manning secretly told receiver Brandon Stokley he would give him the “smash symbol” — a universal call
Aug 4, 2021 After recently returning to Africa for the first time in nearly 30 years, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman told ESPN that an MMA event on the continent could be even bigger than the legendary Rumble in the Jungle. Usman, who became the first UFC champion from Africa when he defeated Tyron Woodley
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The first week of training camp here has revealed an early test of the Green Bay Packers‘ shadow general manager, aka quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Two slot receivers — one a veteran whom Rodgers campaigned to acquire, the other a rookie drafted when Rodgers was contemplating his future —
Report The home side won the opening match of the series by 23 runs Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Bangladesh Having watched his team flounder in last night’s run chase, Matthew Wade opted to set a target when the coin fell Australia’s way in the second T20I in Dhaka. Both teams
5:30 AM ET The transfer window has been open since the start of July and ends on Aug. 31, with Europe’s top clubs already busy spending money to enhance their squads. Man United splashed over €120m on Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, Arsenal handed over £50m to sign Brighton defender Ben White, Liverpool picked up
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Just a few days into the San Francisco 49ers‘ 2021 training camp, many of the adjectives used to describe their quarterback situation have taken a synonymous tone: unique, strange, weird. But there’s one word that’s been unanimously rejected by the two quarterbacks — Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance
3:47 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Inflatable gray garbage cans decorated Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, bouncing along the packed sections of seats as if they were beach balls. A handful of them made their way onto the field of play, as did some of the foul balls hit by the Houston Astros. When a
4:54 AM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Lexi Thompson had to bring in a team manager the last three holes when her caddie succumbed to the heat. Players walked down sunbaked fairways using umbrellas, some of them occasionally holding a bag of ice on their heads. Madelene Sagstrom had a hot start of her