7:38 PM ET Tisha Thompson Three of the country’s biggest ticket sellers told a congressional committee Wednesday that they would support a federal mandate to disclose “all-in” ticket prices, meaning ticketing fees would be revealed up front to fans, instead of only after a fan has entered personal information, the current industry-wide practice. Amy Howe,
5:46 PM ET When UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili was told on Feb. 1 that she had to immediately move her training camp from China to avoid the travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus, she thought it was a dream. That dreamlike sequence took an even more surreal turn a week later when she had
5:50 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC’s strawweight champion, Zhang Weili, says her upcoming title defense against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 on March 7 has taken on a “deeper significance” due to the ongoing health crisis in her native China. Earlier this month, Zhang (20-1) was forced to flee her normal training camp
7:08 PM ET ESPN News Services PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — George Springer could only stand there all alone and listen. The Houston Astros leadoff man had no choice when he stepped into the batter’s box a bit too early and was showered with loud boos Wednesday at a spring training game against the New
6:42 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers superstar LeBron James will miss Thursday’s game against the Golden State Warriors because of a sore groin, the team announced Wednesday. James, 35, is coming off a season-high 40 points in a win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday. In December 2018, he suffered a torn left
6:48 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Aaron Rodgers was one of the 14 dissenters among the 32 NFL player representatives on Tuesday, when they narrowly voted to send the new collective bargaining agreement to the full NFL Players Association membership, and he made it clear he wasn’t just voting on his own behalf but based on
5:52 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Ray York, who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby aboard Determine at age 20 and rode in a record seven consecutive decades, has died. He was 86. Michael McKay, his longtime girlfriend, said he died Sunday after a year-long struggle with pneumonia at an extended care facility near
5:16 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Upon choosing to void the final three years of his contract, Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen put himself in line to become a free agent at the start of the new league year. However, it doesn’t appear the 32-year-old pass rusher will make it very far on the open
6:18 PM ET Associated Press HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A cooperating witness from the federal corruption investigation into college basketball testified Wednesday against a former college football player charged with violating North Carolina’s sports agent laws nearly a decade ago. Louis Martin “Marty” Blazer III testified for about two hours in the trial for Christopher Hawkins,
5:34 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Former TCU and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Trevone Boykin was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to charges from the 2018 beating of his girlfriend. Boykin and prosecutors agreed to the sentence in return for his guilty plea Wednesday to aggravated assault and