2:34 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The vacant WBC junior welterweight title fight between Regis Prograis and Jose Zepeda was won by upstart promotional company MarvNation on Tuesday with a commitment of $2.4 million. TGB Promotions on behalf of PBC was the other bidder at $1.2 million. The fighters will split the $2.4 million evenly. “We
1:32 PM ET Nothing like being put in the “friend zone” for all the world to see. It’s apparently what happened to a Milwaukee Brewers fan after a message to him was posted on the video scoreboard during Monday’s 7-5 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Along with the normal birthday and anniversary messages, common on
2:10 PM ET The Premier Hockey Federation unveiled the Montreal Force as its newest expansion franchise on Tuesday. In introducing the PHF’s seventh team, the women’s hockey league also shared the logo and jerseys ahead of the Force’s inaugural 2022-23 campaign. Montreal’s colors will be maroon, white and black, with a primary logo featuring a
2:48 PM ET Mike Sullivan, the winningest coach in Pittsburgh Penguins history, has agreed to a new contract that runs through the 2026-27 season. Sullivan, 54, has two years remaining on a contract that he signed in 2019. Once that deal concludes following the 2023-24 season, Sullivan’s new three-year contract extension will kick in. “Mike
1:43 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — John Wall says he considered taking his own life during a time in the last three years when he was dealing with a torn Achilles and the deaths of family members at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 31-year-old guard joined the LA Clippers this summer
12:32 PM ET Associated Press Unvaccinated NBA players and team personnel must submit to weekly COVID-19 testing this season, the league told its clubs in a memo Tuesday. There will be certain exceptions to that mandate, the league said, such as when the unvaccinated person is considered to have been “recently recovered” from COVID-19. But
11:57 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets are finalizing a non-guaranteed one-year deal for free agent forward Markieff Morris, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The deal is pending a physical, sources said. Morris, 32, averaged 7.6 points and 2.6 rebounds last season for the Miami Heat, as he was limited to 17 games because of a
1:06 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers filled out their outside linebacker depth in acquiring Malik Reed from the Denver Broncos on Tuesday. Reed’s agent, Mike McCartney, announced the move on Twitter. The Steelers swapped a 2023 sixth-round draft pick for the outside linebacker and a seventh-round pick from the Broncos, a source confirmed
12:46 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Dolphins placed starting cornerback Byron Jones on the reserve/physically unable to perform list Tuesday as they finalized their initial 53-man roster, after he missed all of training camp with an Achilles injury. His placement on the PUP list means he will miss at least the team’s first
11:14 AM ET Team Europe captain Luke Donald will have double the number of captain’s picks when he assembles the 12-man team that will take on the United States next year in Rome, Italy, Ryder Cup Europe announced on Tuesday. Donald will have six captain’s picks instead of three, as the total number of captain’s