2:51 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vergil Ortiz Jr. will fight Michael McKinson in a rescheduled welterweight bout on Aug. 6 in Fort Worth, Texas, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. ESPN reported last month that Ortiz and David Avanesyan agreed to a deal for a fight on the same date, but according to Ortiz’s manager, Rick
3:30 PM ET One of the greatest former champions in UFC history will take on a surging contender this summer. Jose Aldo, the former longtime UFC featherweight champion, and Merab Dvalishvili have verbally agreed to a bantamweight fight at UFC 278 on Aug. 20 in Salt Lake City, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. MMA
3:01 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns officially announced the hiring of Catherine Raiche as their assistant general manager Thursday, keeping her as the NFL’s highest-ranking woman football executive. The Browns also announced the promotion of Glenn Cook to assistant general manager and vice president of player personnel. Cook is in his seventh
1:55 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — On the final day of mandatory minicamp, all 90 Chicago Bears players wore No. 41 jerseys at practice to honor Brian Piccolo, who died 52 years ago Thursday from cancer. Piccolo, who played for the Bears from 1966 to ’69, was 26 years old at the time of
3:01 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Coco Gauff reached her first grass-court quarterfinal by beating Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-0, 6-4 Thursday at the Berlin Open. The American 18-year-old, who reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open on clay this month, cruised through the first set but then had to come
1:47 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale threw 32 pitches in a simulated game at Fenway Park on Thursday. With teammates watching from different areas of the ballpark, Sale, 33, faced the same three batters twice — in two separate innings — and sat in the dugout after the
2:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has approved the sale of a minority stake in the Cleveland Guardians to David Blitzer, who also has ownership shares in the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, according to multiple reports. Blitzer will initially have 25-30% ownership and will have the right to increase his
1:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics need to reach new ballpark deals soon and left open the possibility of considering relocation if agreements are not struck. “There is urgency with respect to Tampa,” Manfred said Thursday during a news conference following
1:33 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The Country Club’s thick rough might make it easier for the world’s best players to lose a golf ball in the 122nd U.S. Open this week. Especially when a couple of young spectators run off with it. That’s exactly what happened to defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm on
1:04 PM ET MONTREAL, Canada — Motor racing’s governing body, the FIA, has introduced measures aimed at eliminating the dangerous levels of bouncing some Formula One cars have been doing at high speeds this year. There were concerns about Lewis Hamilton‘s health after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he climbed out of his car with