7:00 AM ET The next two months are going to have a drastic impact on what happens in the UFC’s middleweight division in 2022. Right now, Israel Adesanya (21-1) remains the undisputed king of the division, and maintaining that spot is the only goal he has in the foreseeable future. Adesanya had plans to take
8:00 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information Welcome to the first full weekend of college football, when we get to see many of the top contenders in action. Week 1 is also a time to see many prominent nonconference matchups, like No. 1 Alabama taking on Miami, or No. 5 Georgia taking on No. 3
8:00 AM ET Let’s imagine the 12-team playoff format were implemented now. What would the playoff landscape look like as we head into the 2021 season? How would it be different? Each week during the college football season we use this space to breakdown the playoff race, using the Allstate Playoff Predictor. Most of the
7:00 AM ET Exactly one month from today, Major League Baseball’s 2021 regular season will come to a close. When it does, which of the current contenders will be headed to the playoffs? Which teams will be on the outside looking in? Will the San Francisco Giants edge the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National
7:15 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. is used to starting fast. According to Dr. Matt Rhea, the Crimson Tide’s director of sports science, Anderson has reached 20 mph on GPS while running in practice. Even more impressive, Anderson is the fastest player on the team going from zero to five
6:50 AM ET ESPN staff The Houston Texans are the team that’s most likely to have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft when it begins on Thursday, April 28, according to the preseason 1-32 draft order projections from the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI). Could the Texans target a quarterback next
9:33 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar Valdez can proceed with his fight vs. Robson Conceicao on Sept. 10 in Tucson, Arizona, despite testing positive for the banned substance phentermine, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Athletic Commission ruled Thursday, multiple sources tell ESPN. Valdez is the WBC’s 130-pound titleholder. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN the organization
5:38 AM BST The All Blacks may have tucked the Bledisloe back into the cabinet for a 19th year, but the Rugby Championship is only just gathering momentum. Sunday’s Test between the Wallabies and All Blacks in Perth has been a long time coming, with West Australian rugby fans twice having had the match date
1:08 AM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — A female Mexican boxer died Thursday, five days after being injured in a Montreal ring. Groupe Yvon Michel, the organizer of the boxing event, said Thursday that 18-year-old Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died from injuries sustained in a bout with Marie-Pier Houle on Saturday night at IGA stadium. Zapata
10:39 AM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Lewis Hamilton says he would welcome George Russell as his teammate at Mercedes next year, with it looking increasingly likely that the Williams driver will replace Valtteri Bottas in 2022. Russell, who is managed by Mercedes, said on Thursday that he was informed before the Belgian Grand Prix about