3:58 PM ET ESPN staff The first full slate of preseason games is nearing, starting with two on Thursday night. As 2021 NFL training camps continued on Tuesday, word about who will play — and who will sit out — in those games started to spread. Don’t expect to see Deshaun Watson or Aaron Rodgers
11:21 AM ET The World Boxing Association, one of the sport’s four major sanctioning bodies, will start enforcing a reduction policy for its number of championships, WBA president Gilberto Mendoza told ESPN Knockout last week. Mendoza, who was in Mexico City to present the junior flyweight division belt to “regular” champion Esteban Bermudez, said the
Report Originals run out of road after Carlos Brathwaite cameo is undone at the death London Spirit 142 for 6 (Rossington 46) beat Manchester Originals 136 for 9 (Ackermann 53, Wheal 4-17) by six runs Brad Wheal claimed the stunning figures of 4 for 17 to help London Spirit claim their first win in six
2:36 PM ET New Zealand cyclist Olivia Podmore, who competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, has died at the age of 24, police confirmed. Her cause of death has not been confirmed. A New Zealand police spokesman said police attended a sudden death at a property
3:09 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn defensive tackle Tyrone Truesdell is no longer with the team. Coach Bryan Harsin didn’t elaborate Tuesday on reasons for Truesdell’s absence from preseason camp. But he said, “as of right now, he is not part of this football team, and that’s where we stand at this
2:27 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Kings have signed top draft pick Brandt Clarke to a three-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract. Clarke agreed to the deal Tuesday after the Kings chose the defenseman with the eighth overall pick last month. The 18-year-old Clarke is expected to play most of
2:30 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed defenseman Josh Mahura and left wings Max Comtois and Max Jones. Comtois got a two-year contract through the 2022-23 season, and Jones signed a three-year deal through 2024. Mahura’s contract is for two years, and it is a two-way deal in the
2:33 PM BST South Africa made 10 changes to their side to kick-off the Rugby Championship against Argentina in Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday, with hooker Joseph Dweba to debut and players who did not feature against the British & Irish Lions given a run. Coach Jacques Nienaber says they do not mean to disrespect
1:16 PM ET OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper cleared another hurdle in his return from offseason right ankle surgery by being activated off the physically unable to perform list on Tuesday. The Cowboys have one more full practice in Oxnard, California, on Wednesday before returning to The Star in Frisco, Texas.
2:19 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The highest-drafted player on the Buffalo Bills‘ roster is not recently extended quarterback Josh Allen — it’s former Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, who signed with Buffalo this offseason after four seasons in the Windy City. The Bears declined Trubisky’s fifth-year option despite drafting him at No.