11:04 AM ET The U.S. men’s national team will face Costa Rica in a friendly in Sandy, Utah, on June 9, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Wednesday. The friendly follows the final stages of the CONCACAF Nations League. In that competition, the U.S. faces Honduras in the semifinals in Denver on June 3 and
5:39 AM ET Hertha Berlin have sacked former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann hours after former Germany international Dennis Aogo posted on Instagram a screenshot of a racist WhatsApp message Lehmann had sent him. Lehmann, who was part of Arsenal’s 2003-04 “Invincibles” team, had been acting as a member of Hertha Berlin’s supervisory board on behalf
6:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera noticed when the Kansas City Chiefs made their big move four years ago. He paid attention to the aggressive trades the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams made this offseason. Those teams had their rosters ready; they just needed a quarterback they
10:00 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Over the decades, the label “Mexican Style” in boxing has become synonymous with all-out attacks at the expense of defense, a badge of honor and a promise of fireworks in the ring — all rolled into one. So as Canelo Alvarez seeks to unify the super middleweight titles Saturday
4:00 AM ET When Barcelona host Atletico Madrid on Saturday, and Sevilla travel to reigning champions Real Madrid the following day, each club will be within four games of potentially becoming Spain’s champions. This is the tightest (six points separate first from fourth), most open (four teams) La Liga title race in living memory. Still
10:41 PM ET Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has a new, short-notice opponent for his welterweight bout this weekend. The popular UFC veteran will take on Alex Morono at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday night. The bout will be the co-main event of the card. Mexican journalist C.
7:10 AM ET Sach Chandan We’re into the final week-plus (for most teams) of the 2021 NHL season, and while 16 of them will be competing for the Stanley Cup this spring and summer, 15 of them will begin to devise their plan to get back in the playoff mix in 2021-22. Usually, it’s a
9:01 AM ET Ten days after suffering a compound fracture of his right leg, Chris Weidman was at home in New York and preparing for a long road to recovery, saying the pain was unlike anything he had felt in a career that has had its fair share of injuries. “I’ve had 10 knee surgeries,
News Two people were arrested with fake accreditations; on a different day, one man came in the garb of a cleaner Potential corruptors were spotted at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on different days of the IPL 2021 season, including during the May 2 match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU)
7:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers say they’re not trading quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who has told them he’s not interested in returning to the team. That all came to light Thursday, hours before the first round of the NFL draft, when ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the intimate details of Rodgers’