1:14 PM ET Junior middleweight Tim Tszyu and junior bantamweight Andrew Moloney, two of Australia’s brightest up-and-comers, will have their next fights streamed live in the United States on ESPN+, the network announced Tuesday. They will each box in scheduled 10-round bouts Saturday (ESPN+, 7 a.m. ET) at Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. Tszyu (10-0,
Month: September 2018
1:12 PM ET Ah, the pivot. Any conversation about a deep, contending NHL team seems to hinge on the centermen the team boasts down the middle. So it goes in the NHL, so it goes for fantasy hockey. If you want to compete for the title, you are going to need a few good centers.
12:33 PM ET McLaren has signed Pat Fry to the role of engineering director, eight years after he left the team for Ferrari. Fry worked for McLaren between 1993 and 2010, when he made the switch to Maranello. At Ferrari he worked his way up to director of engineering before his departure in 2014. He
9:05 AM ET McLaren boss Zak Brown says he is working to ensure axed Formula One driver Stoffel Vandoorne has a seat on the grid next year and has suggested he could be a part of the team’s rumoured IndyCar project. McLaren’s decision to drop Stoffel Vandoorne for Lando Norris doesn’t come as a surprise,
10:14 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Alex Bowman might have to do some scoreboard watching Sunday while he competes in the NASCAR Cup series regular-season finale (2 p.m. ET, NBCSN) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A career day would put
10:37 PM BST Manchester has been named 2018’s Greatest Sporting City, taking the No. 1 spot from Liverpool, according to research from ESPN and the University of Bath. But what makes the city so great? Manchester United and City correspondents Rob Dawson and Jonathan Smith explain. Q. So what makes Manchester stand out as a
10:01 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Winnipeg Jets signed captain Blake Wheeler to a five-year, $41.25 million contract extension Tuesday. The deal has an average annual value of $8.25 million. Wheeler, a 32-year-old right wing, was due to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2018-19 season. Wheeler, a 10-year NHL veteran, is coming off
After a banner was flown over Turf Moor in protest of Ed Woodward, Mark Ogden explains why Man United’s chief executive has the club’s safest job. The transfer window in all of Europe’s big five leagues is now closed, but that doesn’t stop Transfer Talk from rummaging through the remains of the summer window to
9:51 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles re-signed wide receiver Markus Wheaton on Tuesday and put tight end Richard Rodgers on injured reserve. Rodgers was in line to to be third tight end behind Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert but suffered a knee injury and has been sidelined for the past couple weeks. Markus Wheaton
10:01 AM BST Cheslin Kolbe’s inclusion in the Springboks’ squad for their Australasian leg of the Rugby Championship may be an indication that Rassie Erasmus’ idea of grooming Damian Willemse to become a backup fullback could be shelved. And, it might just end up being the best thing to happen in South African rugby in