8:48 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Tony Bellew steps into the ring for Saturday’s world title challenge and the toughest fight of his life insisting he is not in awe
Month: November 2018
8:59 AM ET Japanese junior middleweight brawler Yoshihiro Kamegai, who participated in several memorable battles, has announced his retirement from boxing. Kamegai (27-5-2, 24 KOs), 35, who fought 10 times in the United States, including his final four bouts, made his announcement Tuesday on social media. Yoshihiro Kamegai says he has lost some of his
8:34 AM ET Former Michigan State defensive lineman and accused rapist Auston Robertson will be back in a Michigan court Wednesday when a pretrial hearing for his third-degree criminal sexual assault charge is held in Ingham County Circuit Court. Robertson, a 6-foot-4, 275-pound former four-star recruit from Wayne High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was
Nov 6, 2018 With free agency underway, the offseason is going to pick up steam. What are the big questions facing all 30 teams? We start in the AL East, where the World Series title currently resides. Boston Red Sox: Who will be the closer in 2019? 2018 record: 108-542019 World Series odds: 6-1 The
7:40 AM ET With free agency underway, the offseason is going to pick up steam. What are the big questions facing all 30 teams? Here’s a look at the NL East, where a changing of the guard seems to be taking shape. 2017 record: 90-722018 World Series odds: 12-1 The Braves weren’t bad behind the
10:10 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints are in cruise control looking toward the playoffs at the halfway point of the NFL season. The Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers, on the other hand, are playing out the string
7:00 AM ET The NFL season is only halfway over, but we don’t do anything halfway here at ESPN.com. We’re here to give out midseason awards, and lots of them. Who’s the Most Valuable Player of the league so far? Who has been the best defensive player? Who’s doing the best coaching job? With full
7:45 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN CHICAGO — Here’s what we know about new Chicago Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton: he’s 33 years old and was selected in the 2003 NHL draft, the same class as Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook. Actually, the two know each other quite well: Colliton played in a summer league with Seabrook when
5:40 AM ET Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has described how meeting with psychologists is helping him ‘get on top’ of his mental health. The world No. 37, who has struggled with injuries throughout the year, said there were times when he had not been in the best mental health state in 2019 but he
After Raheem Sterling was awarded a penalty for tripping over his own feet against Shakhtar, the FC guys discuss if he should have told the referee. MANCHESTER, England — Raheem Sterling apologised to the referee after he controversially won a penalty in Manchester City’s 6-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk. The England forward kicked the floor