4:12 PM ET Rob Brant certainly knows his way around the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota, a venue in his home state where the St. Paul native has boxed 11 times in his 25 career fights. He knows where to park, where the dressing rooms are and where the news conference will be. He knows
Month: February 2019
3:42 PM ET With a month to go until the show, Premier Boxing Champions unveiled the undercard for the Errol Spence-Mikey Garcia pay-per-view card on Thursday, and it will feature three former world titleholders and a well-known former heavyweight contender. Former super middleweight world titlist David Benavidez will face J’Leon Love in the 10-round co-feature
3:11 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — New England Patriots wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman has been named the honorary starter for Sunday’s Daytona 500. The honor caps a whirlwind two weeks for Edelman, who since winning his third Super Bowl on Feb. 3 has visited Disney World with quarterback
2:12 PM ET It’s not hard for Kron Gracie to pinpoint his least favorite thing about professional fighting. “Media obligations are what I dislike most about fighting,” Gracie told ESPN. The UFC is now on ESPN and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ to get: Exclusive live UFC events, weigh-ins and more; Ariel and the Bad Guy;
4:59 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Follow along. The Indianapolis Colts have the NFL’s highest salary-cap space and have a need for a receiver. One of the NFL’s top receivers personally tweeted Tuesday that he would like to be traded from the Pittsburgh Steelers. There’s also the running back who didn’t play a snap in 2018
3:05 PM ET FORT MYERS, Florida — Forget those boring “He’s in the best shape of his life” spring training stories. Thanks to David Price, we have a new type of spring training mystery: Figure out why the postseason hero is changing his uniform number from 24 to 10. Price wouldn’t reveal the reason for
2:21 PM ET WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Mad Max is angry about the current state of free agency. “When there’s too many teams that are not trying to win, that poisons the game, poisons the fan experience, and it creates bandwagon fans,” Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer said on Thursday morning before his team’s
1:53 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Jockey Craig Perret, trainers Mark Casse, Christophe Clement and David Whiteley, and five thoroughbreds are contemporary finalists for the National Museum of Racing’s 2019 Hall of Fame ballot. The racehorses are Blind Luck, Gio Ponti, Havre de Grace, Rags to Riches and Royal Delta. Results of
1:25 PM ET MARANELLO, Italy — Kimi Raikkonen clocked up his first 100 kilometres in the new Alfa Romeo Formula One car on Thursday, after completing 33 laps of Ferrari’s Fiorano test track. The pre-season shakedown and filming day caught the residents of nearby Maranello by surprise, with the team hitting the track four days
2:05 PM ET Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. — Aaron Nola hopes to win titles with the Philadelphia Phillies, and a four-year, $45 million contract will give him a chance. “This is pretty surreal and special for me,” the pitcher said Thursday, a day after agreeing to the deal. “I love it here. I love the