1:14 PM ET Bantamweight Jason Moloney, of Australia, faces Tanzania’s Goodluck Mrema in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at the Seagulls Rugby League Club, Tweed Heads, New South Wales in Australia, on Saturday at 6 a.m. ET. Moloney (18-1, 15 KOs) challenged Emmanuel Rodriguez for the IBF bantamweight world title
Month: June 2019
9:57 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 Josh Warrington is becoming one of the U.K.’s most popular boxers and on Saturday makes a second defence of his IBF world featherweight title
Jun 13, 2019 Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A vandal has painted the words “racist,” “antisemitic” and “homophobe” on a mural of boxing champ Muhammad Ali in Kentucky. The words were painted in orange over Ali’s portion of the “Kentucky Rushmore” mural that features other icons from the state, including Abraham Lincoln. The mural is
11:35 AM ET HOUSTON — In a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a former Texans security coordinator said he believes he was “discriminated against and terminated on the basis of my race and color.” Jeff Pope, who was fired on May 8, alleges in the complaint that former general manager Brian Gaine
3:24 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts signed cornerback Kenny Moore to an extension on Thursday. Terms were not disclosed. A source confirmed to ESPN that Moore received a four-year contract extension that will make the cornerback the highest-paid slot cornerback in the NFL. “Kenny personifies the characteristics that we look for in a Colt
11:25 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts have signed cornerback Kenny Moore to a four-year contract extension that will make him the highest-paid slot cornerback in the NFL, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The Colts claimed Moore, an undrafted free agent out of Valdosta State in 2017, off waivers after he was released
10:14 AM BST Tonga is keen to draft Wallabies exile Israel Folau into its national program with a view to handing him a Rugby World Cup berth in 2023, coach Toutai Kefu has said. Former Wallabies fullback Folau, who has Tongan heritage, had his four-year Australia contract torn up last month for posting on social
9:38 AM ET Valtteri Bottas insists he is not feeling the pressure of the title fight despite falling 29 points behind Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton after a below-par Canadian Grand Prix. 1 Related After a strong start to the season Bottas has lost momentum at the past two races — he was a victim of
3:37 PM ET Mike Reiss Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Patriots since 1997 Joined ESPN in 2009 Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots, thin at tight end since the retirement
9:07 AM ET Mike Reiss Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Patriots since 1997 Joined ESPN in 2009 Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots are acquiring third-year tight end Michael Roberts