3:43 PM ET Lightweight Teofimo Lopez, the 2018 ESPN Prospect of the Year, and junior welterweight Maxim Dadashev, also one of boxing’s top rising talents, will have the chance to earn world title opportunities by winning their next fight. Lopez will fight Masayoshi Nakatani in a 135-pound world title elimination bout in the main event
Month: June 2019
3:21 PM ET Running back Jerrion Ealy and defensive back Maurice Hampton, two 2019 football recruits, have decided to forgo the MLB draft and will pursue their college careers in football and baseball. Both Ealy and Hampton were projected as potential high draft picks in this month’s MLB draft, but neither was selected in the
3:10 PM BST Springboks fly-half Handre Pollard has rejoined the Bulls in New Zealand ahead of their Super Rugby Round 17 fixture against the Highlanders in Dunedin on Friday. The game is the last of a four-match tour through Australia and New Zealand. Pollard went home following the first — a much-needed win over Melbourne
7:30 AM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 NFL teams and players spend most of the offseason touting improvement. Not every move works out, of course, and sometimes the missed opportunities are obvious to the naked eye. Here are seven
2:47 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who has been sidelined since March 31, got nine plate appearances in a simulated game and went through running drills Tuesday at the team’s minor league complex in Tampa. Stanton originally strained his left biceps, then his left shoulder. He played
2:49 PM ET Tiger Woods‘ former coach, Hank Haney, took to Twitter on Tuesday to counter the golfer’s criticism last week over Haney’s SiriusXM radio suspension in the wake off comments made on the air about women golfers. “Amazing how @tigerwoods has now become the moral authority on issues pertaining to women,” Haney said in
1:51 AM ET PARIS — To get to the press seating at Court 1 at Roland Garros, you slip through a door between two public entrances with an unobtrusive “Tribune Access” sign posted next to it, feeling as if you’re privy to a secret. You enter a corridor painted white and industrial gray, and if
5:31 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have released veteran tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins. Seferian-Jenkins had signed a modest one-year, $895,000 contract on April 10, and he was vying for a roster spot at a position where the Patriots are transitioning without the retired Rob Gronkowski. The contract included just $50,000 in
2:23 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have informed veteran tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins that he is being released, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates on Tuesday. Seferian-Jenkins had signed a modest one-year, $895,000 contract on April 10, and he was vying for a roster spot at a position where the Patriots
2:38 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns running back Duke Johnson reiterated on the first day of minicamp that he still wants to be traded. Johnson skipped voluntary workouts last month in the aftermath of the Browns adding Kareem Hunt, but he was in Cleveland on Tuesday. “Only difference is this is mandatory,” he