12:13 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN LAS VEGAS — Everyone has a different standard on when they’ve “made it” as a professional. Like when Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews started earning pro-level money and made his first gluttonous purchase: a Rolex. “That was probably the first thing, in getting to the NHL, that I bought,”
Month: July 2019
5:44 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close NBA Senior NBA Insider Joined ESPN in 2017 Host of The Woj Pod Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM The Memphis Grizzlies have ended the ill-fated Chandler Parsons era, trading
11:45 AM BST Harlequins have signed Fiji winger Vereniki Goneva from Newcastle Falcons, the club announced Wednesday. Goneva, 35, has made 55 international caps and scored 20 tries for Fiji, and comes as a replacement for retired winger Tim Visser. 🚨 NEW SIGNING ALARM! 🚨 👀 Watch @_gabs11 as he finds out who is coming
3:58 AM ET PITTSBURGH — English breakfast is “fire,” the fish and chips are “not good” and the interest in football is “so cool.” Those are among JuJu Smith-Schuster‘s hot takes from London, where he’s appearing this week as an ambassador for NFL Academy at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The league plays a minimum of two
11:08 AM ET Former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk will return to the 115-pound division for the first time in more than a year when she faces Michelle Waterson at UFC Fight Night on Oct. 12. Bout agreements have not yet been signed, but both sides have verbally agreed to the matchup, per multiple sources. The
10:38 AM ET Featherweight Michael Conlan, whose long-awaited pro rematch with amateur rival Vladimir Nikitin was scuttled last week when Nikitin suffered a torn biceps, got a replacement opponent on Wednesday. Conlan will face Diego Alberto Ruiz on Aug. 3 (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET) in the 10-round main event of a Top Rank Boxing on
10:29 AM ET Domestic violence charges against Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera have been dropped following a hearing Wednesday at Atlantic City (New Jersey) Municipal Court. A state prosecutor told reporters that Herrera’s girlfriend did not want to proceed with the case, leading to the decision to dismiss. Herrera must complete counseling within 60 days.
With the fantasy football preseason nearly upon us, our ESPN Fantasy Football experts are here with their top sleepers, busts and breakout players for the 2019 campaign, as defined here: Sleeper: A player who will far surpass his average draft position (ADP) in standard ESPN leagues for the 2019 season.Bust: A player who is expected
10:05 AM BST Agustin Creevy says the Jaguares now believe they can win every time they take to the pitch regardless of the opposition — and that includes Saturday’s Super Rugby final against the Crusaders. The Argentine team have reached the final in their fourth season in Super Rugby but will be rank outsiders when
3:32 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Within minutes of each other, last year’s men’s finalists at Wimbledon found themselves moving into the third round on Wednesday. Moments after Kevin Anderson converted his second match point against Janko Tipsarevic with an ace on No. 2 Court, Novak Djokovic wrapped up his straight-set win over