12:29 PM ET Talks between the NFL and the NFLPA aimed at reaching a new collective bargaining agreement are set to intensify in July in an effort to secure a new deal before the start of the 2019 regular season, sources close to the negotiations told ESPN. The current CBA expires after the 2020 season,
Month: July 2019
1:02 PM ET There are a few contenders for the lowest moment in the history of England cricket. There have been defeats to the Netherlands, Ireland and Scotland. Global campaigns where it seemed they couldn’t beat an egg. A home World Cup where, infamously, they lost before the theme song was released. But if you
7:15 AM ET The important thing to know about the current state of collective bargaining talks between the NFL and its players union is that the sides are, in fact, talking. This is a big deal because if you go back 10 years, to the tail end of the previous CBA, they weren’t. The owners
12:30 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN The PFL’s high-stakes postseason is coming to Sin City. Professional Fighters League will hold its playoffs in Las Vegas over three weeks in October, the promotion announced Tuesday. The PFL championship finals competitors in each division will be decided Oct. 11, 17 and 31 at Mandalay Events Center. In order
1:37 PM ET The rosters are set for the 2019 MLB All-Star Futures Game taking place in a shortened seven-inning format at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 7 on MLB Network. The matchup during this year’s All-Star festivities at Progressive Field in Cleveland marks the first time that the game will take place with
10:33 AM ET Formula One has confirmed Max Verstappen won its Austrian Grand Prix driver of the day vote, saying a technical error resulted in Williams’ Robert Kubica initially being given that award. During the wait for the winner of the race to be confirmed, it was noted that Kubica, who finished three laps down
10:42 AM ET Sixteen-year-old center fielder Jasson Dominguez, perhaps the most highly regarded prospect from Latin America in a decade, signed with the New York Yankees on Tuesday morning in a deal that includes a $5.1 million bonus, sources familiar with the agreement told ESPN. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Dominguez is a powerful switch-hitter with top-end
9:51 AM ET Former two-division world titleholder Carl Frampton’s fight on Aug. 10, the first of the co-promotional deal he signed with Top Rank in March, will come against Emmanuel Dominguez, Top Rank announced on Tuesday. They will meet in a scheduled 10-round featherweight in the main event of a card on ESPN+ (main card
9:40 AM ET Kevin Durant was never supposed to be on the Golden State Warriors. It was an accident: A one-time-only salary-cap spike left a 73-win team with enough space to add perhaps the world’s second-best player. The NBA had seen Big 3s before. It had never seen a Big 4 like this. All four
1:42 PM ET ESPN News Services After losing the first set against an opponent playing his first tour-level match on grass, Roger Federer got back to normal at Wimbledon. Federer shrugged off an early deficit to beat Lloyd Harris of South Africa 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 on Centre Court as he began his search for