12:57 PM ET Super middleweight contender Avni Yildirim has tested positive for two performance-enhancing drugs, likely destroying his chances of getting the mandatory shot at a 168-pound world title he was supposed to have in his next fight. The WBC said Thursday that on Sept. 26 the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association reported that the A sample
Month: October 2019
12:43 PM BST Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will be cheering on his team from space when they take on South Africa in their pivotal Rugby World Cup clash. Parmitano will be watching Friday’s Pool B match from the International Space Station as it orbits some 400 kilometres above the earth. Italy are looking to upset
7:30 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN You’ve probably heard by now that Auburn and Florida, who meet in Gainesville on Saturday, have played each other only once in the past 11 seasons. This is a long-standing rivalry, and this will be the eighth time the programs meet as top-10 teams, but they barely play anymore. Georgia
11:46 AM ET Melvin Gordon is “definitely” going to be part of the Los Angeles Chargers‘ game plan Sunday against the Denver Broncos and could be team’s starting running back, coach Anthony Lynn said Thursday. Although the Chargers “don’t want to overdo it” with Gordon, who returned to the team last week after an extended
11:57 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Naomi Osaka won the final 10 games of the match and beat Alison Riske 6-4, 6-0 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the China Open. The two-time Grand Slam champion from Japan served seven aces and stretched her winning streak to seven matches. “Today I was kind
11:15 AM ET Back in April, Tiger Woods was presented with the green jacket for winning the Masters for the fifth time. He received a sizeable check. He gets to plan the Champions Dinner before the 2020 Masters at Augusta National. The honors don’t stop there. The newest, though, is a little more unexpected than
11:04 AM ET Michael Collins Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer/video talent for ESPN.com Worked for several players as PGA Tour caddie Former stand-up comedian Bob Harig Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University Korean golfer Bio Kim, who
10:31 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots plan to sign veteran kicker Mike Nugent after placing Stephen Gostkowski on injured reserve, league sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Nugent, 37, was one of seven kickers the Patriots worked out over the last two days. He is 253 of 311 on field goal attempts
9:43 AM ET Nat Coombs Back in 2007, watching the New York Giants splutter to a scrappy 13-10 win over a hapless Miami Dolphins side on a wet and windy autumn night at Wembley, much of the assembled throng — players, coaches, media, long-standing fans and the curious — would have been forgiven for thinking
10:08 AM ET A Spanish team is pushing to join Formula One in 2021, with former Mercedes junior Pascal Wehrlein named as a driver. Ex-F1 driver Adrian Campos, who runs the Campos Racing team that competes in the world championship’s main feeder series, F2 and F3, is spearheading the project with team CEO Salvatore Gandolfo.