9:32 AM ET At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday night’s middleweight world title bout between Gennady Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko at Madison Square Garden in New York? Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KOs) is coming off a dominant fourth-round KO victory over Steve Rolls in June. Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KOs)
Month: October 2019
9:41 AM ET All of a sudden, Sergio Pettis is a free agent. Following talks to book Pettis against Kai Kara-France at UFC 245, it was determined recently that Pettis’ UFC contract had expired and he is free to explore opportunities elsewhere, sources told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. Sources said Pettis isn’t ruling out a return
9:32 AM ET Alex DeBrincat has been known as a smaller player with a big game. Now he has a paycheck to match that game. The Chicago Blackhawks announced Thursday that they have signed the 21-year-old to a three-year extension with an annual average value of $6.4 million. DeBrincat is in the final year of
9:52 AM BST South Africa rugby player Eben Etzebeth could face legal action over an alleged assault, after the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Wednesday it would ask the country’s Equality Court to institute proceedings against him. It follows an incident in the South African coastal town of Langebaan on Aug. 25,
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Philadelphia Eagles feels like a thing that should happen, right? The Eagles seem to need him. The fans are clamoring for it. Heck, even ESPN NFL analyst Field Yates is trying to will an Adam Schefter bomb. So, what are the odds of a deal
9:00 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams safety John Johnson III has a pregame ritual that’s a little on the … wet side. Before every game, Johnson
7:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — In preparation for a game at Pittsburgh in Week 2, Russell Wilson watched a package of plays from his 2015 duel with Ben Roethlisberger. Crammed in a 4-minute, 22-second video were Wilson’s best throws from that wet November afternoon in Seattle, when he led the Seahawks to
7:27 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” OAKLAND, California — In the middle of the visiting clubhouse at Oakland Coliseum grew the puddle of beer, a foot or so in diameter and a couple inches deep. The smoke had
8:00 AM ET SIX GAMES? Shane Greene thinks for a moment before nodding. Yeah, that sounds about right: After six games in a Braves uniform, he’d seen all he needed to see. Over those six games, Greene watched in silent awe from a bullpen bench in Cincinnati and Minneapolis and Miami as 21-year-old Ronald Acuna
Sep 19, 2019 BOSTON — When Mookie Betts was growing up, his father, Willie, drilled a lesson into his head. “You ain’t gonna get nothing you don’t deserve,” he’d tell the young Betts. So far in his career, Betts has lived out his father’s words. That advice — to never sell yourself short — is