8:58 AM ET Andrew FeldmanESPN.com Close Andrew Feldman is ESPN.com’s Poker Editor. He is the host of the Poker Edge Podcast and co-host of ESPN Inside Deal. Andrew has covered the poker industry for ESPN since 2004. Teofimo Lopez has shed the title of prospect for a different title – that being the one wrapped
Month: January 2020
9:08 AM ET Lightweight Felix Verdejo’s first bout under the tutelage of new trainer Ismael Salas on Jan. 18 will air on ESPN, Top Rank announced on Friday. Verdejo, a 2012 Puerto Rican Olympian and the 2014 ESPN prospect of the year, will face Manuel Rey Rojas in a 10-round bout. It will be the
8:53 AM ET Jesse Hart remembers the night of Dec. 17, 2016, well. Hart watched on television that evening as the great former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Bernard Hopkins — Hart’s mentor, close family friend and inspiration for becoming a boxer — had his legendary 28-year career come crashing to an end in
9:04 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jesse Hart and Joe Smith Jr. meet on Saturday in a pivotal light heavyweight matchup. The winner will take an important step toward earning a title shot against world titleholders Artur Beterbiev (WBC and IBF) and Dmitry Bivol (WBA). The fight at the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in
6:09 AM ET After being bogged down by sanctioning body issues that delayed the second-season final of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament for months, the fight has been scheduled. Yunier Dorticos will defend his 200-pound world title against former two-time world titlist Mairis Briedis on March 21 (DAZN), with the Muhammad Ali Trophy
8:37 AM ET Let’s roll with Jan. 10 NBA things: 1. Some precarious Lakers minutes It’s really the only blemish on an otherwise dominant season: The Lakers average 100.5 points per 100 possessions with LeBron James on the bench — three points worse than the league’s clankiest offense. It’s all shooting: The Lakers with LeBron
7:15 AM ET In 2017, just before Conor McGregor boxed Floyd Mayweather in “The Money Fight,” I did an interview on a national radio show that I’m reminded of now, one week ahead of McGregor’s fight against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246. I remember playfully telling the show’s hosts, who were not mixed martial
6:00 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Seven years later, Dr. Cindra Kamphoff’s star pupil is still turning to one of her strategies to move past a costly mistake — this time in the NFL playoffs. Few knew what Minnesota Vikings receiver Adam Thielen was doing when he made a motion with his hand like he
7:20 AM ET Shortly before his death in 2016, Kevin Turner sent a text message to his good friend and former Alabama teammate, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney. Confined to a bed, Turner stared at his computer screen. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, had spread quickly throughout his body, deteriorating
10:57 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Andrew Strauss, the former England opener and ECB director of cricket who now sits on the ICC’s cricket committee, has warned that any move towards making four-day Tests mandatory “should be an easy sell or we shouldn’t be doing it”. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo, cricket’s world governing body is mulling