5:25 PM ET Steve KimESPN Negotiations are underway for a potential blockbuster heavyweight title unification fight between champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere on the Arabian Peninsula, sources told ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. Fury’s adviser, MTK, which is based in Dubai, is negotiating for Fury on behalf of his co-promoters, Top
Month: April 2020
5:18 PM ET The Miami Dolphins waived defensive end Taco Charlton on Thursday. Charlton, a 2017 first-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys, was claimed by the Dolphins last September after being cut by his former team. He made some splash plays in Miami, including a team-high five sacks, but he didn’t show much consistency. He
5:30 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens signed undrafted Utah quarterback Tyler Huntley, who not only is from the same county in South Florida as Lamar Jackson, but holds bragging rights over the NFL MVP. 1 Related Huntley, who grew up in Broward County, like Jackson, beat Baltimore’s starting quarterback to win
5:06 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The rivalry between the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers extended into the late seventh round of this year’s NFL draft. Coach Sean Payton gave a behind-the-scenes breakdown to The Athletic of how the Saints decided to swoop in and draft quarterback/flex player Tommy Stevens before he had the
4:48 PM ET SEC commissioner Greg Sankey hopes there will be unity among the FBS conferences when it comes time to resume college football activities, but he cautioned that it’s not a necessity that everyone move forward as one. Appearing on Jacksonville radio station 1010 XL on Thursday morning, Sankey said that unlike pro leagues,
4:33 PM ET Associated Press NFL Players Association president JC Tretter is calling for a reexamination of a portion of the labor agreement with the league affecting disability coverage for former players. Tretter, a center with the Cleveland Browns, succeeded Eric Winston as union president earlier this year. Tretter wants the NFLPA’s executive board and
4:30 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After a long wait in which his body was able to heal and he gained what he calls a new perspective on football, Trent Williams is embracing his role as the San Francisco 49ers‘ left tackle. Speaking to the Bay Area media for the first time since the
4:00 PM ET Tennessee Volunteers has been on a roll the past week in recruiting and kept the momentum alive Thursday when the Vols landed five-star linebacker Terrence Lewis. The No. 11 ranked recruit overall, Lewis chose Tennessee over Texas A&M, Nebraska, Alabama and plenty of other top programs. Lewis is a 6-foot-1, 200-pound linebacker
3:27 PM ET ESPN News Services The Little League World Series will not be played this year for the first time since the organization began because of the coronavirus pandemic. Little League International, which announced the move Thursday, also canceled regional tournaments and the championship tournaments in other Little League divisions, including softball, but said
3:35 PM ET As the NBA’s hiatus in response to the coronavirus pandemic has pushed past seven weeks, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James remains steadfast in his commitment to salvaging some sort of conclusion to the season. “As soon as it’s safe we would like to finish our season,” read part of a tweet