7:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN A short training clip of Mike Tyson recently went viral, and according to the man who was catching the former champ’s punches, the iconic heavyweight still has some fight left in him at age 53. “I didn’t know what to expect,” trainer Rafael Cordeiro told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on Monday.
Month: May 2020
May 4, 2020 Whether there will be a college football season in 2020 is still undecided because of the coronavirus pandemic, but fans can still see plenty of games through rebroadcasting Thursday on ESPNU. ESPNU is planning to broadcast an entire day of college football classics featuring SEC matchups. The SEC football bonanza kicks off
7:04 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic apparently broke confinement rules in Spain by going back to a tennis court on Monday. Djokovic posted a video on Instagram showing him exchanging shots with another man at a tennis club in the coastal city of Marbella, where the Serb has reportedly stayed. Djokovic filmed
6:31 PM ET Former New England Patriots director of college scouting Monti Ossenfort is joining the Tennessee Titans as their director of player personnel, a source confirmed to ESPN. Titans general manager Jon Robinson worked with Ossenfort for eight years in New England. Now they’ll join forces in their quest to bring a championship to
5:37 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Mikko Lehtonen to a one-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Monday. Lehtonen, 26, led the Kontinental Hockey League this season in scoring among defensemen, posting 17 goals and 49 points, and was granted his release last month from Jokerit to seek NHL opportunities. Lehtonen, a 6-foot,
5:50 PM ET The New Jersey Devils have given fans options if they have tickets to postponed 2019-20 NHL games, ranging from full refunds to ticket donations for front-line workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. Most NHL teams have opted not to address what fans can do with their tickets to games that were postponed in
4:57 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Steve Ballmer completed his purchase of The Forum from Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. for $400 million on Monday, clearing the way for the LA Clippers to build their new arena nearby in Inglewood. Ballmer’s CAPSS LLC completed the cash purchase and a newlyormed Forum Entertainment LLC will continue
5:53 PM ET LSU added ESPN 300 quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to its 2021 recruiting class Monday when the 6-foot-2, 185-pound signal-caller announced his decision to pick the Tigers over offers from the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and others. Nussmeier is the No. 62-ranked prospect overall out of Marcus High School in Flower Mound,
6:54 AM ET JUSTIN GAETHJE WAS 18 years old when he spent a summer working at the Morenci copper mine, located about an hour’s drive from his hometown of Safford, Arizona. Safford is a small town of approximately 10,000, in the southeast portion of the state. One of its largest employers is FreePort-McMoRan, a Phoenix-based
4:54 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — New Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo said Monday that he is fully healthy and he will be ready for the season — if there is one. Verdugo has used the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic to rehab a stress fracture in his spine, which he had when