7:15 AM ET FIVE EXECUTIVES FROM Octagon and two others from Major League Baseball’s player marketing team traveled to Tampa, Florida, to meet with Gleyber Torres in January. They rented a private room near the back of a fancy steakhouse and spent five hours talking about his brand potential. Meetings like these are hardly ever
Month: July 2020
11:00 AM BST The British and Irish Lions will tour South Africa in 2021 despite scheduling clashes with the Olympics, the Lions and South Africa Rugby confirmed on Wednesday. The postponed Olympics will begin on July 23 while the Lions tour will start on July 31 and continue until Aug. 7. 1 Related The Lions
10:04 AM ET St. Louis Cardinals ace Jack Flaherty will start the season opener next week against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Flaherty told reporters Tuesday that Cardinals manager Mike Shildt informed him of the team’s decision. St. Louis Cardinals ace Jack Flaherty will start the season opener vs. the Pirates. JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Flaherty also acknowledged to
3:06 PM ET Steve KimESPN Immediately after WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring’s July 14 fight against Jonathan Oquendo was canceled because of a positive coronavirus test, Top Rank was already planning a new date for the former Marine. “We’re looking to reschedule Jamel Herring for another date in August,” Bob Arum told ESPN on
9:16 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Calvin Kattar can relate to where Dan Ige stands at this point in his career. He understands the big-picture mindset of his opponent in Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Kattar has been there himself. “I think we’re similar in the fact that many
10:00 AM ET Clubs are set to continue making five substitutes next season after the International Football Association Board (The IFAB) confirmed the option would be extended beyond the end of the year. An amendment to the Laws of the Game to allow five substitutes rather than three was approved in May, which covered competitions
6:14 AM ET Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Stephan Uersfeld Rabbi Matondo has apologised to Schalke supporters after he was pictured wearing the shirt of their fierce rivals
9:02 AM ET Zinedine Zidane has said he has no issues with Gareth Bale or James Rodriguez — despite the two stars’ lack of involvement as Real Madrid close in on the La Liga title. Bale has been an unused substitute in Madrid’s last five games, while Rodriguez has been left out entirely of three
5:42 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Luis Suarez has said Barcelona must do better if they want to convince Lionel Messi to extend his contract at the club beyond the end of next season. Messi, 33, has a deal at Camp Nou until 2021 but a report in Spain this month suggested he was
5:41 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said his attempt to return Manchester United to the top of English football is moving quicker than expected. United face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Thursday looking to bounce back from the 1-1 draw with Southampton that put more pressure on the top four. –