12:23 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The wait for Tyron Woodley vs. Colby Covington is nearly over. Woodley (19-5-1) and Covington (15-2) both successfully made weight on Friday for their highly anticipated welterweight bout at UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Each fighter weighed in at the maximum 171-pound limit. The fight will headline the event,
Month: September 2020
7:40 PM ET Colorado director of football operations Bryan McGinnis has been issued a ticket for a 100-player hike on a Colorado mountain trail, Boulder officials told the Boulder Daily Camera on Friday. McGinnis was ticketed for violating a public health order and failure to obtain a large group permit, which was needed to have
6:12 PM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino criticised Italy’s Serie A, where Juventus have won the title for the past nine seasons, suggesting that playoff systems could be an alternative to the conventional home-and-away format for national leagues. “Somebody told me these things sound like the NBA and are not so good for football,” Infantino
4:28 PM ET Treble winners Bayern Munich crushed Schalke 04 8-0 with a hat-trick from Serge Gnabry and a superb debut from Leroy Sane on Friday as they made a sensational start to the new Bundesliga season and sent an ominous warning to potential challengers. – Bundesliga on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S.
5:37 PM ET Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez, and Paulo Dybala were among the 30 players named to Argentina‘s preliminary squad on Friday ahead of next month’s World Cup qualifying matches against Ecuador and Bolivia. The squad announcement comes after FIFA assured national teams that players based in Europe would be available for the international duty
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted that Manchester United‘s summer transfer window has not gone as planned. United are set to start their season against Crystal Palace on Saturday with one new recruit in their squad after signing Donny van de Beek from Ajax. But the club have struggled to get
6:02 PM 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 The Los Angeles Rams and receiver Robert Woods have agreed to terms on a four-year, $65 million extension, including $32 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN. The
5:26 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Jared McCann is sticking with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team announced Friday it has re-signed the forward to a two-year contract that runs through the 2021-22 season. The deal carries an average annual value of $2.94 million. McCann, 24, tied a career high with 35 points during the
5:48 PM ET Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward is listed as questionable for Saturday’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat. The Celtics are hopeful that Hayward could play a role off the bench in Game 3, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Hayward has not played since Game 1 of the
1:48 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens held a late-night hotel meeting with the team’s leaders on Thursday to talk through the frustration and emotions that spilled into the locker room after a Game 2 loss to Miami in the Eastern Conference finals, sources told ESPN. Stevens met with