6:29 PM ET UFC champion Israel Adesanya is making some history ahead of his middleweight title defense next weekend. The undefeated Adesanya has signed a multiyear deal with Puma, the company announced Thursday. He will be the face of Puma’s Oceania division but will also be a part of its global marketing plans, sources say.
Month: September 2020
2:48 PM ET Despite Conor McGregor and the UFC’s insistence that the former two-division champion is retired from the fight game, both parties hinted at a potential comeback Thursday. “We’re actually working on some fun stuff for Conor at the beginning of next year,” UFC president Dana White told SportsCenter on Thursday. “He should be
2:56 PM ET Adriana Garcia Former Barcelona coach Quique Setien announced on Thursday he is suing the club for failing to fulfill the terms of his contract after being dismissed last month. Barcelona sacked Setien after seven months in charge following the club’s humiliating 8-2 Champions League quarterfinal defeat to Bayern Munich on Aug. 18.
6:47 PM ET Liverpool could face either Leicester City or Arsenal in round four of the Carabao Cup after the draw was held following the completion of round two on Thursday. Leicester facing Arsenal is the only all-Premier League clash in the yet-to-be-played round three, with the winner of that match in line to face
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have more than enough firepower to reclaim the Premier League title from Liverpool even without Lionel Messi, according to new signing Ferran Torres. City might have had Messi in their sights during the offseason but the Argentina captain ultimately couldn’t force a move away from Barcelona. Even without
5:51 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was asked Thursday if he was surprised coach Bruce Arians pointed out his mistakes after Sunday’s loss to the New Orleans Saints, a move that has drawn criticism this week and which was considered a no-no during Brady’s time in New England. Brady
5:34 PM ET Steve KimESPN A junior welterweight battle between former title challenger Alex Saucedo and unbeaten Arnold Barboza Jr. has been finalized for Oct. 17, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday. The fight is part of the undercard for the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Teofimo Lopez Jr. lightweight unification fight at the MGM Grand Conference Center in
5:24 PM ET ACC commissioner John Swofford told ESPN Thursday that the league is comfortable with its current testing protocols and is not looking at moving to conference-wide daily testing. Swofford said the ACC medical advisory group is comfortable with testing a minimum of three times per week, which the league started doing when the
4:54 PM ET Jamie Collins said butting his helmet into the chest of referee Alex Kemp in the second quarter of the Detroit Lions‘ 27-23 loss on Sunday to the Chicago Bears was not intentional. Collins was ejected for the play. Speaking publicly Wednesday for the first time since the incident, the veteran linebacker called
4:51 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Saquon Barkley ducked Tiki Barber’s criticism almost as effectively as he does would-be tacklers, killing the former New York Giants player he called a “legend” with kindness in response to a claim that Barkley didn’t want to hit anybody. Barkley said he was going to use Barber’s doubts