6:19 PM ET Steve Kim Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Terence Crawford’s WBO welterweight title defense against former titlist Kell Brook is now official. It’s not the fight boxing fans have wanted
Month: October 2020
5:43 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The surging Green Bay Packers lost another offensive weapon to injury, as rookie tight end Josiah Deguara suffered a season-ending knee injury in Monday night’s victory over the Atlanta Falcons. A source told ESPN that Deguara, a third-round draft pick, suffered a torn ACL. “Unfortunately it looks to
6:03 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Kenjon Barner, who suffered a concussion in Sunday’s 38-31 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, has been suspended without pay for four games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, the team announced Tuesday. Barner was already unlikely to participate in Thursday night’s
6:17 PM ET North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance, a projected first-round pick in next year’s NFL draft, will forego his final two-plus seasons and enter the draft. The Bison will play a spring season in 2021, but Lance will instead prepare for the draft at that time. He ran for two touchdowns and threw
4:07 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The most coveted seat in NASCAR belongs to Alex Bowman in a Hendrick Motorsports lineup shuffle to replace seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson in the iconic No. 48 Chevrolet. Bowman and crew chief Greg Ives, who won five championships with Johnson as his engineer, will move from the
5:02 PM ET Associated Press The Columbus Blue Jackets and Montreal Canadiens got a jump on the trading action before the start of the NHL draft Tuesday with an intriguing swap of forwards. The Blue Jackets acquired center Max Domi and a third-round pick from the Canadiens for winger Josh Anderson, who hasn’t played since
Oct 5, 2020 Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg The reign of the youth-oriented Philadelphia Union atop the MLS Power Rankings lasted just one week, with a veteran-laden Toronto FC taking the reins at the top of the league — a
4:45 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — When John Elway told Vic Fangio in March 2019 that the team was signing defensive tackle Mike Purcell, the Denver Broncos coach chuckled and said, “Be careful, you might like him.” Almost 19 months and 17 games later, Purcell signed a three-year contract extension with the Broncos. Team sources
2:41 PM ET AMG branding is expected to feature more prominently on Mercedes’ Formula One cars next year after parent company Daimler laid out its plans for its future commitment to the sport. The news comes after months of speculation that Daimler was considering selling its F1 team — a rumour that was repeatedly dismissed
1:10 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers were back on the fields at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex for practice Monday morning after a brief bye week. To do that, though, the Steelers needed to get special permission from the NFL and the NFL Players Association. According to the collective bargaining agreement, players must