7:38 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Barcelona are battling with a number of Europe’s biggest clubs to sign Rapid Vienna midfielder Yusuf Demir, various sources have confirmed to ESPN. Manchester United, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund and also tracking Demir, who won’t turn 18 until June and has a contract in Vienna
Month: March 2021
4:57 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent The Glazer family remain committed to owning Manchester United despite Avram Glazer’s decision to sell five million of his shares, sources have told ESPN. Avram, co-chairman at Old Trafford alongside brother Joel, could earn around $100 million from the sell-off, which would see the Glazer’s ownership of the club drop
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN NFL free agency kicks off next week and teams will be working with a salary cap of $182.5 million for the 2021 season, an 8% decrease from the $198.2 million cap in 2020. The cap has risen every year since 2011, but the reduced revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic
7:00 AM ET In a spring training game last weekend, Trevor Bauer pitched the first inning with one eye closed. That he did it against the Padres, the Dodgers’ new archrival in the National League West, suggests it was perhaps a bit of gamesmanship, although Bauer attempted a different explanation after the game. “I like
7:15 AM ET It was March 11, 2020, and the Winnipeg Jets were holding their morning skate before a game at the Edmonton Oilers. Coach Paul Maurice had just stepped onto the ice when his captain, Blake Wheeler, skated over with a concerned expression. “You think they’re going to shut us down tonight?” asked Wheeler.
6:13 AM ET Associated Press MANCHESTER, England — The reputation of British cycling was dealt a severe blow Friday when a doctor involved in the country’s transformation into an Olympic superpower and the Tour de France-wining Team Sky was found to have covered up the order of a “drug of choice” intended to boost a
7:30 AM ET With 10 games remaining for each team, ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae runs the rule over all 18 clubs and their targets for the rest of the season. 1. Bayern Munich | 55 points: What a strange season this has been for the Rekordmeister as they shoot for nine league titles
9:00 AM ET It’s still the early stages of college football’s 2022 recruiting cycle, and there is a lot of uncertainty. What is apparent are the teams in need of big returns. Whether it is to take the next step toward becoming a championship-contending program or to revitalize a program, here are five teams in
8:00 AM ET Are you not entertained? What the FCS spring season lacks in length and quality, it makes up for in pure, magical nonsense. The best program in the country got blown out by an unranked opponent two weeks ago, and the new No. 1 has now been scared twice into the second half.
6:40 AM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC welterweight Leon Edwards has won eight consecutive fights since 2016. The last time he lost was on Dec. 19, 2015, and that was to current champion Kamaru Usman, who happens to be the only welterweight with a longer active UFC win streak — 13 straight — than Edwards.