11:51 AM ET Forty-eight hours before fight night isn’t the time for introspection. Brandon Figueroa has a major championship to win. On Saturday night in Carson, California (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET). The 24-year-old Figueroa will face Luis Nery at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California on Saturday (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET), in a battle
Month: May 2021
12:25 PM ET Associated Press The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association is forging ahead with its bid to establish an economically sustainable professional league in North America with or — for now — without the NHL’s full financial backing. In response to a Sportsnet report that the NHL was not in a position to operate
12:02 PM ET Phil Mickelson will not need to qualify for the U.S. Open after all. The five-time major champion, who grew up in the San Diego area near the venue for this year’s championship, Torrey Pines, accepted a special exemption from the United States Golf Association on Friday to play in the 121st U.S.
10:09 AM ET HOUSTON — The bout to crown the next UFC lightweight champion is official. Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler both made weight successfully Friday morning, coming in exactly at the 155-pound limit. The two men will compete for the vacant lightweight title Saturday night in the main event of UFC 262 at Toyota
12:19 PM ET In an effort to persuade reluctant players to show up for voluntary offseason workouts, several NFL teams have made changes to their offseason schedules as a result of conversations between players and coaching staffs NFLPA officials told ESPN this week that one of the tangible results of its ongoing dispute with the
12:21 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy will not be physically present at the first day of the team’s rookie minicamp Friday due to a close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, according to a team spokesperson. Nagy will lead all virtual meetings with the rookies and view
11:54 AM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown has been sued for his role in an altercation with a moving-truck driver in January 2020. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Broward County, Florida, by the driver, Anton Tumanov. Brown pleaded no contest in June to one felony burglary with battery charge and two
10:50 AM ET The NHL has told the Canadian government that it needs an answer on the Stanley Cup playoffs‘ border travel issue by June 1. “The conversations are ongoing. We’ve told them we really do need to know by the end of the first round, and that’s around June 1. That’s pretty much the
11:23 AM ET There won’t be any superstitious drama about NHL teams touching the conference championship trophies in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs — because they won’t be awarded this season. “We’re not handing them out,” said Steve Mayer, NHL Chief Content Officer, told ESPN on Friday. The Prince of Wales Trophy, established in 1925,
10:54 AM BST The 2021 British & Irish Lions schedule has been revised to keep matches either in Johannesburg or Cape Town, with organisers admitting the new-look fixture list has been put together on the basis matches “will take place behind closed doors.” The eight-match schedule sees the tour start in Johannesburg and Pretoria, before