5:25 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Fabricio Werdum is a former UFC heavyweight champion. He is a multiple-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion. And on Thursday night, he will begin his quest to be a PFL champion. The 43-year-old from Brazil, who trains in Southern California, will be making his debut with the fight promotion when he
Month: May 2021
6:34 PM ET Texas Longhorns linebacker Jake Ehlinger, the 20-year-old younger brother of former Longhorns quarterback Sam Ehlinger, was found dead on Thursday, according to Austin, Texas police. The Austin Police Department said it received a call at 12:18 p.m. local time and responded to the 1200 block of West 22nd street, a residential area
6:53 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — College football teams will be required to hold at least seven padless practices during the preseason and the number of contact practices will be reduced from 21 to 18 under changes proposed by the NCAA’s oversight committee Thursday. The football oversight committee’s proposal goes to the Division I
6:17 PM ET A 500-1 long shot to start the season, the New York Knicks have emerged as the best bet in basketball and are covering the spread at a historic rate — although that hasn’t meant a surge in bets on them winning a title. Entering Friday’s game at the Phoenix Suns, the Knicks
1:16 PM ET The Indiana Pacers are suspending assistant coach Greg Foster for one game and fining center Goga Bitadze for an emotionally-charged on-court exchange Wednesday night in a loss to the Sacramento Kings, sources told ESPN. Foster will serve the suspension Thursday night for the Pacers’ home game against the Atlanta Hawks, sources said.
2:25 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden, who has been out for over a month with a hamstring strain, says he is “very confident” he will return before the playoffs begin. “The plan is to hopefully get an opportunity to play a couple games before the postseason,” Harden said Thursday. “We’re just taking one
5:04 PM ET Premier League clubs have set a new record for overall European performance in one season after Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United reached the finals of the two competitions. The coefficient score is an average of all an association’s teams in Europe over the course of the campaign, and English clubs’ coefficient
3:30 PM ET Adriana Garcia Eden Hazard has apologised to Real Madrid fans after laughing and joking with Chelsea players following his team’s exit from the Champions League. Cameras showed the Belgium international laughing with former teammate Kurt Zouma and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy on the Stamford Bridge pitch after Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat. Hazard, who spent
6:15 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has blasted the Premier League after Manchester United were ordered to play three games in five days to make up for the postponement of their game with Liverpool. – Ratings: Cavani gets 9/10 as United reach Europa League final– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)
4:56 PM ET Villarreal punched their ticket into the Europa League final after a scoreless second-leg draw at Arsenal. The Spanish side entered the match at Emirates Stadium nursing a 2-1 first-leg lead, and will now advance to play Manchester United in the final. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit the post twice on either side of half-time