1:08 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim It is champion vs. champion, with a twist. When unbeaten Juliana Velasquez makes the first defense of her Bellator MMA flyweight title on Friday, she will be facing a fellow Bellator flyweight champ — but one who reigns in a different fight discipline. Denise Kielholtz, the challenger in the main
Month: July 2021
3:22 PM BST Fly-half Antoine Hastoy will make his debut when France face Australia in the series-deciding third test in Brisbane after coach Fabien Galthie made seven changes to his starting lineup on Thursday. Racing 92 winger Teddy Thomas, who did not feature in the first two tests, will replace Gabin Villiere in the team.
3:13 PM ET The Carolina Panthers and offensive tackle Taylor Moton agreed to a mammoth four-year, $72 million extension that includes $43 million guaranteed at signing, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. The blockbuster deal, announced by the team only as a multiyear extension, beats Thursday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline for franchise players to
2:50 PM ET David Wilson Steve Sarkisian, making his first Big 12 media days appearance as head coach of the Texas Longhorns, said he doesn’t think the program needs a long rebuild to win. “We’ve got a roster that is one that is more than capable of being competitive at a high level,” said Sarkisian,
12:24 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — For the Mets, July 30 will be a dark day — in a good way. New York will use black jerseys for the first time since 2012 when the Mets play Cincinnati at Citi Field that night. The Mets said Thursday that they will use black jerseys
2:24 PM ET Seattle Mariners left-hander Hector Santiago‘s 10-game suspension for having a foreign substance on his glove has been upheld after an appeal, sources tell ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan. Santiago was the first and only pitcher so far to be ejected and subsequently suspended after Major League Baseball’s crackdown on pitchers using
11:15 AM ET If Keith Yandle breaks the NHL consecutive games played record, he will almost certainly not reach that mark in a Florida Panthers uniform. The Panthers bought out the remainder of Yandle’s contract Thursday, giving the veteran defenseman a chance at a fresh start and providing the team some extra salary cap space
1:10 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins says his teammate Matiss Kivlenieks “died a hero” after saving him and his pregnant wife from the errant fireworks blast that killed the 24-year-old. “He saved not just many lives, but when it happened, I was standing 20, 30 feet back of him and I was
2:24 PM ET SANDWICH, England – Bryson DeChambeau‘s game is built around his well-chronicled weight and fitness gains coupled with incessant tweaking of his equipment. Apparently, the eight-time PGA Tour winner is not happy with how it is going with the driver. After hitting just four of 14 fairways Thursday during the first round of
2:30 PM ET Arsenal defender William Saliba is set for his third loan spell after Ligue 1 side Marseille signed him for the 2021-22 season, the Premier League club said on Thursday. Saliba, signed in 2019 from Saint-Etienne for a reported fee of about £27 million ($37 million), has yet to play for the senior