6:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Audie Attar’s attempt to stop Manny Pacquiao from fighting Errol Spence Jr. has been tentatively denied. Judge Walter Schwarm, in a tentative ruling on Thursday obtained by ESPN through a court records search, denied Paradigm Sports Management’s effort to obtain a preliminary injunction against Pacquiao that would have halted the
Month: August 2021
7:07 PM ET Serie A side Venezia FC have agreed a deal with Sporting Kansas City to sign midfielder Gianluca Busio pending a medical and the agreement of personal terms, the MLS club confirmed on Thursday. Busio will become the latest United States international to join the newly promoted Italian club, with Venezia having signed
5:09 PM ET ESPN staff Real live football happens tonight when the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Dallas Cowboys in the Hall of Fame Game. While those teams will be on the gridiron this evening, plenty of other teams spent the day taking part in 2021 NFL training camp practices. A pair of rookies had notable
6:06 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators will spend at least part of their training camp in a hotel as coach Dan Mullen searches for ways to avoid another COVID-19 outbreak within the program. The Gators begin three weeks of fall practice Friday, with Mullen understanding much more about the coronavirus
5:26 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Jocelyne Bourassa, a star Canadian golfer and the LPGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year in 1972, has died. She was 74. Her death was announced Thursday by Golf Canada, which did not give details. After her star rookie season on the LPGA Tour she was honored as the
5:13 PM ET Fedor Emelianenko has an opponent for his homecoming fight. The all-time great MMA heavyweight will fight Tim Johnson on Oct. 23 in Moscow, Russia, Bellator announced Thursday. Emelianenko has not fought in his home country for five years and has not competed in Moscow in a decade. The bout is part of
5:18 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Three of the four Miami Dolphins players who had been on the reserve/COVID-19 list were removed from it Thursday. Coming off the list were tight ends Cethan Carter and Adam Shaheen and wide receiver Preston Williams. Tight end Mike Gesicki remained on the list. Williams is
4:26 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — He’s not to the point where he’s giving long and revealing answers like Aaron Rodgers, and he’s not one to crack up the room like third-stringer Kurt Benkert, so what is Jordan Love as he settles into the No. 2 quarterback job with the Green Bay Packers now
5:11 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana expects quarterback Michael Penix Jr. to start the season opener at Iowa — even if he doesn’t take a hit until Sept. 4. And Penix’s return has the Hoosiers thinking big again. On Monday, coach Tom Allen told reporters that Penix’s recovery remains on schedule, a
4:23 PM ET It was the news many had prepared for mere months ago, yet as the new LaLiga season approached and whispers circulated of an agreement on a new contract between Barcelona and Lionel Messi, no one expected the bombshell that dropped on Thursday: Messi will not return to the Catalan club. Breathe. Deep