Month: September 2021

8:43 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Embattled Tennessee Titans 2020 first-round pick Isaiah Wilson has been signed to the New York Giants‘ practice squad, the team announced Thursday. Wilson, 22, was considered a top right tackle prospect in the 2020 NFL draft, when he was selected 29th overall out of Georgia, but he played
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7:00 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Michael DiRocco Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner Joe Burrow
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8:00 AM ET Jake Paul is expanding his footprint in the boxing world by signing one of its top female fighters. Most Valuable Promotions has signed Amanda Serrano, one of the best women’s fighters in the history of boxing, to a promotional deal, Paul and Serrano told ESPN. Paul, the YouTube-star-turned-prizefighter, and his adviser, Nakisa
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8:08 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Boxing bouts at the 2016 Olympics were fixed by “complicit and compliant” referees and judges, an investigation has found. Investigator Richard McLaren was appointed by the International Boxing Association, known as AIBA, and found AIBA officials selected referees and judges to ensure that bouts could be manipulated
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7:00 AM ET Aesthetics matter in hockey. The player with the wooliest thicket of playoff beard competes with the might of King Leonidas of Sparta. The team that gets the spiffy state-of-the-art arena stands just a bit taller in its skates. I think the New York Islanders are a playoff team this season not because
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Sep 28, 2021 The UFC is finalizing a middleweight bout between Jared Cannonier and Derek Brunson in January, multiple sources have told ESPN. The 185-pound bout will take place on Jan. 22, 2022. The UFC has not finalized a location for that card, which is expected to be a UFC 270 pay-per-view. The fight could
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7:30 AM ET Matchday 2 of the Champions League group stage is in the books and there is plenty to discuss, from Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi starring for Manchester United and PSG respectively, to a woeful week for Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid. We asked Gab Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Sam Marsden to
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