11:41 AM ET Bruce Schoenfeld Barcelona are one of many top clubs with academies or developmental relationships in the United States. The goal? Unearthing the next soccer gem. Courtesy of Barcelona residency academy FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Yurem Linares arrived with his father moments before soccer practice. He walked up a steep dirt path to the
Month: October 2021
7:00 PM ET For a team that lost 91 games, the Chicago Cubs are having quite an impact on the 2021 MLB playoffs. Everywhere you look, some recent ex-Cub is turning up as the latest October hero. The trend reached a ridiculous proportion with Monday’s National League Division Series contest between the Atlanta Braves and
4:54 PM ET Associated Press BURLINGTON, N.C. — JR Smith stepped into a hornets nest in his first college golf tournament, and it had nothing to do with his high score. The 36-year-old two-time NBA champion was literally stung by hornets while completing his round Tuesday for North Carolina A&T on the second day of
1:05 PM ET Golf’s governing bodies announced a new local rule that will allow high-level tournaments to limit the length of drivers to 46 inches. Called a Model Local Rule, it would go into effect Jan. 1, 2022. The PGA Tour said on Tuesday that it will adopt the rule, which does not apply to
Oct 6, 2021 Mike CoppingerESPN Gervonta Davis, one of boxing’s biggest draws, and Rolando Romero will meet Dec. 5 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Davis announced on social media Wednesday. “Tank” Davis’ last fight was his first at 140 pounds, but sources told ESPN this bout will be contested at lightweight, where Davis is
Oct 9, 2021 Jamie Mitchell became the WBA bantamweight title-holder Saturday afternoon in England after beating former champion Shannon Courtenay by majority decision. It was a fight filled with drama before either participant stepped into the ring. Courtenay lost the title on the scales Friday after missing the 118-pound weight limit by 2.5 pounds —
Oct 9, 2021 Mike CoppingerESPN Anthony Joshua exercised his contractual right to an immediate rematch with Oleksandr Usyk for the unified heavyweight championship, Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, announced on Saturday. Hearn said he plans to stage Usyk-Joshua 2 in early spring. “Back in the game and looking for him to become a three-time world champion,”
12:45 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Deontay Wilder just simply wouldn’t go away. Not after a third-round knockdown. Not as Tyson Fury battered him around the ring, round after round. But Fury wore down the challenger, scoring another knockdown in Round 10 before brutally finishing Wilder with a highlight-reel knockout in the 11th
10:29 AM ET Deontay Wilder has no plans to retire, the American boxer’s trainer Malik Scott said, after he was knocked out by Britain’s Tyson Fury in their WBC heavyweight world championship fight on Saturday. Fury (31-0-1) weathered the early storm to outbox Wilder and landed the decisive blow in the 11th round to close
1:31 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Alex Ovechkin is questionable to play in the Washington Capitals season opener against the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. Ovechkin, 36, took part in an optional practice Tuesday after skating several laps around the ice to test his unspecified lower-body injury. The native of Russia is