8:00 AM ET The UFC’s year-end slate is taking shape, and the promotion is already starting to fill in some big fights for 2022. Conspicuous by their absences are some prominent, pay-per-view-headlining-caliber names, including Nate Diaz, UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-crowned BMF himself, Jorge Masvidal. Other stars, such as
Month: October 2021
8:04 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots are releasing four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Stephon Gilmore, with a source telling ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the sides could not agree to terms on a restructured contract. Gilmore said goodbye to Patriots fans in a tweeted statement Wednesday. “We enjoyed so much success together and
7:50 AM ET Rich Power was sitting on his porch in California in 2010 in the midst of preparing for a fight — an MMA fight — when he received a call from his manager. Known to be a fighter up for anything, and one always in shape for a scuffle, Power was intrigued by
7:00 AM ET The Cleveland Browns have taken over the title of the NFL’s analytically advanced franchise from a division rival. When we surveyed analytics staffers across the league a year ago, they voted the Baltimore Ravens as the most analytically advanced — defined by a combination of the level of data-driven work produced and
7:15 AM ET “It’s not the destination, It’s the journey.” It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who first conjured up those words that are now printed on countless T-shirts and bumper stickers and pinned to your mom’s Pinterest page atop an artsy photo of an empty road that runs off into the distant horizon. Well, out
7:00 AM ET TEDDY LEHMAN WAS twice an All-American at Oklahoma. In 2003, the stout linebacker won the Big 12 defensive player of the year award, the Dick Butkus Award and the Chuck Bednarik Award. In 2004, he was a second-round NFL draft pick, and he went on to spend parts of six seasons with
7:00 AM ET Alex Ovechkin would prefer not to talk about breaking Wayne Gretzky‘s NHL career goal-scoring record. He’ll gladly talk about his cars, like his G-wagons and his Bentley coupe. Or the best high-end sushi joints on the road. He’ll happily indulge you about fashion: “Dolce, Dolce, Dolce,” he said, cataloguing his shirt, pants
2:37 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Quinton Byfield, the second overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, suffered a lower body injury during the third period of the Los Angeles Kings‘ 4-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes in a preseason game Tuesday night. The 19-year-old center hit the corner boards awkwardly during
Harmanpreet Kaur is ready to return from injury © Getty Images Harmanpreet Kaur, India’s T20I captain, has spent more time on the physio’s table than at the crease in India colours in 2021 but is hopeful of finally being able to change that. In March, a hip-flexor injury limited her participation in the T20I series
3:28 AM ET Associated Press Two dozen players from Venezuela’s women’s national football teams have accused former coach Kenneth Zseremeta of sexual harassment and abuse. The players signed a letter making the allegations against Zseremeta, who led the women’s national teams at various levels in Venezuela for nine years until he was fired in 2017.