3:21 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN One of the top prospects in MMA history is making a move to one of the sport’s most renowned training camps. Bellator’s Aaron Pico will be changing gyms to JacksonWink MMA, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the home of stars like Jon Jones and Holly Holm, sources told ESPN. Pico is
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1:42 PM ET The New England Patriots plan to sign veteran offensive tackle Jared Veldheer, who visited with the team last week, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Mike Reiss on Tuesday. This signing has been anticipated since Veldheer’s visit, with the deal always expected to come after Tuesday’s compensatory pick deadline, which means the team
1:39 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A claims administrator for the NFL concussion fund says it has paid out $485 million since its start in 2017. But some retired players’ lawyers at a court hearing Tuesday in Philadelphia say there aren’t enough doctors in the approved network to diagnose dementia cases. They oppose a
2:02 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin suffered from nausea and double vision from carbon monoxide that seeped into his Toyota at the end of the NASCAR race at Dover. Hamlin felt ill after Monday’s race and was attended to by medical staff on pit road after he finished 21st. Hamlin was
12:00 AM ET Emily Kaplan Chris Peters Close ESPN staff writer Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. As each NHL team is eliminated from the postseason,
12:44 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Longtime Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland was named the new GM and president of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday, and he got right to work. At his introductory press conference, he said he had already informed Ken Hitchcock that he will not return as coach of
12:33 PM ET ESPN News Services There won’t be a Triple Crown winner in 2019. Bill Mott, the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Country House, told the Daily Racing Form that the horse will not race in the Preakness Stakes because he has become ill. “He developed a little bit of a cough this morning,”
12:43 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul suffered a potential season-ending fractured neck injury in a single-car accident last week in South Florida, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Pierre-Paul will likely need surgery, a source told Schefter. He will be visiting with neck specialists at some point this week
12:29 PM BST Scotland named uncapped trio Rory Hutchinson, Grant Stewart and Blade Thomson in their 42-man training squad for this year’s World Cup in Japan. Head coach Gregor Townsend called up centre Rory Hutchinson after a fine season with English Premiership side Northampton Saints, while hooker Grant Stewart (Glasgow Warriors) and No. 8 Blade
12:09 PM ET Retired UFC light heavyweight Anthony Johnson was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery on Monday in South Florida, according to court records. Johnson, 35, has an arraignment hearing scheduled on June 3 in Palm Beach County. A woman who describes herself as Johnson’s girlfriend told police he picked her up and