5:15 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Brock Lesnar‘s time in the UFC — or at least the tease of a return — appears to be done, for now. That still leaves many lingering questions for the former UFC heavyweight and WWE Universal champion. 1 Related Lesnar, 41, will not be fighting Daniel Cormier for the UFC
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3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 175 for 5 (Kohler-Cadmore 67, Brook 47) beat Northamptonshire 351 (Vasconcelos 112, Levi 58, Cobb 58) by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining – D/L) Jonny Tattersall brought Yorkshire home in a dramatic rain-reduced chase at Northamptonshire to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout stage of
4:08 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN COLUMBUS — Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand doesn’t regret punching Blue Jackets defenseman Scott Harrington in the back of the head at the end of Game 3, though he did say Wednesday his actions were “unnecessary.” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy plans on having a chat with Marchand about the winger’s
5:21 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR abandoned its years-long bid to add excitement to qualifying and announced Wednesday it will return to single-car laps after the current format became a laughingstock. All three national series will make the change at all oval tracks, starting this weekend at Dover. NASCAR for more than
3:31 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Three-time champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the upcoming Italian Open as she continues to recover from a right shoulder injury. Rome organizers announced Wednesday that Sharapova’s spot in the draw for the May 13-19 tournament will be taken by 45th-ranked Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia. Sharapova, a five-time
1:40 PM ET The ramparts surrounding the private world of heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua parted briefly in Sheffield for him to discuss Andy Ruiz Jr, drug cheats, expectations and those annoying rivals before his departure for New York. Joshua fights Ruiz at Madison Square Garden on June 1 in defence of his heavyweight titles; Ruiz
4:48 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Felice Herrig won’t get her Chicago homecoming next month. The UFC women’s strawweight fighter tore her ACL and is out of her UFC 238 fight against Yan Xiaonan, Herrig announced Tuesday on Instagram. That bout was scheduled for United Center on June 8. Herrig is a resident of nearby Crystal
2:29 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — A former Texas A&M football player has been sentenced to life in prison for the slaying of a Dallas jogger who was hacked to death with a machete in 2015. A Dallas County jury found Thomas Johnson guilty of murder Tuesday for the seemingly random killing of David
2:08 PM ET Jack Hughes, the likely No. 1 pick in the 2019 NHL draft, has committed to play for Team USA at the upcoming IIHF Men’s World Championship, a source confirmed to ESPN. He will join a roster that already includes Patrick Kane, Johnny Gaudreau, Jack Eichel, Ryan Suter and Hughes’s older brother Quinn,
1:54 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard says Victor Oladipo continues progressing from a right knee injury but remains uncertain when the All-Star guard will practice. Oladipo suffered a season-ending ruptured quad tendon Jan. 23. He did not even return to Indiana until the Pacers’ season-ending playoff loss to