3:36 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Grammy-nominated pop singer Demi Lovato will perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl. NFL and Fox on Thursday announced the performance, which will take place ahead of the big game on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. 1 Related Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will
3:32 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor, who makes his return to the UFC on Saturday, wants to fight three times or more in 2020, with Jorge Masvidal — a more than willing foe — near the top of a list of potential opponents. Masvidal reiterated Thursday that he’d prefer to fight McGregor rather
2:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LeBron James maintained his hold on the top spot in the third and final round of public voting results for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game, the NBA announced Thursday afternoon. The Lakers star remained ahead of emerging Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic and reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for the
2:57 PM ET Former pound-for-pound king and four-division world champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez will get a chance to win another title next month. Gonzalez will challenge junior bantamweight world titlist Kal Yafai on Feb. 29 (DAZN) at the Ford Center at The Star, the Dallas Cowboys training facility in Frisco, Texas, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie
3:00 PM ET The temptation would be to deem the Carlos Beltran Era as classically Metsian, with the rookie skipper getting fired — or stepping down or getting pushed out or whatever euphemism you prefer — before he managed a game, or even before he opened a spring training meeting. But this wouldn’t be accurate.
7:22 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Lisa Keightley believes her new England team can be a cool, confident outfit capable of reaching the Women’s T20 World Cup final in less than two months’ time. Keightley, the first woman to be appointed full-time head coach of the England Women’s team, has had mere weeks in the role,
2:15 PM ET Carlos Beltran’s time as New York Mets manager is over before it really began, with the former outfielder stepping down Thursday afternoon. The only player named in MLB’s investigation of the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal, Beltran becomes the third manager to lose his job this week on the heels of AJ Hinch’s
Dec 8, 2019 I frequently find myself calling predictive ratings “anti-social” because of the way they seem to go out of their way to frustrate people. For college football, they are not intended to name a national champion or derive the quality of your résumé — they’re just intended to predict who would win the
2:01 PM ET Agent Drew Rosenhaus conditionally terminated his relationship with Antonio Brown on Thursday until the free-agent wide receiver seeks counsel, an NFL Players Association source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Rosenhaus wrote in the letter that the NFLPA received Thursday that he would like to work with Brown, but not until he first gets
9:59 AM ET If heavyweight Andy Ruiz Jr. is a recent example of how a fighter should not handle things after a huge victory, then Julian “J Rock” Williams appears to be the polar opposite. Ruiz scored a monumental upset on June 1 by knocking out Anthony Joshua in the seventh round to take his