8:53 AM ET A yellowing copy of a newspaper article hangs on the wall of St. Pete Boxing Club. The headline reads: “Young boxer navigating a narrow path.” This follows: “Keith Thurman, 15, is focused on being one of the few to reach the Olympics, school a lower priority.” Thurman is 30 years old now,
9:09 AM ET Who are the upcoming NBA free agents to watch? Nearly half the league hit free agency in 2019, and through mid-July almost every major player has signed. Plenty of stars changed teams, including Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Kemba Walker. The 2020 class won’t have the same star
9:08 AM ET The UFC is working on finalizing a Donald Cerrone vs. Justin Gaethje main event for the Sept. 14 Fight Night card in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, multiple sources confirmed with ESPN. UFC president Dana White first revealed the plans to Yahoo Sports on Wednesday night. According to sources, the fight isn’t finalized,
12:00 AM BST James O’Connor made his Super Rugby debut when the Western Force were in just their third season. After two seasons in the Super 14, the Force had at last assembled a squad that could push for the playoffs. In the likes of Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell, Nathan Sharpe, Matt Hodgson, Cameron Shepherd
8:29 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN Now’s the time, right? It seems coach Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines have never had a better chance to get over the hump than they do in 2019. Ohio State is finally not employing Harbaugh conqueror Urban Meyer anymore. Penn State has a new quarterback. Michigan State could still be hopeless
8:25 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN Sometimes the most interesting divisions and conferences are not the most relevant from a national title perspective. The Big Ten West is a good example. Barring a(nother) second-year miracle from Scott Frost at Nebraska, it’s quite likely that there won’t be any division team involved in the CFP race come
1:27 AM ET First and foremost, Kai Kara-France is just happy to have a job. Not the 9-5 kind, the daily grind that others dread when the alarm signals a return to the office on a Monday morning. No, the 26-year-old Kiwi prefers to earn his keep in the gym. And with his immediate UFC
8:00 AM ET NFL Nation The path to NFL head coach is a unique story for all 32 men in those jobs. But almost all of them started at the bottom, where no task is too menial — fetch coffee, cut up videotape, paint the end zones, even wash the head coach’s car. And all
12:14 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — There Dan Quinn was, ready to go, pen and pad in hand. The then-23-year-old Quinn had just completed his collegiate career as a two-sport athlete at Division III Salisbury State (Maryland), where he played defensive line and threw the hammer. Now it was time to fling himself into
12:50 AM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Steve Gregory walks down the hall on the second floor of the Detroit Lions‘ practice facility and sees one of his colleagues coming toward him. Hank Fraley is a former NFL offensive lineman. He’s about twice the size of Gregory, a former safety, and probably big enough at