5:37 PM ET Featherweight contender Alexander Volkanovski will face longtime champion Jose Aldo at UFC 237 in Brazil on May 11. The matchup carries major implications, as the winner could fight next for the division’s title. But it’s only happening thanks to the graciousness of Volkanovski’s best friend Eli Hutchinson and his fiancé Lauren Whitmee,
6:22 PM ET ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — Training resumed on Santa Anita’s main dirt track Monday, with horses limited to jogging and galloping while the surface is monitored for any irregularities that may have caused the deaths of 21 horses since December. Santa Anita officials say a return to live racing is expected
3:38 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan have pulled out of a proposed tour of Zimbabwe next month over a disagreement about broadcasting the five ODIs, according to a release from Zimbabwe Cricket. The ACB had originally asked to Zimbabwe to host them as part of preparations for the World Cup, which takes place in England
5:52 PM ET The Buffalo Bills on Monday agreed to a three-year deal with former Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Kroft, his agent announced on Twitter. The deal is worth $18.75 million and could reach a potential $21 million, sources told ESPN. Although Kroft went into the 2018 season looking like he would be the
5:51 PM ET ESPN News Service The Detroit Lions today released linebacker Trevor Bates, who was arrested in January. Bates, 25, was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Jan. 26 at a hotel near LaGuardia Airport after allegedly refusing to pay a $32 cab fare for a ride from Manhattan. Lions linebacker Trevor Bates pleaded not guilty
5:31 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Warriors coach Steve Kerr used humor to downplay a soundbite of him discussing Golden State forward Draymond Green that went viral after Sunday night’s loss to the Phoenix Suns. Late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, cameras caught Kerr appearing to say, “I’m so f—ing tired of Draymond’s
6:04 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On the first day of the NFL’s negotiating period, the Tennessee Titans took care of business on both sides of the ball. The Titans intend to sign wide receiver
5:52 PM ET The Jacksonville Jaguars will sign former Eagles quarterback Nick Foles to a four-year deal worth $88 million, according to ESPN and multiple sources. The deal includes $50.125 million in guaranteed money, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Jaguars are expected to release quarterback Blake Bortles once Foles officially signs, according to
6:09 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — He’s back. The Philadelphia Eagles acquired DeSean Jackson from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, league sources tell ESPN, reuniting the deep-threat receiver with the team that drafted him in 2008. Sources told ESPN on Sunday that the Bucs were actively shopping Jackson and that Philadelphia was his desired landing
5:18 PM ET CANASTOTA, N.Y. — It is Thursday afternoon and it is frigid outside, but these professional boxers along with members of their training and promotional teams have loaded into two shuttles for the 10-minute ride from the Turning Stone Resort Casino to the place where anyone in boxing hopes to someday be enshrined