1:34 PM ET Super middleweight contender Avni Yildirim and promoter Ahmet Oener met with WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman on Tuesday in Mexico City in an effort to have the sanctioning organization order a rematch of Yildirim’s loss in a world title fight on Saturday night. Yildirim lost a 10th-round technical split decision to Anthony Dirrell
1:38 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Infielder Logan Forsythe has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers and will be at major league spring training. The addition of Forsythe on Tuesday provides infield depth. Chase d’Arnaud and Christian Lopes, also in camp on minor league deals, are both sidelined with
1:18 PM ET An extremely rare Tom Brady rookie card has been sold for over $400,000 in an online auction. The card, part of the 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket collection, was auctioned Monday for $400,100. The auction was coordinated by eBay and PWCC Marketplace, which announced Tuesday that the $400,100 is the highest auction
1:16 PM ET Daryl Mitchell, the chairman of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), has warned that The Hundred, the ECB’s new format slated for introduction next year, needs to be a success or risk having “serious damaging effects for the counties”. Mitchell and David Leatherdale, the PCA chief executive, have also questioned suggestions in recent
2:00 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Dallas Cowboys have made their first offer to defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, and executive vice president Stephen Jones is hopeful that a long-term deal can be reached with the Pro Bowl defensive end. “I’m confident we’ll get a deal done,” Jones said in a break between competition committee meetings
12:52 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets third baseman Todd Frazier injured his left oblique muscle and will return to New York for a cortisone injection, the second Mets infielder to get hurt at spring training after fellow infielder Jed Lowrie. The 33-year-old Frazier had an MRI that revealed the injury.
12:45 PM ET ESPN staff MONTMELO, Spain — McLaren started the second week of Formula One’s pre-season testing with the fastest time, after Lando Norris set a 1:17.709 in the final hour of the afternoon session. The time was 0.4s shy of the best lap from last week’s test and put McLaren at the top
12:34 PM ET The wife and brother of UFC legend Matt Hughes have each filed a restraining order against him alleging physical violence and threats. ESPN confirmed via court records that Audra Hughes, Matt’s wife, and Mark Hughes, his twin brother, filed for protective orders against Hughes late last year. Audra Hughes’ request, which was
12:10 PM ET Vitor Belfort is close to finding his next promotion. “The Phenom” is currently in serious negotiations with ONE Championship to sign a multifight deal, sources told ESPN. ONE has extended an offer and, according to sources, the final details are being worked out, though the deal isn’t finalized just yet. An announcement
12:26 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Former Clemson safety Jadar Johnson, who played on the Tigers’ 2016 national championship team, has received three years’ probation after pleading guilty for his role in an apartment break-in last March. Johnson, late Clemson running back C.J. Fuller and ex-Duke player Quaven Ferguson were charged with armed