12:00 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Israel Adesanya woke up on last Saturday morning with the understanding that if he won that evening at UFC 234, his next fight would be for the middleweight championship against the winner of the night’s main event. Several dramatic twists and turns later, the unbeaten 29-year-old still believes he is
11:20 AM ET Oregon defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt is parting ways with the school after reaching a financial settlement, sources told ESPN. 247 Sports first reported Leavitt’s departure on Wednesday, although he attended a coaching staff meeting and was working in the football building as of Wednesday night, sources said. Leavitt had been under contract
10:42 AM ET Two of Bellator’s biggest rivals will finally get a chance to settle their differences later this year. Featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire will move up to 155 pounds to challenge lightweight champion Michael Chandler on May 11, multiple sources told ESPN. The event, Bellator 221, is set take place at the Allstate
10:33 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN With nearly 60 NBA players as clients and a viral online following, thanks in part to his All-Star-laden summer pickup games, New York-based basketball trainer Chris Brickley has blurred the lines of coaching, social media influence, style and hoops culture in recent years. Now, he’s signed an exclusive sneaker deal
11:15 AM ET We’re fast approaching the crossroads of the 2018-19 regular season. The trade deadline serves that purpose on the NHL’s annual calendar, becoming an inflection points for teams by which they need to answer some important questions. How good is our team right now as currently constructed? What are we realistically trying to
10:03 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Shortstop Jorge Polanco and the Minnesota Twins are finalizing a contract extension that will cover seven years and guarantee around $25 million, a league source with knowledge of the deal told ESPN
10:39 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Can’t you feel the love around the NFL? It’s Valentine’s Day, of course, and NFL teams are certainly in the spirit. Whether you think the holiday is a corporate creation or the day to share your deepest affections and sentiment, we can all enjoy a candy heart and a cheesy
11:00 AM ET Steve KimESPN The last we saw of welterweight standout Marcos Maidana was in 2014, when he went 24 rounds over two bouts with Floyd Mayweather. While he lost both fights, he earned a measure of respect in pushing Mayweather to the brink. Maidana then walked away from the sport, which at the
12:00 AM ET It’s fitting that the Baltimore Ravens are trading quarterback Joe Flacco to Denver, the site of his most famous pass — the “Mile High Miracle.” Flacco’s playoff success ultimately defines his legacy with the Ravens. After arriving from Delaware — the minor leagues of football, Flacco would say — in 2008, he
9:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff In six out of the eight editions of the BBL, the team finishing top of the table has fallen at the semi-final. Here’s a brief history of the curse of dominating the group stage ESPNcricinfo Ltd BBL02: Brisbane Heat 3 for 183 beat Melbourne Renegades 9 for 168 by 15