12:58 PM ET Ariel Helwani Michael Chandler is inching closer to free agency. Chandler’s Bellator contract is set to expire imminently, sources told ESPN. Per the terms of the contract, the sources were not at liberty to discuss exactly when the contract runs out. However, according to those same sources, Chandler’s management and Bellator are
12:17 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Fans attending the first day of action at the French Grand Prix were forced to wait for hours in traffic jams as road management around the circuit proved woefully inadequate. The traffic was particularly bad between 10am and 1pm as fans attempted to arrive in time for the
Jun 20, 2018 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Martin Murray hopes that victory over Roberto Garcia on Saturday will move him closer to a fifth world title shot. Murray (36-4-1, 17 KOs)
2:53 PM ET Former middleweight interim titlist Martin Murray returns to the ring for the first time in nine months to face Roberto Garcia; the fight will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday from The O2 Arena in London. Murray (36-4-1, 17 KOs), who won the WBA middleweight
2:46 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — Petra Kvitova, who hopes a successful title defense at the Birmingham Classic will help her bid to win Wimbledon for a third time, moved into the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Germany’s Julia Goerges on Friday. The fourth-seeded Kvitova took an hour and six minutes
11:17 AM ET Under Armour All-American Nathan Pickering has committed to Mississippi State and, at 62nd overall, is the program’s top-rated 2019 recruit. Read below to see how the Bulldogs can maximize the upside of this ESPN 300 defensive lineman: Insider Become an insider and get access to all our articles and tools. View Insider
1:47 PM ET Abner Mares has accomplished so much during his 13-year professional boxing career. He has fashioned a record of 31-3-1 with 15 knockouts; won world titles in three divisions (bantamweight, junior featherweight and featherweight); been involved in several major fights on the biggest stages, including his exciting rematch with Leo Santa Cruz on
11:31 AM BST South Africa and England enter Saturday’s third and final test at Newlands with very different mindsets as touring flyhalf Danny Cipriani prepares to take centre stage with a first test start in a decade. South Africa have already secured the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead, having extended England’s losing streak to
8:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dan Smoker Sr. hasn’t met Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey. At least, not consciously. Smoker, 72, doesn’t remember how McCaffrey and his friends helped save Smoker’s life after a 20-foot fall during a March hike in Castle Rock, Colorado. He doesn’t remember that McCaffrey and his family came
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 282 (Procter 70, Levi 63, Duckett 52, Taylor 4-70) and 32 for 0 beat Gloucestershire 62 (Sanderson 5-16) and 250 (Higgins 63, Hutton 8-57) by 10 wicketsScorecard Northamptonshire took just 32 minutes on the third day to wrap up a 10-wicket victory over Gloucestershire at Wantage Road to