7:55 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Joan Laporta has confirmed the club’s previous board are facing criminal charges for the misappropriation of funds and false accounting. Laporta said a third-party forensic investigation into the club’s finances revealed that the previous regime, presided over by former president Josep Maria Bartomeu, made unjustified payments
5:00 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact football’s finances, but unlike recent times, the January window will be open as normal for Europe’s top leagues. (Find out when each league’s window opens and closes here.) 2 Related Clubs across Europe in Italy’s Serie A (€550 million), Germany’s Bundesliga (€415m), France’s Ligue 1 (€375m)
4:30 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Given the financial challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the January transfer window was surprisingly busy as clubs made mid-season moves to try and strengthen their sides. 2 Related According to Transfermarkt, the Premier League (€335 million) spending was actually the second-highest in history, with Liverpool‘s move for FC Porto winger
12:21 PM ET Juventus ended the last transfer window with a frown and a sense of uncertainty. Cristiano Ronaldo had just left, and while it was just a question of whether he’d be moving on for a fee in the summer of 2021 or as a free agent the following August, the fact that his
7:31 AM ET Associated Press The NFL is awarding $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers to study the effects of cannabinoids on pain management and neuroprotection from concussion in elite football players. Medical teams from the University of California San Diego and University of Regina in Canada were selected from
6:32 AM ET Tyler Fulghum The times, they are a changin’. If 2022 marks the first time you are legally allowed to bet on the Super Bowl in you state, then welcome to the party! And isn’t that exactly what America is supposed to be doing on a Super Bowl Sunday? Having a party? I
7:25 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young was scratched from Monday’s lineup with a right shoulder contusion. Coach Nate McMillan said Young was a game-time decision. The Hawks host the Raptors on Monday. Young’s injury occurred in the first half of Sunday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers when
12:56 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN HOUSTON — For the second time in 10 days, the Houston Rockets were giving the Golden State Warriors every inch of fight they had in them. And for about three quarters, it looked to be wearing the Warriors down. But then in the fourth, Stephen Curry erupted. He scored 21
6:54 PM ET Kevin Holland called an online troll’s bluff by choking him out in a grappling match. Holland, the loquacious UFC fighter nicknamed “Big Mouth,” said he had been getting messages from a guy on social media for months with the man, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, claiming he could submit Holland. So Holland took
11:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. are closing in on a deal for a light heavyweight title unification this summer in New York, sources told ESPN. At the moment, Smith is looking for a purse in the neighborhood of $1.8 million for the proposed ESPN main event; he was offered