7:02 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Dana White first brought up the concept of “Fight Island,” it sounded so exotic. The intrigue intensified as the UFC president refused for weeks to share the site’s location or any other details. It was easy to conjure up images of fight teams relaxing on a beach among palm
11:22 AM ET No team is out of the running for a spot in the final four but who will be celebrating safe passage after Matchday Three? ESPN ESPN’s League vs. League tournament moves on to its final round of group stage games and there’s still a lot to play for in both groups. Following Matchday
9:14 PM IST Danyal Rasool Fast bowler Mohammad Amir and batsman Haris Sohail have withdrawn from Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming England tour. Amir, who had retired from Test cricket last year, and was thus only eligible for selection for the three-match T20I series, pulled out so that he could be present for the birth
10:18 AM ET Syracuse‘s Dino Babers is one of just 14 black head coaches at the FBS level, but he was also among the last coaches in the country to offer a statement on the protests for racial justice following the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis last month. Babers, who has
7:04 AM ET Steve KimESPN Former heavyweight Kevin McBride will always remember June 11 for one thing: the day he retired Mike Tyson. Fifteen years ago at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., McBride sent Tyson to the canvas — and eventually into retirement. It was an improbable feat as a significant underdog and a
8:44 AM BST Players are heading toward a “legal dispute” with the Premiership Rugby to stop the league from imposing permanent salary cuts following a salary cap reduction, the Rugby Players Association (RPA) said on Wednesday. Premiership clubs voted unanimously on Monday to cut the salary cap by £1.4 million from the 2021-22 season. In
8:35 AM ET Valtteri Bottas says he has been told not to worry about Sebastian Vettel taking his place at Mercedes next year. 1 Related Bottas has driven for Mercedes since the start of 2017 but, like teammate Lewis Hamilton, is out of contract with the reigning champions at the end of this season. Team
8:01 AM ET Premier League clubs are set to face a £1 billion reduction in their 2019-20 revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic, research from financial firm Deloitte has found. England’s top-flight, which is set to resume behind closed doors on June 17, faces a significant financial challenge and operating losses after clubs posted a
8:24 AM ET Dele Alli will miss Tottenham’s clash with Manchester United after being hit with a one-game ban and £50,000 fine for appearing to mock an Asian man over the coronavirus in a social media post. The 24-year-old will also be asked to take an educational course after an independent Regulatory Commission investigation concluded
6:45 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned players could be forced to quarantine after Barcelona‘s Nelson Semedo breached La Liga protocol by attending a gathering of more than 20 people earlier this week at the Casanova Beach Club in Castelldefels. Semedo was not allowed to train on Thursday