7:22 AM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. A 2000 Fleer Showcase Masterpiece Tom Brady rookie card, numbered 1 of 1 — the only one of its
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12:25 PM ET Jimbo Fisher delivered a fiery rebuttal to Alabama coach Nick Saban’s comments from Wednesday night that Texas A&M “bought every player” in its vaunted 2022 recruiting class, calling Saban’s comments “despicable” numerous times in a quickly assembled 9½-minute news conference. Fisher, who was visibly angry, said there was no truth to Saban’s
10:10 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Manager Bob Melvin plans to return to the dugout Friday night when the San Diego Padres open a three-game series at San Francisco, the team said Thursday. Melvin has been away since having prostate surgery on May 11. The Padres said no cancer was found. Melvin will travel
9:00 AM ET For the first time in nearly 10 years, Holly Holm is thinking about professional boxing. To be clear, Holm’s primary focus is still very much on MMA and recapturing the UFC bantamweight championship that she won in 2015 and surrendered in 2016. Holm (14-5) faces Ketlen Vieira in the main event of
Championship leader Charles Leclerc headed a Ferrari one-two from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix. Leclerc was 0.079 seconds quicker than team-mate Carlos Sainz, while Verstappen was 0.336secs off the pace but hit traffic on his fastest lap. A number of teams have taken significant car upgrades to Barcelona.
6:49 AM ET 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 Chantelle Cameron hopes a successful defence of her world junior welterweight titles on Saturday sets up a megafight against either Katie Taylor or Kali
8:52 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com It’s springtime in Paris so that can only mean one thing: The French Open is upon us! The start of the season has been eventful, to say the least. With Novak Djokovic‘s deportation from Australia, Rafael Nadal‘s record-breaking 21st Slam victory, world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty‘s shocking retirement and the
8:51 AM ET David Benavidez wasn’t surprised when he saw one of the biggest boxing upsets in recent years. He had believed for years that even a prime version of Canelo Alvarez could be beaten, and it came to fruition on May 7 when Alvarez, pushing himself into a new weight class, failed to capture
Red Bull have accused Aston Martin of copying their car and questioned whether any of their intellectual property has been stolen. Aston Martin have produced an extensive upgrade of their car for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix which bears a striking resemblance to Red Bull’s design. Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner said the idea
7:00 AM ET NASCAR is hitting its annual All-Star break (yes, I realize there’s not an actual break, and there won’t be one for another month, but Sunday is the All-Star Race, so work with me here), and the Cup Series season now has 13 of the 26 regular-season events in the books. We’re halfway
7:17 AM ET A contentious back-and-forth among college football’s coaching elite and more from our best quotes from around the sports world this week. “I mean, we were second in recruiting last year. A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — made a deal for name, image, likeness. We didn’t buy one
Fernando Alonso has accused Formula 1’s governing body of “incompetence” and lacking knowledge of racing. The Alpine driver identified incidents at the last race in Miami but also made an oblique reference to the FIA’s handling of other issues this year. He said he had seen no improvement at the FIA, despite its attempts to
4:00 AM ET The Champions League as you know it will be no more — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Pogba fears a Manchester United fans’ backlash. Jump to: Pogba’s fear over fans’ backlash | Oxlade-Chamberlain’s Liverpool limbo | Newcastle won’t be bullied in transfer window | Super Cup quandary for UEFA Champions
File photo of Rishabh Pant in action in white ball cricket for India© AFP India’s wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant has gone through a lot of trials and tribulations in his relatively young career in international cricket. Identified early as a someone who might be the long term replacement for MS Dhoni in the Indian team
2:10 AM ET Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon was direct in his assessment of his team’s effort in a 4-1 Game 2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. “We were bad. We were really bad tonight,” MacKinnon said with the Western Conference second-round series now tied 1-1. “We just didn’t have our
11:34 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Trevor Story had three homers, four hits and seven RBIs and tacked on a stolen base to help the Boston Red Sox rally from a four-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 12-6 Thursday night. He became the first second baseman in MLB history to steal a
1:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MIAMI — For the first few minutes of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, it appeared the Boston Celtics could be in some trouble. They left Miami’s shooters open for three quick 3-pointers. They allowed the Heat to get multiple second-chance opportunities. Robert Williams looked uncomfortable defending in space,
7:43 PM ET As the college football world turns, yet another player is bolting for greener (and warmer) pastures. This time, though, it’s the best wide receiver in college football. Biletnikoff winner Jordan Addison announced Thursday he will be transferring to USC from Pittsburgh, where he totaled 1,593 yards and 17 touchdowns last season. After