3:03 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Terence Crawford is inching closer to the biggest fight of his career. After Top Rank and PBC failed to complete a deal for Crawford to defend his title against Shawn Porter by Friday’s deadline, the WBO ordered a purse bid Monday that will be held Sept. 2 where the rights
8:02 AM ET Manny Pacquiao has likely fought his last fight, and while it wasn’t viewed in this way heading into Saturday in Las Vegas, the bout against Yordenis Ugas may have been the passing-of-the-torch moment the welterweight division has desperately needed. Pacquiao will almost certainly step away from the sport to focus on his
India skipper Virat Kohli reflected on the final day of the second Test against England at Lord’s and said that the team is ”not going to take a backward step when provoked”. Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of the third Test at Headingley, Kohli said the details of what was said on the field
7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: The 2021 college football season is upon us and it’s bringing the Bottom 10 with it, featuring a slew of old favorites like Kansas and UTEP, along with a Power 5 cameo from the entire Big 12.] Inspirational thought(s) of the week: Is this the way to normal?Show me the
6:08 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — New York Yankees reliever Zack Britton has sustained another injury setback, going on the 10-day injured list Monday with a strained left elbow. Speaking before the start of an important two-game series against the first-place Atlanta Braves, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the team will evaluate Britton’s condition
6:00 AM ET The college football coaching hot seat for 2021 was supposed to be crowded. When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, sources widely expected schools to be hesitant to make coaching changes, mindful of the cost for already-crunched athletic department budgets. Just wait for 2021, they said. It will be wild. Then, South
10:05 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Jameis Winston couldn’t have made a stronger case to become the New Orleans Saints‘ next starting quarterback on Monday Night Football. Winston completed 9 of 10 passes for 123 yards and two deep touchdown throws that ended with spectacular catches by receiver Marquez Callaway against the Jacksonville Jaguars in
Pakistan threw down the gauntlet to the West Indies on the penultimate day of their two-match Test series on Monday, setting the hosts 329 to win as the visitors chase a series-levelling victory at Sabina Park. West Indies will start Tuesday’s final day at 49 for one, 280 runs away from the target as Pakistan
10:07 PM ET Federal prosecutors revealed some of their evidence against former Los Angeles Angels communications director Eric Kay in court documents filed Friday, alleging he asked drug suppliers to deliver opioids to Angel Stadium and offered team memorabilia and tickets as incentive. Kay faces felony distribution charges in connection to the drug-related death of
7:47 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Tony Finau was developing a label as the player who did everything right but win. What he never lost was his belief he could beat the best. That moment finally arrived late Monday afternoon at the Northern Trust against the sunlit backdrop of the Manhattan skyline.
8:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber said the league is “really intrigued” by Las Vegas as a possible expansion market, and will continue to focus on the city as it looks to determine MLS’s 30th team. Garber spoke to ESPN at the MLS Works Community Day at Charles R.
9:18 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Top seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia and second seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia won their first round matches at Tennis in the Land on Monday. Kasatkina defeated Kaja Juvan of Slovenia 6-3, 6-3 in the opening match of the day, while Kontaveit rallied for a 1-6, 6-0, 6-0
7:48 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The FedEx Cup playoffs started with 125 players. When the weather-delayed Northern Trust finally came to an end Monday evening, only 70 advance on to this week’s BMW Championship. After that, the top 30 will qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship with a shot
7:56 PM ET ESPN News Services Boston Celtics forward Josh Richardson has agreed to a one-year, $12 million extension, his agent Bill Duffy of BDA Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Richardson had one year and $11.5 million left on his deal, which now runs through the 2022-2023 season. The Celtics acquired Richardson from the Dallas
8:23 PM ET Tony Finau first held up a trophy, victorious on the PGA Tour, in 2016 at the Puerto Rico Open at Coco Beach. Since that win, Finau has had 40 top-10 finishes, eight second-place finishes and five years without holding another trophy. Only Louis Oosthuizen has had more runners-up finishes (11) than Finau
Aug 23, 2021 Bryson DeChambeau has accepted an invitation to compete in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship in Mesquite, Nev., on Sept. 27. DeChambeau posted on Instagram that he believes that long-drive competitions are an opportunity to help grow the game of golf. “I want to show the world how incredibly talented and
11:13 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton will remain away from the team until Thursday due to a “misunderstanding” on COVID-19 tests “conducted away from NFL facilities,” the club announced. Newton’s absence comes after he traveled to a Patriots-approved medical appointment that required him to leave the New England region,
4:54 PM ET Associated Press J.R. Smith is finally getting the college-athlete experience he missed out on nearly two decades ago. The 16-year NBA veteran who skipped college basketball, won two world championships and made millions is now a freshman walk-on for the North Carolina A&T men’s golf team. Now, instead of first-class cross-country travel