8:00 AM ET The seventh full week of the spring football season wasn’t the most stirring. We still saw our share of thrillers — ETSU and Austin Peay ended VMI’s and Murray State’s unbeaten runs, respectively. The Citadel came back to upset Wofford and Weber State pulled off its weekly survive-by-the-skin-of-your-teeth routine, etc. Of 28
8:30 AM ET For UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori, the past year has been equal parts rewarding and frustrating. Vettori (16-3-1) will face Kevin Holland (21-6) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday afternoon — just the second UFC event to air on ABC (3 p.m. ET, prelims at noon on ESPN, early
7:54 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Travis Lutter used to hate it when UFC middleweight Kevin Holland talked during competition. Lutter, who’s based in Fort Worth, Texas, and has been Holland’s head MMA coach for more than a decade, never had a problem with anything Holland said specifically — he just doesn’t believe an athlete
7:00 AM ET The reigning 2020 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers enter the 2021 season as a favorite to repeat. In fact, the best-case scenario for this year’s L.A. squad is downright scary. But that doesn’t mean the rest of the league is just going to lie down and watch the Dodgers waltz to
5:58 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The billboards started popping up across Florida one month after Gus Malzahn arrived at UCF. His picture is on them, mid fist-pump, along with a big UCF logo and this message: “The future of college football is in Orlando.” The campaign extends into Georgia, too, a not-so-subtle blitz intended
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL trade deadline is 3 p.m. ET on Monday. The New York Islanders kicked off trade season on Wednesday night, acquiring veteran forwards Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac from the New Jersey Devils. But there are many more mutually beneficial deals out there to be made as contenders look to
Apr 8, 2021 Agent Mino Raiola’s attempt to create a buzz around Erling Haaland is no surprise to Manchester United. ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: Haaland would skyrocket City’s record wage bill | U.S. youngster Konrad can leave Barcelona | Torres battle heats up | Arsenal want £15m for wantaway Torreira |
1:38 AM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green said Thursday that he believes his tweets about women’s sports and the pay-gap with male athletes have been “extremely misconstrued,” saying in part, “I am on their side.” Green spoke about the topic one day after U.S. women’s national team star Megan Rapinoe ripped his remarks,
Rohit Sharma welcomed Jimmy Neesham, Adam Milne and Trent Boult after a seven-day quarantine period.© BCCI/IPL Skipper of defending champions Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma expressed his excitement to welcome the New Zealand trio of Jimmy Neesham, Adam Milne and Trent Boult after the end of their seven-day quarantine period. In a video released on the
5:54 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have signed linebacker Eric Wilson and running back Jordan Howard to one year deals, the team announced Wednesday. Wilson, 26, was tied for the league lead among linebackers with three interceptions in 2020, and he also had three sacks and eight passes defended to go with 122 tackles
7:12 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Eduardo Rodriguez won in his return from heart inflammation that caused him to miss the 2020 season, allowing three runs over five innings to lead the Boston Red Sox over Baltimore 7-3 in the Orioles’ home opener Thursday. Rafael Devers and Enrique Hernandez homered for the Red
10:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Jacob MacDonald was suspended Thursday for two games without pay for an illegal check to the head on Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman. The NHL’s department of player safety said the contact was avoidable for MacDonald, who approached Hartman on a back check and
8:13 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — This is the Augusta National that leaves you breathing fire rather than soaking in its beauty, spewing expletives rather than hosannas, walking off bewildered. Other than Justin Rose, who somehow shot 7-under-par 65 after not playing for more than a month, most of those who traversed the hallowed ground
7:48 PM ET Associated Press Only a dozen players managed to break par in the opening round of the Masters. No one was close to Justin Rose. The 40-year-old Englishman has a commanding four-stroke lead after a blistering 7-under 65. He began his surge with an eagle at No. 8 and played the final 11
5:22 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an LSU associate athletic director has accused university officials of retaliating against her for reporting racist remarks and inappropriate sexual behavior by former Tigers football coach Les Miles. Sharon Lewis’ lawsuit says she was denied pay raises and subjected
6:23 PM ET LONDON — The days of Arsenal leaving out their highest-paid player in the biggest matches were supposed to be over. Mikel Arteta could only rue his team’s naivety in conceding a stoppage-time equaliser to hand Slavia Prague a 1-1 draw and the advantage at the halfway point of this Europa League quarterfinal
5:50 PM ET Even the New York Mets called Thursday’s walk-off 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins a lucky break. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth after Jeff McNeil had tied the game with a home run leading off the inning, a 1-2 pitch on the inside corner
4:31 PM ET Associated Press Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti saved four match points before beating top-seeded Daniel Evans 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (8) Thursday to reach the Sardegna Open quarterfinals. The 19-year-old Musetti closed the match out with a drop-shot winner then slammed his racket to the clay in celebration. Musetti, who won the boys title