12:05 PM ET The Erling Haaland roadshow is in full swing, just as it was nearly 18 months ago, pre-pandemic. Back then, he was a man-child of a center-forward who was banging in goals for Jesse Marsch’s RB Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga (16 in 14 games) and the Champions League (eight in six) and
4:46 AM ET This year’s French Open has been postponed by a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will begin on May 30, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced on Thursday. The claycourt Grand Slam, which was postponed by four months last year and took place in front of limited crowds, will finish on
7:00 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 As the son of a famous boxer, Conor Benn has dealt with high expectations early in his career. Sometimes he wonders whether he should
Nico Hulkenberg has joined Aston Martin as their reserve and development driver. The German drove for the team three times last year, when it was known as Racing Point, when drivers Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll contracted Covid-19. The 33-year-old was a race driver for the outfit from 2012 to 2016, when it was called
IPL 2021: Ravindra Jadeja will be aiming to put in match-winning displays for CSK.© Instagram The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) held in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 changed fortunes for one of the most consistent sides in the history of the event, Chennai Super Kings. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led contingent
12:43 AM ET After missing almost two months because of a left hamstring strain, Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant quieted any lingering doubts about his health as the playoffs near: He looked like same superstar he has always been. Durant, coming off the bench in his return from a 23-game absence, scored 17 points on
8:05 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-ranked Ash Barty easily won her first clay-court match in two years, cruising past Japan’s Misaki Doi 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday in the WTA’s Volvo Car Open. Barty, fresh off a championship run at the Miami Open the past two weeks, had little trouble moving from hard
6:18 PM ET UFC middleweight Darren Till laid into Marvin Vettori in a social media post Wednesday, shortly after Vettori publicly questioned the validity of an injury Till disclosed last week. Till (18-3-1) was scheduled to face Vettori (16-3-1) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas, but he withdrew
5:11 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — The head of the search committee to pick a successor to retiring Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said the school hopes to make a hire “within a few months.” Peter Miller, the chair of Wisconsin’s athletic board, wouldn’t get more specific than that. Alvarez announced his retirement
9:43 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Wednesday agreed to a deal with free-agent cornerback A.J. Bouye as they attempt to improve their secondary heading into this month’s NFL draft. Bouye, a Pro Bowler in 2017, will be suspended for the first two games of the 2021 season as part of a
11:24 PM ET Demetrious Johnson, one of the most dominant champions in mixed martial arts history, suffered a crushing defeat to Adriano Moraes on Wednesday during a landmark night for Asian-based promotion One Championship. The One Championship event took place in Singapore and was aired live in the U.S. on TNT, marking the company’s first
10:15 PM ET The New York Islanders have made a splashy play ahead of the NHL’s Apr. 12 trade deadline, dealing for veteran New Jersey Devils forwards Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac. The Isles dealt depth players A.J. Greer and Mason Jobst to the Devils, along with their first-round pick in the 2021 draft, and
10:02 AM ET Christian Pulisic‘s debut season with Chelsea went about as well as could reasonably be expected. Following his 58 million move in Jan. 2019, the United States winger racked up nine goals and six assists in the Premier League, emerging as one of Frank Lampard’s leading lights when league play resumed after a
7:28 PM ET ESPN News Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Bobby Bowden, the former Florida State football coach who led the Seminoles to two national titles, received the inaugural Florida Medal of Freedom at a ceremony Wednesday hosted by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Bowden, 91, is one of college football’s winningest coaches. He coached Florida State from
7:35 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Because of a scheduling conflict with another prominent pro day, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan were unable to attend Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields‘ first pro day on March 30. Now, as Shanahan and Lynch hoped and expected, they will get another
2:42 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Less than a minute into his first game as a member of the LA Clippers, DeMarcus Cousins maneuvered his way around Enes Kanter, tapped an offensive rebound to himself and scored on a putback right in front of a delighted Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. Making his debut for the
6:24 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Alice Headley Chandler, who founded Mill Ridge Farm and built a Hall of Fame career as a breeder of champion racing thoroughbreds, has died. She was 95. The farm stated in a release that Chandler died peacefully at home Tuesday. Her son Headley, Mill Ridge’s general manager,
5:00 PM ET UFC 261 is just over two weeks away, yet the fact Jorge Masvidal knows he’ll be in the main event on April 24 against welterweight champ Kamaru Usman puts Masvidal in a better place than he was the last time they fought. Masvidal was a late replacement to challenge Usman at UFC