3:27 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN David Benavidez tested positive for COVID-19, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, postponing his Aug. 28 fight with Jose Uzcategui in Phoenix that was set to headline Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Showtime, The 24-year-old volume puncher, one of boxing’s rising stars, has been pushing toward an eventual shot at the
12:45 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award;
12:25 PM ET The Chicago White Sox placed Cy Young candidate Carlos Rodon on the 10-day injured list with left arm soreness, the team announced Wednesday. Rodon, 28, is 9-5 with a 2.38 ERA in 19 starts this season and could be out longer than the required 10 days. “We’re going to err on the
1:54 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — After pulling out of the hard-court tournament in Toronto this week, Rafael Nadal said Wednesday he was also withdrawing from the upcoming event in Cincinnati because of an injured left foot that has troubled him for months. The decision by the 20-time Grand Slam champion means he is
1:12 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Justin Rose of England has been selected to receive the Payne Stewart Award, one of the premier awards on the PGA Tour that recognizes character, sportsmanship and a commitment to charity. The award is named after the three-time major champion who died in a private
Jasprit Bumrah poses for a selfie with his wife Sanjana Ganesan.© Instagram Sanjana Ganesan took to social media to post an adorable photograph with husband Jasprit Bumrah. The pacer is currently with the Indian cricket team for their ongoing five-match Test series against England. The duo tied the knot in March this year and they
1:15 PM ET Associated Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Winnipeg Jets have avoided arbitration and signed defenseman Neal Pionk to a four-year contract worth roughly $23.5 million. The 26-year-old Pionk will earn about $5.8 million per year, the team said in a statement Wednesday. The Jets acquired the Nebraska native in a 2019 trade with
1:20 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Becky Hammon can’t wait for the time when it’s normal for women to interview for head-coaching positions in the NBA and their gender isn’t the story. “It’s huge and important. It’s something that can’t be [checking] the box,” the Spurs assistant told The Associated Press. “You have
England could be without both Stuart Broad and James Anderson in a home Test for the first time in nearly a decade following a double injury setback at Lord’s. Broad, 35, has been ruled out of the rest of the five-match series against India after pulling up with a calf problem ahead of the second
9:00 AM ET Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei has partnered with Dr. Pepper and will appear in its popular “Fansville” ad campaign throughout the college football season, the company announced Wednesday. Uiagalelei will be the only active collegiate player featured in the “Fansville” commercials, which chronicle the lives of rival fans in a fictional college football
2:08 PM ET The PGA Tour heads to Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC this week for the Wyndham Championship, an event that Jim Herman snuck up and won last year. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worth considering? Sports betting deputy editor David Bearman
8:41 AM ET The most unusual of golf seasons will come to an end this week in Greensboro, North Carolina. Well, the regular season will. Golf is an all-year deal, but the PGA Tour’s version will conclude at the Wyndham Championship, to be followed by three playoff events to determine its season-long champion. This week
7:17 AM ET NFL NationESPN Whether you are a fantasy football hawk, a super fan of your favorite team or prepping to place NFL bets in 2021, figuring out who will come out on top of key position battles is an important part of the preseason. The New Orleans Saints, New England Patriots and Denver
7:32 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Guillermo Rigondeaux has heard it all before. He’s boring. Unwatchable. The opposite of entertaining. The two-time Olympic gold medalist absorbed all the criticism even as he was boxing circles around his opponents. Nonito Donaire, then the reigning ESPN fighter of the year, was thoroughly outboxed by Rigondeaux in 2013. Despite
7:30 AM ET With a new college football season approaching, we will see new faces step into starting roles and new players make a name for themselves for their respective teams. The transfer portal has added a whole new element to the list of new players who could impact a team’s production, as some high-end
5:00 AM ET Lionel Messi spoke at his first news conference as a Paris Saint-Germain player on Wednesday and said after a “very hard” end to his Barcelona career, his target is to win the Champions League again. PSG announced Messi’s arrival on Tuesday with the former Barcelona player signing a two-year contract, with the
Having completed rehabilitation for the shoulder surgery Shreyas Iyer underwent, the batsman has thanked everyone who helped him recover. He has said it is now time to get back onto the field and let the bat do the talking. Taking to Twitter, Shreyas wrote, “Ready to go out there. Ready to fight. Ready to play..Thank you
7:26 AM BST After a one-off Tri Nations tournament last year, the Rugby Championship is back to decide southern hemisphere rugby supremacy in 2021. Fresh off their 2-1 series defeat of the British & Irish Lions, the Springboks will rejoin the All Blacks, Wallabies and Pumas after South Africa opted out of last year’s tournament