10:22 AM ET While Tom Brady is breaking records on the field, he continues to break records off the field as well. Brady’s rookie card sold in March for $1.32 million, believed to be a record high for any football card, and now the same type of card has blown past that record, selling for
11:04 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight showdown between two former title challengers in Gilbert Burns and Stephen Thompson on July 10, UFC president Dana White said Friday night. Contracts have not been signed, according to sources, but both sides have verbally agreed to the 170-pound matchup. The bout will take place at
11:05 AM ET A featherweight bout between Chan Sung Jung and Dan Ige will headline a UFC Fight Night event on June 19, multiple sources told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, but the UFC is working on finalizing the 145-pound contest. The promotion has not announced an official location for the event. Ige (15-3)
10:05 PM ET Cris Cyborg will put her Bellator women’s featherweight title on the line against Leslie Smith on May 21, the promotion announced Friday night during the Bellator 255 broadcast. Cyborg beat Smith in 2016 in what was Cyborg’s UFC debut. Cyborg (23-2, 1 NC) is one of the best female fighters of all
12:11 AM ET Welcome to the record books, Yermin Mercedes. The Chicago White Sox rookie went 8-for-8 to start 2021, the most consecutive hits to start a season by any player in the modern era (since 1900). Mercedes, who had one major league at-bat entering the season, going 0-for-1 in 2020, has started at DH
12:20 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight bout between Demian Maia and Belal Muhammad for a pay-per-view event on June 12, multiple sources told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, however, verbal agreements are in place, sources said. The bout will take place at UFC 263 at a location to be announced. Maia
India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has said that he feels for right-handed batter Hanuma Vihari as he should have been a part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. Pujara was picked up by CSK for INR 50 lakh in the players’ auction which was held in February this year while
10:20 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — The PGA Tour and the PGA of America on Saturday each issued statements in response to Georgia’s controversial new voting laws, with the Tour saying it will not move its season-ending event to be played in the state in August. The Masters Tournament, which begins this week at Augusta
6:16 PM 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 In a crossroads fight for Jamel Herring and Carl Frampton, the winner was left looking forward to a world title unification fight while the
10:13 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis responded to a crash scene involving his personal security guard on Saturday, sources close to Davis confirmed to ESPN. Davis’ security guard, Garrett “GP” Pullman, was riding a motorcycle at the time of the collision and needed to be taken to a local hospital for observation,
8:34 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Rock Your World won the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby by 4 1/4 lengths on Saturday over 4-5 favorite Medina Spirit, preventing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert from earning his 10th win in the West Coast’s prep for the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, Rock Your
6:44 PM 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 Jamel Herring sent Carl Frampton into retirement with a sixth-round TKO win in a third defense of his WBO world junior lightweight title Saturday.
6:11 PM ET LONDON — They are not the absentees most often rued during a season Liverpool find themselves needing to rescue, but Diogo Jota and Fabinho provided a useful reminder on Saturday of what Jurgen Klopp’s side have been missing. The Reds were utterly dominant in easing to a 3-0 win over a dreadfully
6:28 PM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels reliever Ty Buttrey is walking away from baseball, saying he’s lost his affection for the game. “I just wanted to prove everyone wrong,” the 28-year-old posted on social media Saturday. “As time went on baseball became more of a business and less of
1:53 PM ET The Vancouver Canucks‘ season remains on pause as a COVID outbreak that has hit the team has gone from bad to worse. The team added seven players to league’s COVID protocol list on Saturday, bringing the total number of players to 14. Sources told ESPN that two coaches were also added to
5:15 PM ET Associated Press D.J. Uiagalelei took charge of Clemson‘s offense Saturday as the Tigers closed spring practice with the Orange and White game. It was the first spring in several years that Clemson was without its two main offensive playmakers, quarterback Trevor Lawrence and tailback Travis Etienne. Both were instrumental in helping the
6:07 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Many words can be summoned to describe Augusta National, the long-time home of the Masters and one of the most famous golf courses in the world. Sometimes, like in golf, it’s best to just keep it simple. “Magical,” said Olivia Mehaffey, one of 30 players who made it to
5:21 PM BST Champions England were off to a flying start in their women’s Six Nations title defence as they beat Scotland 52-10 in a dominant performance in a Pool A encounter on Saturday. The postponed tournament is being played in a condensed format with two pools of three teams each, with the pool toppers