9:18 AM ET Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Maurice Hooker grew up roughly 15 minutes from each other in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. This weekend, they will continue to pursue the same dream they’ve lived for most of their lives, as they fight one another in a high-stakes boxing clash. But this night will be different,
6:53 AM ET What is projected to happen in the 2021 NBA draft lottery? This will be the third lottery since the NBA flattened the odds, which introduced more uncertainty at the top of the draft order. Last season, the Minnesota Timberwolves won the lottery with the league’s third-worst record and the Charlotte Hornets jumped
8:08 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Wimbledon organizers are expecting to have a reduced number of spectators for this year’s tournament because of coronavirus restrictions. The All England Club said Thursday it was remaining “flexible” as it reacts to changing circumstances amid the pandemic as the British government follows a road map out of
Last updated on 25 minutes ago25 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman’s “fitness to practise is impaired by reason of his misconduct”, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has ruled. The MPTS will now consider what sanction, if any, to impose. The General Medical Council (GMC) recently
Mar 17, 2021 Part of the magic of the NCAA tournament is the little guy knocking off the big guy, especially in the early rounds and against all odds. But when you get to this point, talent usually wins out. We’re down to 16 teams in ESPN’s fictional NCAA football tournament. Here’s how we got
6:00 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 Lawrence Okolie’s first world title fight on Saturday comes as part of a busy month for the cruiserweight boxer, whose forthcoming book follows the
The inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place on the sport’s fastest street circuit, claims Formula 1. The track will be on the coast about seven miles north of Jeddah and will be the second longest on the F1 calendar, at 6.175km (3.84 miles). Simulations suggest the average lap speed will be 155mph, among
Former India cricketer Suresh Raina, who had missed the Indian Premier League 2020, is “super excited” about joining the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad ahead of this year’s tournament. Raina had missed the 13th edition of the cash-rich league after pulling out of the tournament due to personal reasons. The star batsman has been a
2:29 AM ET DALLAS — Sometimes it doesn’t matter who defends Luka Doncic. Case in point — or 42 points, actually — Paul George, the LA Clippers superstar whose name always comes up in conversations about the NBA’s premier perimeter stoppers. Doncic made the four-time All-Defensive selection look foolish on numerous occasions during his masterful
11:51 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers, scuffling for most of March, knew they already had an uphill battle to reclaim their early-season form and get back into playoff position. The hill seems even larger now. The New York Rangers, inconsistent themselves most of the season, woke up in a major way Wednesday night, trouncing the
11:50 PM ET Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says his side should fear no one in the Champions League after the London club secured a spot in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2014 with Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid. Goals from Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri helped Chelsea complete a 3-0 aggregate win
5:34 PM ET The entire New York Rangers coaching staff is unavailable for Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers due to COVID-19 protocols. The team’s AHL coach, Kris Knoblauch, will fill in for Rangers coach David Quinn. Associate GM Chris Drury and Hartford Wolf Pack associate head coach Gord Miller will also be on the
8:08 PM ET Former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Curtis Samuel is signing a three-year, $34.5 million deal with the Washington Football Team, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. A second-round draft pick by the Panthers out of Ohio State in 2017, Samuel finally met expectations this past season under offensive coordinator Joe Brady, who took
12:43 PM ET HOUSTON — Two civil lawsuits have been filed against Deshaun Watson alleging inappropriate conduct during massages, on two separate occasions by two separate plaintiffs. The first lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday night and appeared on the Harris County district clerk’s website on Wednesday morning, alleges inappropriate conduct in a massage therapist’s home
7:05 PM ET Associated Press A year after a bout with COVID-19 denied him a chance to be the Boston Red Sox‘s Opening Day starter, Eduardo Rodríguez is getting a do-over. Manager Alex Cora made the announcement Wednesday following Boston’s 9-1 spring training win over the Minnesota Twins. Rodríguez threw an efficient 55 pitches, striking
7:23 PM ET The Houston Rockets have agreed to a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks that will send P.J. Tucker, Rodions Kurucs and the Bucks’ 2022 first-round pick back to Milwaukee for D.J. Augustin, D.J. Wilson and a 2023 unprotected first-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Houston also gets the right to
6:58 PM ET Associated Press Russian players continued their dominance at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Wednesday as Ekaterina Alexandrova, Vera Zvonareva and Svetlana Kuznetsova all booked their places in the quarterfinals. The top-seeded Alexandrova won 6-3, 6-4 against Tereza Martincova after twice coming from a break down in the second set. She will
7:09 PM ET LONDON — Thomas Tuchel last week described a squad Frank Lampard often lamented for being too big as of “perfect size,” and here Chelsea proved why his opinion carries more weight. The Blues are through to their first Champions League quarterfinal since 2014 with a 2-0 win (3-0 on aggregate) over Atletico