7:52 AM ET It was 10 days before his fight with Floyd Mayweather, and YouTube star Logan Paul was asked during a phone call about the rules of the exhibition boxing match scheduled for Sunday in Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. Will there be judges? Will knockouts be allowed? Will there even be a winner announced
8:47 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The MLB season fills a wide swath of the calendar with 162 games, an entire summertime (and beyond) of ups and downs. The NBA and NHL seasons have only half as many games, but the twists and turns keep the ride going for months. The same is true in the
10:00 AM ET The 2021 MLB draft is less than two months away, with this year’s event scheduled to be held July 11-13 in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game festivities. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the No. 1 pick, followed by the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. While there
6:55 AM ET The New York Islanders return to what should be a deafening Nassau Coliseum for Game 3 of the East Division final against the Boston Bruins, while the Carolina Hurricanes try to avoid an 0-3 deficit as their series heads to Florida against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Plus, we take a look at
Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram is celebrating his 55th birthday on Thursday. On the special occasion, several past and present cricketers extended their greetings to the ‘Swing King of Pakistan’. However, one wish that stood out from the plethora of messages on social media came from his wife Shaniera Akram. Shaniera on Thursday used
2:17 AM ET LOS ANGELES — From the moment Luka Doncic declared for the NBA draft in 2018, this game was coming. The game when it became clear he wasn’t just a great talent, but one who was ready to lead a team to a win against any opponent, in any playoff series, in any
7:56 PM ET Fresh of his triumph in the UEFA Champions League with club side Chelsea, United States men’s national team attacker Christian Pulisic said it’s a case of getting “right back to work” in the CONCACAF Nations League. It was on Saturday that the Blues overcame Manchester City to claim their second UCL triumph.
3:56 PM ET MIAMI — Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino has spent the past 20 years watching new-era players break his numerous records, but there’s one Miami Dolphins family mark that he wholeheartedly wants to see preserved: Don Shula’s NFL-best 328 wins (347 including playoffs). Shula, who coached Marino for the first 13 years
10:51 AM ET Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Former mixed martial arts fighter Tito Ortiz has resigned from his position on the City Council of Huntington Beach, California, saying he was prompted to quit because of attacks by the media. Ortiz, who was the city’s mayor pro tem, announced his resignation Tuesday night during
10:35 PM ET Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans was taken off the ice on a stretcher following a hard hit from Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele in the final seconds of Wednesday night’s second-round playoff series opener. With 56.9 seconds remaining in Montreal’s 5-3 Game 1 victory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Evans scored an empty-net goal
10:12 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Clay Feagler two-putted from 35 feet on the 18th hole to wrap up Pepperdine’s first men’s golf national championship in 24 years, a 3-2 victory over Oklahoma on Wednesday at Grayhawk Golf Club. Pepperdine took an early lead on a sizzling day in the desert, allowed Oklahoma
6:20 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — At last year’s French Open, amid the gloom and cold, one thing shone more brightly than anything else: the drop shot. In French, it’s called l’amorti, (the literal translation of which means “cushioning”), and during the cooler, autumn conditions of the 2020 pandemic-altered Roland Garros, it was the
Virat Kohli will lead Team India in six Test matches in England.© Instagram Indian men’s and women’s cricket team departed for their tour to England late on Wednesday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to Twitter to share pictures of players from both teams. India men’s team’s captain Virat Kohli, women’s
7:24 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis, who has missed the past game and a half of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first-round series against the Phoenix Suns because of a strained groin, will be a gametime decision in Thursday’s Game 6. And that decision will be made not by him but by the Lakers’
9:20 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” On the corner of two unpaved roads in a little Florida town sits a ramshackle green-and-white house that for years looked like the site of a cult gathering, and in a way
8:46 PM ET LSU announced Wednesday that James Cregg is out as the Tigers’ offensive line coach. No reason was given for Cregg’s departure, which leaves LSU searching for a new coach during a time when most vacancies have already been filled. What’s more, the NCAA recruiting dead period was just lifted Tuesday. 2 Related
4:38 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio – A viral video that caught the emotion of a mini-tour golfer who had qualified for his first PGA Tour event moved Justin Thomas enough to want to offer his support. Not just in the form of encouragement, but money. As in a check he handed to Michael Visacki last
5:27 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The LPGA Tour’s CP Women’s Open was canceled Wednesday because of logistical challenges and border restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled for Vancouver’s Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club on Aug. 26-29. Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific said Shaughnessy will host the 2023