10:28 PM ET Jaime Munguia will have a new opponent in his main event on June 19 in El Paso, Texas, with Kamil Szeremeta stepping in on short-notice to take the bout, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Munguia (36-0, 29 KO), the former WBO light middleweight champion, has since moved up to middleweight.
3:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews and Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon have been named the finalists for the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP. McDavid, considered the likely winner of the award, dominated the 2020-21 scoring race with 105 points in 56
1:56 PM ET Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. — A Virginia Tech freshman linebacker charged in the fatal beating of a Tinder match has been released on bail. Isi Etute was granted bond Wednesday, news outlets reported. Prosecutors initially filed an expedited appeal that would have kept the 18-year-old from Virginia Beach in jail for up
Trent Boult took two wickets in two balls on his return to New Zealand duty before England fought back to be 258-7 at Stumps on the first day of the second and final Test at Edgbaston on Thursday. The hosts were 85-3 and 175-6 but opener Rory Burns’ 81 and Dan Lawrence’s 67 not out
2:09 PM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Organizers of a NASCAR racing series in North Carolina have apologized after a car with a Confederate flag decal competed in a race last weekend, violating the governing body’s ban. The flag was spotted inside Lee Stimpson’s car Saturday night at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, the
6:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens running back Gus Edwards was about sign his two-year $10 million extension on Monday when he thought to pick up his phone and share the moment with his father. “What’s crazy is that my father is actually in Liberia right now,” Edwards said. “He was like,
8:12 PM ET A jury in Houston took just a few hours on Wednesday to find Baylor University and three former football players not responsible for the alleged sexual assault of a former female student athlete in 2017. The trial, which started May 20, was presented as a test of whether Baylor had changed its
1:12 PM ET Former Ole Miss starting linebacker Jacquez Jones has transferred to Kentucky, the school announced Thursday. Jones, a two-year starter, led Ole Miss with 75 tackles last season. The Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native will be immediately eligible with two years of eligibility remaining. “We are thrilled to add Jacquez to our team,” Kentucky coach
7:45 AM ET LAS VEGAS — As the Vegas Golden Knights grind away in their thrilling second round series against the Colorado Avalanche, the team’s most productive line has been the second line. Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson and Reilly Smith have scored eight goals in five games against Colorado. Coach Peter DeBoer called the trio
12:27 PM BST Eddie Jones has included 21 uncapped players in his initial 34-man squad for Tests against the United States and Canada, giving them an opportunity to make their mark in the absence of a host of unavailable regulars. Jones will be without 12 players involved in the British & Irish Lions squad, while
7:00 AM ET Ten weeks into the MLB season, we have the fourth No. 1 team of the 2021 campaign atop our MLB Power Rankings. Which American League team is playing well enough to bump the San Diego Padres from the top spot? Which National League club managed to pass the Padres in the Senior
12:36 PM ET The Euros are here! Get ready for Euro 2020 with our comprehensive preview. Will England dazzle? Will France dominate? Can Ronaldo lead Portugal to a second consecutive Euro title? ESPN Illustration At long last, Euro 2020 is here! Twenty-four teams across 11 host cities promise to make the Euros a festival of football
Rashid Khan’s last-over heroics helped Lahore Qalanders to a thrilling win over Islamabad United.© Lahore Qalanders/Twitter Lahore Qalandars all-rounder Rashid Khan has said that his plan was to find the gaps and not look for big shots in the match against Islamabad United in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL). Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan starred
6:29 AM ET The Boston Bruins were sent home on Wednesday night, and the New York Islanders are the third team to reach the Stanley Cup semifinals. Tonight, the Colorado Avalanche — the top team in the regular season — will try to avoid a similar fate as the Bruins. But the Avs’ task isn’t
2:03 AM ET Chris Paul plans. He planned when he forced a trade out of New Orleans a decade ago. He planned when he creatively leveraged a contract option to get himself to Houston. He planned when he helped change an arcane age rule in the collective bargaining agreement that enabled him the chance to
8:38 AM ET Shakur Stevenson’s smile disappears. He’s approached with the one question that he’s thought about plenty over the past six months: What’s next? It’s frustrated him. He’s tired of waiting. Stevenson sits up straight, looks ahead and without hesitation says, “I want Oscar Valdez next. Nothing else. That’s the big fight. That’s the
8:23 AM ET Saturday’s UFC 263 main event in Glendale, Arizona will feature middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, defending his belt against Marvin Vettori. It is a rematch of a non-title bout that took place in April 2018, coincidentally, in Glendale. Adesanya (20-1) defeated Vettori (17-3-1) via split decision in a three-round fight in which Adesanya
6:00 AM ET The future power rankings series has reached its annual zenith with the team rankings. You’ve already digested top-25s for quarterbacks, offenses and defenses, and likely have a rough idea of how the team list will unfold. But the team rankings don’t always weigh everything equally, and put greater emphasis on other factors