12:20 PM ET Cameron Wolfe The World Boxing Council has ordered rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia to face contender Javier Fortuna for the interim lightweight title and right to be mandatory challenger to champion Devin Haney. The negotiation period has begun for a Garcia-Fortuna bout with a purse bid scheduled for April 16 if no
Ineos Grenadiers’ Adam Yates retained the green and white leaders’ jersey on the Volta a Catalunya’s fourth stage. Yates came fourth, just behind team-mate Geraint Thomas, the pair crossing the line seven seconds behind Esteban Chaves of Bike Exchange, who ended nearly two years without a victory. Ineos now make up the top three overall
6:06 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United remain committed to handing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a new contract and the Norwegian’s future does not depend on lifting a trophy this season, sources have told ESPN. United are yet to win any silverware under Solskjaer and saw another chance missed when they were knocked out of the
Eoin Morgan has been ruled out of the last two ODIs of the series against India.© AFP England captain Eoin Morgan will miss the last two ODIs of the three-match series against India after he sustained a split webbing between his thumb and index finger during the first ODI on Tuesday, England and Wales Cricket
7:00 AM ET As Nick Saban told ESPN’s Chris Low last fall, “Good defense doesn’t beat good offense anymore.” College football is increasingly becoming an offense-driven sport, and few have adjusted better than Saban and Alabama. The Crimson Tide had arguably the greatest offense in college football history in 2020, leading the nation in efficiency
11:18 AM ET Assoicated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka has undergone surgery for an injury to his left foot. Wawrinka said Thursday that he would be out “for a few weeks,” with the French Open starting May 23. He won at Roland Garros in 2015. “After having some problems in
10:55 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 When Britain’s Ricky Hatton made his professional debut in 1997, he recalled hardly anyone turning up at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes to
8:43 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Rory MacDonald‘s 2015 challenge of UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler was an absolute classic. A year and a half after Lawler had edged out MacDonald by split decision in a nontitle bout, they went at each other relentlessly for the belt for 21 bloody, bruising minutes. MacDonald wobbled Lawler with
7:00 AM ET What do you do with Jose Altuve when you are ranking the top 100 MLB players for 2021? MVP in 2017, All-Star in 2018, a career-high 31 home runs in 2019 … and then came the sign-stealing scandal, the pandemic and a terrible 2020 season in which he hit .219 (only to
2:57 PM ET Wide receiver T.Y. Hilton is returning to the Indianapolis Colts on a one-year, $10 million deal, including $8 million guaranteed, his agents, Jason and Michael Katz, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The 31-year-old Hilton has spent the majority of his nine NFL seasons at the No. 1 receiver for the Colts, but he
7:00 AM ET As Carolina Hurricanes top-line center Sebastian Aho explained to ESPN in 2019: “Our team’s identity comes from Rod [Brind’Amour].” The team’s coach, who captained the Canes to their only Stanley Cup in 2006, is demanding, but he empowers his players. At 50, Brind’Amour still lives up to his nickname “Rod the Bod,”
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli confirmed last week that he would open the batting in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), but team director Mike Hesson has said that the idea of Kohli playing as an opener was discussed before the mini-auction in February. RCB is set to play the IPL 2021 opener
5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent In July 2015, a few hours after Manchester United had comfortably beaten Barcelona 3-1 on their preseason tour of the United States, Louis van Gaal sat in a Santa Clara hotel room and declared it “the year of Luke Shaw.” It has taken longer than he expected, but the Dutchman’s
12:36 AM ET The Texas Longhorns are pausing spring football practice because of COVID-19, it was announced on Wednesday. The school said in a statement the move was made out of an “abundance of caution” as a result of “student-athletes impacted by COVID-19 protocols.” The school said meetings on Thursday will be virtual and that
12:31 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry repeatedly insisted Wednesday night that he doesn’t know what will happen between now and Thursday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline. But that didn’t stop an air of finality from hanging over the proceedings following a 135-111 victory over the Denver Nuggets, as the greatest player in
7:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors Over the past three days, we have revealed our MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in baseball for the 2021 season. Now that the full ranking has been unveiled, it’s time for the real fun to begin — debating who is too high, too low and who should
5:13 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Alexei Popyrin built on his recent momentum by beating Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 7-6 (4) Wednesday on the first day of men’s play at the Miami Open. Popyrin, a 21-year-old Australian who won his first ATP Tour title late last month in Singapore, will next play big-serving American Reilly
8:27 PM ET Brooklyn Nets star James Harden will not play against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. Harden has been experiencing neck soreness since he collided with Garrison Mathews on Sunday in the Nets’ win over the Wizards. Harden was listed as questionable ahead of the Nets’ game against the Trail Blazers on Tuesday