8:06 AM ET LAS VEGAS — It was early 2017, and UFC president Dana White was giving a tour of the promotion’s headquarters to Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, whose entertainment and media agency had recently purchased the UFC’s parent company, Zuffa. While walking down a second-floor hallway, the Hollywood agent turned and looked out an
Former Formula 1 driver Johnny Dumfries has died at the age of 62. The Scotsman raced under a pseudonym to disguise his aristocratic background – he was John Crichton-Stuart, the seventh Marquess of Bute. Dumfries spent a year in F1 in 1986 with Lotus, where he was a subordinate team-mate to Ayrton Senna. His best
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have said that they are reconsidering giving No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. This comes after Shakib had openly slammed BCB for misinterpreting his letter when he asked the board for allowance to play in the IPL and not take part
7:18 AM ET Greatness can sometimes come in second. We’ve had some unbelievable college football talents land at our No. 2 ranking in the ESPN 300, a few who would challenge for the all-time No. 1 spot. We’ve also had some underperformers who, if ranked now, wouldn’t land in the top 10 for their respective
10:28 AM ET North Carolina has extended head coach Mack Brown’s contract through the 2025 season, putting the Hall of Fame coach on pace to still be on the sideline at age 74. UNC also extended the contracts of all 10 of Brown’s on-field assistants, the school announced Monday, with all getting three-year deals. “We’re
7:29 AM ET LeBron James‘ high ankle sprain — combined with Anthony Davis‘ continued right leg issues — has a massive impact on the Western Conference playoff picture. What does it mean for our NBA Power Rankings moving forward? Add the fact that the NBA-best Utah Jazz are showing signs of a mid-season funk, the
7:16 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com While the first event of the traditional “Sunshine Double” was canceled (or postponed) at Indian Wells for the second straight year, the Miami Open is set to get underway Monday. After not being held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, players are eager to get back to South Florida
8:00 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Cameron Wolfe Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston A native of Jackson, Miss. Saturday
7:56 AM ET In May 2018, Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward gave what he described as a “very simple and candid” response to a question about whether success on the pitch made a difference to the club’s earning power off it: “Playing performance doesn’t really have a meaningful impact on what we can do
7:00 AM ET Who will be the best players of the 2021 MLB season? As the countdown to Opening Day (Thursday, April 1) continues, we gathered ESPN’s baseball experts to determine our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in the sport. To reach our final order, we presented our panel with pairings
7:00 AM ET Joe Pavelski is having one of the best seasons of his 15-year NHL career. Though the Dallas Stars are off to a slower-than-expected start after making it to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final, Pavelski is carrying the load — especially as the team weathers early injury-related absences of Tyler Seguin, Ben Bishop
4:28 AM BST The prospect of the Super Rugby trans-Tasman crossover series proceeding as planned is no clearer after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed only that her government would announce a potential date for the opening of a travel bubble with Australia on April 6. As it stands there is only quarantine-free travel
Struggling opener Shikhar Dhawan will be the focus in a spoilt-for-choice Indian team when it takes on world champion England in a three-match ODI series starting in Pune on Tuesday with the visitors eyeing a positive end to their tour after Test and T20 debacles. The series is particularly important for the 35-year-old Dhawan, who
3:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Salvador Pérez still remembers growing up in the coastal Venezuelan city of Valencia, where as a youngster he would take batting practice against his mother with a broomstick and later play organized ball with the likes of José Altuve. He never thought a day like Sunday could be possible.
2:51 AM ET LeBron James, donning a gray, plastic walking boot, a black hooded sweatshirt and a black mask, and Anthony Davis, in a lime green jacket and a bright yellow mask, were hard to miss on the sidelines during the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 111-94 loss at the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. But Lakers point
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. Joe draft: An early takeaway on Joe Douglas’ free-agent class: This is a general manager planning to crush the 2021 NFL draft, which he believes is the most prudent way to upgrade his talent-starved roster. He needs
11:10 PM BST Another weekend of Super Rugby is in the books and there are clear competition leaders in both Australia and New Zealand. With one full cycle of Super Rugby AU behind us, the Reds sit atop the ladder with a perfect 4-0 record; their 26-19 win over the Force a fourth victory on
9:14 PM ET Another knee procedure has Brooks Koepka‘s Masters status in doubt more than two weeks prior to the start of the first major championship of 2021. Koepka, 30, a four-time major champion who won earlier this year at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, told Golfweek on Sunday that he had surgery on his