8:33 PM ET The UFC has added a heavyweight matchup between Alexander Volkov and Walt Harris to its UFC 254 pay-per-view lineup in October, sources confirmed to ESPN. UFC 254 is scheduled to take place on Oct. 24 at a location to be determined. UFC president Dana White revealed this week it will feature a
7:00 PM ET Four Power 5 conferences have announced their preferred scheduling models, as the SEC joins the Big Ten and Pac-12 in going with conference-only games. The SEC is now planning on playing a 10-game season starting on Sept. 26. The Big 12 is expected to decide next week. What do all these decisions
7:20 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defending champion Brooks Koepka matched his career best with an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over Rickie Fowler in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Koepka had nine birdies and a bogey on a windy day at TPC Southwind in the World Golf Championship
6:01 PM ET Veteran running back LeSean McCoy has reached agreement on a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. “He’s very excited to play with established vets like [Tom] Brady and Gronk [Rob Gronkowski] in trying to win another championship,” Rosenhaus told ESPN. The addition
4:32 PM ET The SEC presidents and chancellors on Thursday approved a 10-game, conference-only football schedule for the fall that begins on Sept. 26. The SEC title game is scheduled for Dec. 19, two weeks later than planned, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The schedule includes one open date for each school in the middle
1:00 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Basketball is back. Finally. After 141 days, the NBA will return inside of the bubble at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort on Thursday night. It feels as if the world has changed a dozen times since the night of March
2:50 PM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC And then there were eight. Both of last season’s MLS Cup finalists, Toronto FC and winners Seattle Sounders, were knocked out in the MLS is Back Tournament’s round of 16, leaving a diverse field of quarterfinalists comprised of clubs vying for the Supporters’ Shield, along with one or two
8:47 PM ET Steve KimESPN Stephen Fulton has been ruled out of Saturday’s bout against Angelo Leo after testing positive for the coronavirus. Tramaine Williams (19-0, 6 KOs), who was scheduled to face Ra’eese Aleem (16-0, 10 KOs) in the Showtime co-main event, will now face Leo (19-0, 9 KOs). The bout remains for the
12:43 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies have canceled all activities at Citizens Bank Park, including a weekend series against the Blue Jays, after a member of the coaching staff and a member of the home clubhouse staff tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced Thursday. The Phillies said no players have tested positive. As
5:39 PM ET Steve KimESPN Jamal James and Thomas Dulorme will meet for the WBA welterweight interim title in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The fight was originally scheduled for April 11 at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but it
4:00 PM ET ESPN staff After 16 seasons of suiting up for the Chargers, quarterback Philip Rivers threw passes on Thursday in Indianapolis Colts gear — just one of many jolting new-team images from the 2020 NFL training camp. Rookies around the league tried on their new NFL uniforms, and at least one Buccaneers player
3:54 PM BST The remaining rounds of the Six Nations Championship will be played on Oct. 24 and 31 after World Rugby approved dates for the temporary 2020 COVID-19 calendar on Thursday. The World Rugby Council approved an adjustment to allow the release of players for new international windows after the pandemic forced the sport’s
3:32 PM ET Ally wasn’t interested in Rubik’s Cubes until she made her way home to New Jersey after a seven-month stay at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She was diagnosed with brain cancer at 11 years old, underwent radiation, then seven grueling months of chemotherapy. Upon her return home, she picked up a Rubik’s
Leading Formula 1 drivers say they believe they should continue with their pre-race anti-racism demonstrations throughout the year. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen are among those who have joined Lewis Hamilton in supporting that plan. Leclerc said: “We should definitely keep fighting on that because it is not going
Jul 27, 2020 Edmen Shahbazyan, 22 years old and undefeated, will get his first big test on Saturday when he faces veteran middleweight Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. The fight was moved to the top of the bill from the co-main event
Racing Point’s Sergio Perez is in isolation after an inconclusive Covid-19 test result before this weekend’s British Grand Prix. The 30-year-old Mexican has since been re-tested and is awaiting the outcome. Perez was absent from his scheduled media duties at Silverstone on Thursday and will not be allowed to race if he returns a positive
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton says he intends to be in Formula 1 for “at least another three years”. The 35-year-old world champion is out of contract with Mercedes at the end of this year but said he planned to continue “for the foreseeable future”. Hamilton is preparing for the British Grand Prix, which he has
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” It became clear a couple of years ago that Major League Baseball and its commissioner, Rob Manfred, were working toward an inevitable introduction of weird extra-innings rules, and in this space we