Andres Waters Aug 8, 2023, 11:00 PM ET Ahead of this week’s “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 31 lightweight matchup, coaches Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler competed in the traditional coaches challenge. This season, the coaches went head-to-head in a UFC trivia game, but with an added twist: taking an ice bath in 39-degree water the
The first full week of preseason games leading up to the 2023 NFL season starts Thursday. By the time Sunday evening rolls around, every team will have a game under its belt. ESPN NFL Nation has reporters with every team at training camps to keep you informed and updated on everything from breaking news to
Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 06:52 PM ET TORONTO — Britain’s Andy Murray started his journey for a fourth National Bank Open title by defeating Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in two sets, winning 7-6 (3), 6-0 on Tuesday. Murray, who secured titles in 2009, 2010 and 2015, saved two set points and clinched the first set
Aug 8, 2023, 04:55 PM ET Spanish manager Julen Lopetegui has left Wolverhampton Wanderers after less than a year in charge following differences of opinion, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday, three days before the start of the new season. Neither party gave detailed reasons for the Spaniard’s departure but British media reported that
Aug 8, 2023, 04:11 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays ace left-hander Shane McClanahan is “highly unlikely” to pitch again this season, according to manager Kevin Cash. McClanahan will consult another specialist on his injured left forearm before making a final decision on his status, but Cash noted that “everything is on the table” and that
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 07:07 PM ET Israel Adesanya has his next challenger and the UFC has its Australia headliner. Adesanya will defend his UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 293 on Sept. 9 in Sydney, UFC president Dana White announced Tuesday. ESPN has Adesanya No.
Aug 8, 2023, 08:05 AM ET As Team USA prepares for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, so should you. Team USA played Puerto Rico in Las Vegas Monday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in the first of five games making up the USA Basketball Showcase ahead of the World Cup. The 12-player squad,
Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 8, 2023, 10:34 AM ET On Tuesday afternoon, Team USA will take off from Las Vegas and fly about 10 hours — without Wi-Fi access, much to the dismay of the players — to Malaga, Spain, where the team will spend several days as part of its ongoing preparation for the FIBA
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 01:39 PM ET Logan Paul’s opponent in his return to boxing is set. Paul, who has parlayed his YouTube fame into a lucrative career in combat sports, will face Dillon Danis in a boxing match Oct. 14 in Manchester, England, it was announced Tuesday. It’s unclear whether it
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 01:01 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Major League Baseball released its 2023 playoff schedule Tuesday, once again featuring a best-of-three wild card series, which begins on Oct. 3, with the World Series set to start on Oct. 27.
Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 11:57 AM ET Total prize money and player compensation at this year’s U.S. Open tennis tournament will reach a record $65 million, the U.S. Tennis Association said Tuesday, noting that the number is boosted by increases in the amount of expenses covered. Last year’s total payout was about $60 million.
Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 12:32 PM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,
Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 8, 2023, 10:53 AM ET Artur Beterbiev’s unified light heavyweight championship defense vs. Callum Smith has been rescheduled for Jan. 13 in Quebec City, promoter Top Rank announced on Tuesday. Beterbiev, 38, was set to put his WBC, WBO and IBF 175-pound titles on the line vs. Smith on Aug. 19. However,
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 8, 2023, 10:45 AM ET Entering last week’s Citi Open in Washington D.C., Coco Gauff had never won a title on American soil. Nor, for that matter, had she won a title at anything other than a 250-level event. And as her last match had been a devastating first-round defeat at
Caitlin Murray, ESPNAug 8, 2023, 09:34 AM ET Close Caitlin Murray is a general editor for ESPN.com. She has reported on and written about soccer for The New York Times, The Guardian, Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, the Associated Press, and others. She authored a book about the history of the U.S. women’s national team called
Jorge Sedano Mar 15, 2020, 10:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Feb. 21, 2020. Watch “D. Wade: Life Unexpected” anytime on ESPN+. PAT RILEY DOESN’T have many regrets over the course of his career. But one sticks with him: Dwyane Wade‘s departure from the Miami Heat in 2016. “I was
Aug 8, 2023, 09:05 AM ET “Dana White’s Contender Series” returns this week for Season 7. The show has been the path for many of the talented fighters on the UFC’s roster today, including former UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill, “Suga” Sean O’Malley, who will challenge Aljamain Sterling for the men’s bantamweight belt at
Aug 8, 2023, 06:53 AM ET Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius has stepped in at short notice to fight former world champion Anthony Joshua in London on Saturday after Dillian Whyte was ruled out for failing a drugs test test. Promoters Matchroom said on Tuesday the 39-year-old ‘Nordic Nightmare’, who fought in Finland at the weekend,