11:51 AM ET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — This seaside home to several resorts and casinos was a boxing hotbed for much of the 1980s through the 2000s. From 2000, when I began covering boxing full time for USA Today, through 2014, I covered dozens of fight cards in Atlantic City, including the final nine bouts
Month: January 2020
9:04 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Saturday’s UFC 246 welterweight bout against UFC superstar Conor McGregor will be Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone‘s 50th professional fight. Fifty. Five-oh. In other words, it ain’t the man’s first rodeo. Now of course, fighting McGregor in the main event of a Las Vegas pay-per-view isn’t just your average fight. And
8:26 AM ET In the latest roundup of off-season news, reports link Saudi Arabia to a £50-million sponsorship deal with F1 and future engine regulations are up for discussion. Saudi Arabia is in the final stages of agreeing a race and sponsorship deal with Formula One, according to a report in the Daily Mail. The
11:08 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff AB de Villiers has confirmed he is considering “throwing his name in the hat” for an international comeback at the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year following constructive talks with the new leadership in South Africa. Late last year captain Faf du Plessis revealed conversations had already begun
7:30 AM ET NFL NationESPN Tom Brady will be available on the 2020 NFL free-agent market. So will Drew Brees. Same with Dak Prescott, Teddy Bridgewater, Ryan Tannehill and Jameis Winston. And those are just the quarterbacks who could change teams for free this offseason. As we get closer to an offseason in which all
4:42 AM ET A new skills competition at the 2020 NHL All-Star Game will feature players shooting pucks from the stands, over the fans and at targets on the ice, sources tell ESPN. Debuting at the skills competition event in St. Louis on Friday, Jan. 24, eight players from the NHL All-Star Game’s rosters will
3:30 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James and Kevin Love shared an intricate postgame handshake — a flurry of patted hands, fist pounds and high-fives — then hugged and made their way to separate locker rooms. The Los Angeles Lakers‘ 128-99 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday was the first time James and
3:16 AM ET NEW ORLEANS – LSU tight end Thaddeus Moss can remember sitting in the stands at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome when he was in middle school, watching his dad, Randy, catch two passes for the 49ers in a 34-31 loss to the Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII. It was his father’s last NFL game,
12:39 AM ET Former world No.1 Maria Sharapova says smoke was behind the decision to call off her Kooyong Classic match late in the second set when she started to succumb to the tough conditions. Taking on German Laura Siegemund in the Australian Open warm-up exhibition tournament with heavy smoke blanketing Melbourne, the players and
6:56 PM ET Less than a week out from the Australian Open, organisers are scrambling to cope with hazardous smoke surrounding Melbourne Park which has forced one player to retire mid-match. Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic was leading her round one Open qualifying match at against Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele when she collapsed to her knees with a
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