Month: June 2020

11:51 PM ET A highly ranked featherweight bout between Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will headline UFC Fight Night on July 15 at Fight Island, multiple sources told ESPN. Both sides have agreed to the 145-pound main event, per sources. The UFC Fight Night event will take place at the UFC’s Fight Island at Yas
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Jun 9, 2020 The UFC’s Fight Island is real, and it’s located in the Middle East. UFC president Dana White revealed to ESPN’s First Take on Tuesday that his mysterious Fight Island is located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The island will help the company promote some of its international athletes
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6:06 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 As a growing faction of NBA players remains uncertain about committing to the league’s plan for restarting the season
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2:01 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The lone African American member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet said Monday he would “work” the president on the issue of athletes taking a knee during the national anthem, though Trump has shown no signs of softening, tweeting over the weekend that he would not watch soccer or
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6:33 PM ET Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Morgan Burke, the longest serving athletic director in Purdue history, died at his home Monday after battling a rare disease for the past year. He was 68. University officials said in a statement Burke had been diagnosed with amyloidosis, an ailment caused by the build-up of
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5:38 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour will keep the 3M Open in Minnesota on schedule, but the second-year event will be played without spectators on site. Tournament officials announced Monday that the state’s health guidelines currently in place for public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic will keep the galleries empty throughout the weekend
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