Month: January 2021

9:49 AM ET SMU football is hiring Florida Atlantic defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt for the same role, sources confirmed to ESPN. Leavitt, the head coach at South Florida from 1997 to 2009, will replace Kevin Kane, who left to coach linebackers at Illinois under new coach Bret Bielema. Leavitt, who is 64, spent last season
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11:01 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight bout between Darren Till and Marvin Vettori to headline a UFC Fight Night event in April, according to multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed, but verbal agreements are in place, sources said. The 185-pound contest will headline a UFC Fight Night event April 10. The
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3:34 PM ET UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje says he is eager to find out his next assignment, and acknowledges there are plenty of options given the current state of the division. Gaethje (22-3) hasn’t fought since a failed title bid against undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in October. He is still No. 2 in the UFC’s
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12:16 PM ET McLaren has fired up its new Mercedes Formula One engine for the first time. McLaren and Mercedes have rekindled their former partnership for 2021 and beyond. McLaren ran Renault engines from 2018 until last year. New signing Daniel Ricciardo will join Lando Norris in spearheading McLaren’s new era as it looks to
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9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour shifts over to La Jolla, California this week for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Defending champion Marc Leishman shot 7-under in the final round last year to beat Jon Rahm by one stroke. So which players are the favorites, who offers good odds and what props are
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10:48 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show There’s no disputing the long anticipated world heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is 2021’s biggest story for British boxing, but beneath
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