Month: March 2023

4:23 AM ET ESPN Africa and Top Rank Boxing have signed a multiyear broadcast agreement, starting with the junior welterweight bout between Jose Ramirez and Ghana’s Richard Commey on March 25 (03:00 CAT on March 26). The co-feature will be a world title unification clash, as WBA minimumweight world champion Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada collides
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4:51 AM ET WBC heavyweight title-holder Tyson Fury has labelled Oleksandr Usyk a “14-stone coward” after talks for their undisputed heavyweight title fight on April 29 broke down. Sources told ESPN on Wednesday that the talks came to a standstill with the two parties unable to agree deal points beyond the agreed 70-30 revenue split
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5:25 PM ET Michigan freshman guard Jett Howard will declare for the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Thursday. “This was a great learning year for me,” Howard told ESPN. “It’s what I needed. It taught me how to play within a pro-style offense and be effective, to get out of my comfort zone,
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11:23 PM ET Associated Press GOLD CANYON, Ariz. — Alison Lee and Jenny Shin each reeled off four straight birdies in the middle of their rounds and joined Gaby Lopez at 7-under 65 Thursday to share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Drive on Championship. Lee, a 28-year-old American looking for
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9:31 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Rory McIlroy had every reason to love the long ball Thursday. Taken to the 18th hole in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, McIlroy unleashed the shot of the tournament. He smashed a drive on the 375-yard closing hole so magnificently that it pitched on the green and
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7:35 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady has acquired an ownership stake in the WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces. He attended an Aces game on May 31 and later sent Las Vegas star Kelsey Plum a jersey and other gifts. Editor’s Picks 2 Related “I am very
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