Craig Burley believes Unai Emery has done well implementing his style, but still has his reservations about Arsenal playing out from the back. In a season of considerable flux further up the pitch — a campaign of tweaked formations, uncertain positions and half-time substitutions — Arsenal’s defence has been surprisingly consistent under Unai Emery. It
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2:36 PM ET Bellator MMA has raised the stakes of its upcoming welterweight grand prix, to the tune of a $1 million prize to the last man standing. Bellator announced on Thursday it has partnered with entertainer 50 Cent, birth name Curtis Jackson, on an apparel and champagne sponsorship, which includes a $1 million cash
3:16 PM ET George Dobell Colin Graves, the ECB chairman, was forced to abandon plans to present the County Championship trophy after a tense meeting with the chairmen of the first-class counties. Graves was hoping to present Surrey with the trophy after the meeting at The Oval. Instead Jim Wood, a non-executive director on the
3:28 PM ET After 45 years as the broadcaster for most of the biggest fights in boxing, as the platform that created modern pay-per-view and as the launching pad for most of the sport’s biggest stars for decades, HBO announced on Thursday that it was dropping its coverage by the end of the year. “Our
2:26 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Julius Whittier, the first African-American football letterman at the University of Texas, whose family later sued the NCAA on behalf of college players who suffered brain injuries, has died. The school announced his death Thursday, citing family. No cause of death or age was given. Whittier was
3:00 AM ET Essex 477 for 8 dec (Westley 134, Harmer 102*, Vijay 80, Wheater 68*) and 134 for 9 (ten Doeschate 53*, Morkel 4-28) beat Surrey 67 (Porter 4-26, Cook 4-27) and 541 (Roy 128, Pope 114, Stoneman 86, Jacks 53, Coles 5-123) by one wicketScorecard The chairmen of the first-class counties were holding
1:49 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Jim Courier is finished as captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team after eight years in the job. Madrid has been selected to host the first two revamped Davis Cup finals in 2019 and 2020, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Thursday. The U.S. Tennis
2:22 PM ET PARIS — Michael Jordan met the U.S. Ryder Cup team Wednesday and passed on words of advice on how to block out the noise and cope with playing on the road. Jordan was a spectator at Paris Saint-Germain’s match against Stade Reims on Wednesday, but managed to pay a visit to the
7:10 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We have some advice for you, Mr. Phelps. Steve Phelps moves into his new role as NASCAR president come Monday morning. He’s worked for NASCAR since 2004, so he’s intimately
1:14 PM BST KweséESPN Staff Cheslin Kolbe and Sikhumbuzo Notshe will make their Springbok starts in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday when South Africa take on the Wallabies. Kolbe will start on the right owing and Notshe at number eight as two of Rassie Erasmus’ four changes to the starting