Oct 5, 2022 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Jeff McNeil stayed on top without taking a swing. Nursing a four-point lead in the big league batting race, McNeil was not in the New York Mets‘ lineup Wednesday for their regular-season finale against Washington. He only played defense after entering late and finished with the
Oct 4, 2022 Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said starting defensive tackle Bryan Bresee won’t play at Boston College on Saturday night. Swinney said Tuesday that Bresee was continuing to recover from a kidney infection diagnosed last week and would be out for the fifth-ranked Tigers (5-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).
11:49 AM ET Mike Coppinger 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 Conor Benn tested positive for the banned substance clomifene, it was revealed Wednesday, scrapping his scheduled boxing match with Chris Eubank Jr.
Oct 6, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Saturday’s 157-pound fight between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. has been called off after Benn tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug clomifene, it was announced on Thursday. The decision came down just hours before the pair were scheduled to hold a news conference ahead of the highly anticipated bout
Oct 6, 2022 A unique football-versus-MMA matchup has been added to the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva undercard. Former NFL All-Pro running back Le’Veon Bell will face ex-UFC fighter Uriah Hall in a pro boxing match Oct. 29 in Glendale, Arizona. The four-round contest has been contracted at 195 pounds and neither man can be
10:11 AM ET Associated Press Nick Kyrgios fought back from a set down before finding his touch as he beat Kamil Majchrzak of Poland 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to enter the quarterfinals of the ATP Japan Open in Tokyo on Thursday. The Australian hit 22 aces to qualify for his ninth quarterfinal appearance this year. Miomir
2:57 AM ET LAS VEGAS — After wowing the crowd at T-Mobile Arena, scoring 23 points in 17 minutes in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 119-115 preseason loss to the Phoenix Suns, LeBron James saved his biggest play for the postgame news conference Wednesday night. Asked about the NBA hosting the exhibition game in Las Vegas,
12:09 PM ET Monday saw the release of the independent investigation commissioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation and conducted by former U.S. deputy attorney general Sally Yates, which chronicled the extent to which abuse and sexual misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) was overlooked and ignored “systemically” by executives, coaches and club owners.
9:05 AM ET Associated Press For too long, Matt Dumba felt he was on his own dealing with racial taunts directed at him as a youngster growing up in Saskatchewan. It was no different for Dumba as an adult, one of just a handful of minority players in the National Hockey League. Even in a
9:18 AM ET The Official World Golf Ranking governing board is reviewing LIV Golf’s new alliance with the MENA Tour but said in a statement Thursday that it won’t make a ruling before the start of LIV Golf’s next two events in Thailand and Saudi Arabia. LIV Golf officials hoped its newly formed partnership with