Jul 19, 2022 Sidy Cissoko, the No. 25 prospect in the ESPN 2023 mock draft, told ESPN that he has signed with the NBA’s G League Ignite program. “We explored several options with my agents and I was convinced G League Ignite was the best opportunity to achieve my goals,” Cissoko said Tuesday. “The ability
5:24 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips opened the league’s annual kickoff event Wednesday by saying he’s exploring all available options to reduce the revenue gap with the SEC and Big Ten, but he argued the arms race in college football risks doing critical damage to the college athletics as a whole.
12:49 PM ET Well, that was fun. What a great final game on Monday night between the U.S. women’s national team and Canada at the frankly less-than-great CONCACAF W Championship! A lot was on the line given that the winner automatically qualified for the 2024 Olympics; both teams had already qualified for the 2023 Women’s
9:58 AM ET The Baltimore Orioles began the MLB season as one of the biggest long shots on the board at sportsbooks and were underdogs in their first 26 games. But at the All-Star break, the Orioles have emerged as the best bet in baseball. The Orioles were 2,000-1 to win the World Series in
6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard Shaedon Sharpe, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft, will not need surgery for the small labral tear in his left shoulder, the team announced Wednesday. Sharpe suffered the injury in Portland’s first NBA 2K23 Summer League game July 7, and
8:45 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a lightweight bout between Beneil Dariush and Mateusz Gamrot for October. The 155-pound fight will take place on the Oct. 22 UFC 280 pay-per-view event at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, officials told ESPN on Wednesday. Dariush (21-4-1) has been trying to figure out his
3:30 PM ET Sean O’Malley is taking a major step up in his next fight, announcing to ESPN’s Ryan Clark on Wednesday that he’ll be facing former bantamweight champion Petr Yan at UFC 280 on Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. O’Malley (15-1 1 NC), one of the sport’s most talented prospects, fought
7:16 PM ET The Calgary Flames are expected to trade forward Matthew Tkachuk after he told the team he will not sign a long-term extension, an NHL source confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by The Athletic. Tkachuk, 24, has played all six NHL seasons with Calgary, which drafted him sixth overall in
8:11 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — A modeling career might be in the near future for Rob Gronkowski — and he has just the place to kick it off. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots tight end told ESPN in a sit-down interview this week that he wants to model for quarterback
West Indies’ head coach Phil Simmons has said that batting out 50 overs is their top priority as they rebuild for next year’s ODI World Cup. Since the 2019 World Cup, West Indies have played out 50 overs just six times in 39 innings, and have lost nine of their 13 ODI series since that