1:30 PM ET Manouk Akopyan Mark Magsayo could vault himself into the pantheon of Philippine boxers with wins in key fights this year — starting with Rey Vargas. Steve Marcus/Getty Images HOLLYWOOD — As Manny Pacquiao ended his legendary career losing to Yordenis Ugas, protege Mark Magsayo shined bright on his idol’s undercard with a vicious
7:33 AM ET Ny Carr, a prospective top prospect in the 2024 class, committed to Georgia late Tuesday night. “I just sat down and put all my options together and chose to stay home,” Carr told ESPN. Carr is a 6-foot, 170-pound wide receiver from Colquitt County High School in Colquitt County, Ga. He took
9:47 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers versatile outfielder Chris Taylor has a left foot fracture and will be sidelined indefinitely, he told reporters Tuesday. Taylor exited Saturday’s win because of what was then called a left foot contusion, and then left Monday’s win because of a swollen ankle. A CT scan revealed
1:09 PM ET For the second time, Tommy Fury will not be competing in a scheduled boxing match with Jake Paul. Paul, the YouTube star-turned-prizefighter, wrote Wednesday on Twitter that he sent Fury a termination notice, acknowledging that he is officially out of their planned Aug. 6 fight at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Paul
1:08 PM ET The year’s final major, The Open, is different. It looks different and feels different from the other three on the calendar. Therefore, the preparation is different. This week, players will be dealing with wind and links golf at the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, which sits about 80 miles south
5:26 PM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Will Hardy knew some of the inner workings of the Utah Jazz before being named the league’s youngest current head coach. Sure, it was in 2009, and he was just an intern. Ahead of his final year at Williams College, he put in eight weeks in
Ben Stokes and his team of self-described “rockstars” have played to sold-out stadiums across the country over the last month, winning all four Tests against New Zealand and India to send the sporting public into a wave of Bazball-mania. Test cricket, in its new, ultra-attacking form, is back in the public consciousness. But the McCullum
8:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders With only one week before the final major of the year, the PGA Tour heads to the Renaissance Club for the 50th Genesis Scottish Open. The field will be one of the strongest of the year, featuring 14 of the top 15 golfers in the world. Which players are
7:29 AM ET Alexander Volkanovski has won 22 straight fights, the last 12 of them in the UFC. Last Saturday at UFC 276, the featherweight champion defeated former champ Max Holloway for the third time. It was a shockingly dominant performance by the Australian fighter, one worthy of a boost in the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA
8:30 AM ET If the old “Defense wins championships” adage were actually true, the Big Ten West would have won one by now. No division in major college football has collectively stuck to the “defense and a good run game” approach more religiously. On average, Big Ten West teams ran 64% of the time on