Apr 23, 2022 Heavyweights Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker are set to face each other in July, according to promoter Frank Warren. Warren announced that negotiations were in the final stages for a fight this summer. The promoter revealed the plans during an interview with BT Sport in the buildup to Tyson Fury’s bout with
1:45 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Raptors forward Scottie Barnes edged Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley to win the 2021-22 NBA Rookie of the Year Award, with the 15-point difference between them marking the smallest gap over the 20 seasons the NBA has conducted the voting under its current format. Barnes, who returned to
3:59 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will play Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Stuttgart Open after both came through their respective semifinals Saturday. Swiatek stretched her winning run to 22 matches as she overcame Liudmila Samsonova 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 to move into her fourth final of the
8:05 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo became the latest member of the Premier League‘s 100 Club when he scored for Manchester United in their 3-1 defeat at Arsenal on Saturday. Ronaldo officially hit triple figures in the English top flight some 6,748 days after he opened his account during his first spell at United as a
2:48 PM ET Miguel Cabrera has joined an elite club, recording his 3,000th career hit with a single off Antonio Senzatela against the Colorado Rockies. Cabrera is also just the seventh player in major league history with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs, joining Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols and
Gloucestershire 252 (Harris 67, Dent 52, Higgins 51*, Hasan 6-47) and 67 for 3 (Hammond 24*) trail Lancashire556 for 7 dec (Bohannon 231, Vilas 139, Wells 59) by 237 runs No game offers a greater range of contrasts than cricket. Think Daniel Vettori and Brett Lee; Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Virender Sehwag; a Test match at
2:03 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Christopher Bell won the pole at Talladega Superspeedway by turning the fastest lap as the final driver to qualify Saturday. Bell bumped his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. from the top spot with a lap at 180.928 mph in his Toyota. Truex qualified second at
10:12 AM BST Former Springbok loose forward Pedrie Wannenburg has been killed in a car accident in Texas, his former South African franchise the Bulls said on Saturday. Wannenburg, 41, played 20 times for the Boks and was close to being selected for the World Cup-winning squad in France in 2007. He also turned out
12:16 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic booked a place in the Serbia Open final after overcoming another slow start and Karen Khachanov 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday. The top-ranked player came back from a set down for the third consecutive match — including hard-fought wins over Miomir Kecmanovic and Laslo Djere
Apr 22, 2022 Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider likes to put on reggae music inside the team’s draft room. It helps ease the tension that comes with the high-stakes event and can prevent the buzzkill of celebrating a pick, only to hear a draft analyst rip it on national television. So in