6:11 PM ET Public perception varies in the way three athletes — Kyrie Irving, Aaron Rodgers and Novak Djokovic — have handled their decision to not get vaccinated for COVID-19 over the past several months, according to a survey conducted for ESPN. A majority of fans approve of how Irving has handled his decision, the
4:38 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Evander Kane knows he will not be universally loved by by fans of the Edmonton Oilers. Edmonton is the fourth franchise for the 30-year-old forward whose contract was dumped by the San Jose Sharks. There will be questions about his past, from suspensions due to violations of
5:01 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez is preparing to mount a comeback. Top Rank is exploring the possibility of a 140-pound bout between Lopez and Arnold Barboza Jr. in the spring, sources told ESPN. Lopez, who defeated Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2020 to win the undisputed 135-pound championship, was upset by George Kambosos Jr. in
2:54 PM ET Bantamweight Ebanie Bridges is getting her second shot at a world title in the span of a year. The 35-year-old Australian fighter will be facing IBF bantamweight titleholder Maria Cecilia Roman on March 26 in Leeds, England, as part of the Kiko Martinez-Josh Warrington IBF featherweight title card. Roman, 39, has held
2:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN For the first time since September 2019, Tyson Fury will fight someone other than Deontay Wilder. Fury’s co-promoter, Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, won the rights to the WBC heavyweight title fight between Fury and Dillian Whyte with a commitment of $41,025,000 at Friday’s purse bid. Fury, the champion, will earn
5:11 PM GMT Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall will take “a short break due to medical reasons,” the Premiership Rugby side said on Friday. McCall, who took on the role during the 2010-11 season, has led Saracens to five Premiership titles and three European Champions Cups during his tenure. “People will always come first
4:25 PM ET Every person who picks up a golf club has the same dream: A hole-in-one. Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood are both ranked in the top 50 in the world. Lowry has won The Open; Fleetwood has eight professional victories, though he is still searching for his first one on U.S. soil. Both,
1:23 PM ET Caitlin Murray US Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone is optimistic for the new advisory council, announced this week. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images When Cobi Jones, the most capped player in U.S. men’s national team history, first got into soccer as a kid, he fit the common stereotype of the sport in America — a
Report Ahsan Ali 73, Will Smeed 97 in vain for Quetta Gladiators Peshawar Zalmi 191 for 5 (Talat 52, Malik 48*, Nawaz 3-44) beat Quetta Gladiators 190 for 4 (Smeed 97, Ahsan 73, Qadir 2-20) by five wickets Quetta Gladiators opened sensationally, while Peshawar Zalmi kept the fireworks going right through the chase. In a
3:03 AM ET Six weeks before the start of the Australian Open, Rafael Nadal didn’t know if he’d ever play tennis again. He’s now one win away from a record 21st men’s singles Grand Slam title. The fates of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Nadal have been intertwined for the better part of 20 years.