1:22 PM ET Conor McGregor is closer to returning to the Octagon than he has been in months. McGregor tweeted Thursday that he “accepted the UFC offer” to fight Dustin Poirier. Sources close to McGregor confirmed it as well. But while McGregor accepted the rematch against Poirier, whom he beat at UFC 178 in 2014
9:57 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Bryson DeChambeau put on another power display Thursday and it worked just as well as when he won the U.S. Open. In his first start since winning at Winged Foot last month, DeChambeau had two-putt birdies on all three of the par 5s and two of the
9:45 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils acquired defenseman Ryan Murray from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday for a fifth-round pick in the 2021 draft. The 27-year-old Murray, the No. 2 overall pick in 2012, had two goals and seven assists in 27 games last season with the Blue
8:39 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clint Bowyer will retire at the end of the NASCAR season and join the Fox Sports booth as an analyst. Bowyer, in his 15th full season, heads into Sunday’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway facing elimination from the playoffs. He’s ranked 11th in the 12-driver field that
12:40 PM ET The October international break is more congested than usual, as the soccer world adjusts to a compressed schedule by squeezing as many as three games into an eight-day sprint before players disperse and return to their clubs. There are travel concerns for all international teams as various players pull out of duty
8:12 PM ET Only two individuals stand in the way of a historic French Open clash between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal, who is on a quest to equal Roger Federer‘s all-time Grand Slam singles title record for men at 20. While neither Stefanos Tsitsipas nor Diego Schwartzman has played a
7:46 PM ET Two days after acquiring Josh Anderson from the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Montreal Canadiens signed the power forward to a seven-year contract worth $38.5 million. The deal keeps Anderson in Montreal through the 2026-27 season. Montreal acquired Anderson in exchange for restricted free agent Max Domi. Anderson hasn’t played since December and
3:56 PM ET LA Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank has been honored with the NBA Executive of the Year Award, it was announced Thursday. Frank, who helped orchestrate the franchise’s biggest offseason by signing Kawhi Leonard as a free agent and trading for Paul George in July 2019, received 10 first-place votes and
5:34 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have an agreement in place to sign free-agent cornerback Prince Amukamara pending the results of his COVID-19 testing, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano. It’s not likely Amukamara, who lives in the Phoenix area, will join the team for this weekend’s game in New York against
3:46 PM ET The Miami Heat are one game away from elimination in the NBA Finals but they remain as confident as ever about their chances to get back into the series against the Los Angeles Lakers and climb out of a 3-1 series hole in Game 5 on Friday night. “We think it’s a