10:30 PM ET The UFC has formally offered Conor McGregor a non-title lightweight fight against Dustin Poirier, Dana White told Barstool Sports on Wednesday. Additional UFC sources confirmed to ESPN that the promotion on Tuesday sent a physical contract to McGregor for a potential bout against Poirier. Sources close to McGregor confirmed to ESPN’s Ariel
7:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff The MLB playoffs frenzy turns up the heat Thursday with five (count ’em, five) elimination games. We’ve already said goodbye to the Twins, Blue Jays and Indians, and either the White Sox or A’s will be kicked off the American League island. In the National League, the Reds, Cubs, Padres
10:09 AM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Jared Dudley of the Los Angeles Lakers waited 13 seasons for his first look at the NBA Finals. Goran Dragic‘s finals debut for the Miami Heat comes in his 12th season. Heat star Jimmy Butler is headed there for the first time in his ninth
7:30 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Former champion Jelena Ostapenko reached the third round by beating second-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-2. Ostapenko won her only major title here in 2017. Pliskova reached the semifinals that year and lost to Simona Halep. There were blue skies over Roland Garros after days of rain but the
6:21 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — American cyclist Quinn Simmons was suspended by the Trek-Segafredo team on Thursday after posting antagonistic comments on social media in support of President Donald Trump. The 2019 junior road race world champion replied to a journalist from the Netherlands who had criticized Trump on Twitter. “Regrettably, team rider
7:00 AM ET One Londoner’s Fantasy Premier League failure had real-world consequences. Instagram @jonfullerdesigns As if finishing rock bottom of your Fantasy Premier League wasn’t bad enough, the prospect of then having to carry out a forfeit devised by your closest friends is enough to strike terror into the heart of every fantasy manager. So spare
12:57 PM GMT One Kerr sister started the final T20I in Brisbane in style and another was there to finish it. Amelia Kerr will rightly take the headlines for her matchwinning all-round display of 2 for 18 and a nerveless 18 off 10 balls when New Zealand looking like messing up the chase, but Jess
6:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Miami Marlins center fielder Starling Marte had his left hand broken by a fastball in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The team says Marte has a non-displaced fracture of his fifth metacarpal — the bone that leads into the pinkie
11:35 PM ET It was early winter, pre-pandemic, with the NBA in full swing, and as Chris Bosh lounged courtside at the AmericanAirlines Arena enjoying the benefits of being a beloved retired Heat champion, he witnessed something that awakened an old, familiar pang. “It was Bam Adebayo, bringing the ball up,” Bosh said. “I had
9:16 AM ET Thursday’s Bellator 247 main event has been canceled after headliner Paul Daley failed to make weight for his fight against Derek Anderson. Daley, who weighed 1.6 pounds over the 171-pound limit, was forced to go to the hospital due to the bad weight cut. As a result, the fight has been canceled,