8:14 AM ET VITO MIELNICKI JR. WAS dripping sweat. On a steamy July morning in New Jersey, in the middle of the West Essex High School football field, the promising teenage boxer was about to receive his reward in the culmination of years of hard work. All those 4 a.m. alarms to get strength and
3:56 PM ET Associated Press Middle Tennessee is making up for losing three games by scheduling a very rare for football home-and-home with Troy. Blue Raiders athletic director Chris Massaro announced the agreement Thursday. Under the deal, Troy will visit Middle Tennessee either Sept. 5 or Sept. 19, when the Blue Raiders would have either
4:00 AM ET The Champions League rolls back into action this weekend after a five-month hiatus with the remaining round-of-16 matches. But it’s not just the conclusion of this season’s tournament — the quest to crown the European champions for 2020-21 also begins on Saturday. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring
7:08 AM ET It is not uncommon for a UFC Fight Night’s main event to eclipse all that is scheduled to come before on that evening, at least in the anticipation for the fights. That is not the case for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night headliner inside the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. Now, that’s
11:18 PM ET With four games remaining before the postseason begins, Doc Rivers hasn’t been able to see the LA Clippers at full strength in the NBA bubble, which has been consistent with an annoying theme for the title contender all season. Without Montrezl Harrell and Patrick Beverley and with multiple guards on a minutes
7:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Brooklyn, Michigan, for a double-dip of races Saturday and Sunday. Racing begins Saturday with the FireKeepers Casino 400 (4 p.m. ET) and continues with the Consumers Energy 400 on Sunday (4:30 p.m. ET). Brad Keselowski won the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 in New
12:55 PM ET SILVERSTONE, Great Britain — Mercedes will pay tribute to Sir Stirling Moss at this weekend’s Formula One 70th Anniversary Grand Prix by carrying a horseshoe emblem on the nose of its cars. Moss, who drove for Mercedes in Formula One in 1955, died earlier this year at the age of 90. In
2:46 AM BST The South African Government has approved the return-to-play conditions for professional rugby in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing for domestic competition to start in the first two weeks of September. South African Rugby confirmed its plans, which include playing games behind closed doors, had been approved and published on Thursday.
6:28 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — A good bit of firepower stepped onto the 10th tee early Thursday morning at TPC Harding Park to begin the PGA Championship, but after Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy were introduced via microphone by the starter, they were met with silence. This is the new normal in
1:52 AM ET New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro says his state would be willing to act as a temporary host for major sports events such as the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam if they cannot be held in neighbouring Victoria due to COVID-19. Barilaro told Australian radio on Friday he had written to