10:21 AM ET A welterweight title fight between champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal was the July big-show main event that the UFC wanted all along. It took a bit of a meandering route to get there, but now the blockbuster matchup is finally official. Usman and Masvidal both weighed in successfully at 170 pounds
12:57 AM ET Just over three weeks after testing positive for COVID-19, WBO junior lightweight world titlist Jamel Herring is feeling ready enough to put his title on the line on Tuesday, July 14 against Jonathan Oquendo (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET) — even in the face of his team suggesting he should consider not putting
9:30 AM ET The All England Lawn and Tennis Club, which hosts Wimbledon, announced Friday that it will pay prize money to all players that would have qualified for the canceled tournament. Pulling from a pot of £10 million ($12.6 million), the organization will distribute prize money to the “620 players whose world ranking would
8:58 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After being at home for several months because of the global coronavirus pandemic, Sofia Kenin was more than eager to return to competition. So when the opportunity arose to play World TeamTennis this summer, she jumped at the chance. It was only after she agreed to participate that she realized
12:18 PM ET Associated Press SIENA, Italy — Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi underwent a five-hour surgery Monday to reconstruct his face after a crash on his handbike last month. It was the third major operation that Zanardi has had since he crashed into an oncoming truck near the Tuscan town of
8:28 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Sparta, Kentucky, on Sunday for the Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart. ESPN Fantasy’s Mike Clay hit on Kevin Harvick to win last Sunday’s Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400. Who will take the checkered flag Sunday (3:30 p.m. ET) at Kentucky Speedway? Clay
8:00 AM ET If you’d like a peek into the future of catching once the electronic strike zone is implemented, just consider how quickly second base has changed since the rules against aggressive slides was adopted in 2016. Back then, one skill separated good second basemen from the bad ones — the ability to take
1:42 PM ET The NFL has banned jersey exchanges in 2020 as the league attempts to play through the coronavirus pandemic, according to a set of protocols distributed to teams Wednesday and obtained Thursday by ESPN. Jersey exchanges have gained in popularity in recent years, and their elimination was met with immediate derision from some
3:24 AM ET Incorrect penalty decisions were made in all three of Thursday’s games by VAR, a source at the Premier League Match Centre confirmed to ESPN. Manchester United and Southampton were both awarded controversial penalties while Tottenham were refused one. – FC TV: Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Insider Notebook: Pogba open to new
6:45 AM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Tim Bontemps Over the past three months, the NBA’s league office has exhausted itself in stitching together a comprehensive plan to conclude the 2019-20 season. In the front offices of the