1:44 AM ET The show goes on, but with blue-chip lightweight prospect Devin Haney ascending to the main event. Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said Thursday that his card on May 25 (DAZN) will go forward and remain at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, but with Haney (21-0, 13 KOs), 20, of
1:03 AM ET There are three old scouting reports of Albert Pujols on the Baseball Hall of Fame website. The first is from a Royals scout named Gary Johnson, filed in November 1998 after Pujols had gone undrafted out of high school in Missouri. This was the most positive of the reports. “Good bat spd.
1:40 AM ET UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Kayla Harrison dominated Larissa Pacheco in their Professional Fighters League matchup on Thursday night at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but she said she cried afterward because she wanted to produce a spectacular performance, not the unanimous decision she received. Harrison (4-0), a two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo
12:49 AM BST Wallabies lock Will Skelton admits turning his back on a crack at the Rugby World Cup to re-sign with Saracens was the toughest decision of his career. The 26-year-old is poised to ink a new two-year deal with the powerhouse English club, who take on Irish giants Leinster in a highly-anticipated European
12:44 AM BST A local derby between the Rebels and Reds in Melbourne will at last shift the focus on-field after Australian rugby headlines have been focused on the Israel Folau decision. AAMI Park is the venue for that clash while Round 13 kicks off earlier Friday in New Zealand with an all-Kiwi contest between
1:19 AM ET Florida freshman cornerback Chris Steele’s name was entered in the NCAA transfer portal Thursday, but Steele had already been back home in California for two weeks, a source told ESPN. Steele made the decision to leave Florida after requests to change dorm rooms, to separate himself from quarterback Jalon Jones, were not
4:45 PM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 25, 2018. The Dolphins are making Xavien Howard the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback with a five-year, $76.5 million deal that has $46 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on May 9. MIAMI — Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard returns to Houston to play
9:48 PM ET DALLAS — On almost every tee box and every green Thursday, Tony Romo was greeted by shouts of encouragement during the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson at Trinity Forest Golf Club. Good shot or bad, the fans were as invested in Romo as they were during his decade-long run as
9:38 PM ET Georgia added ESPN 300 linebacker Mekhail Sherman to its 2020 class on Thursday when the No. 16-ranked recruit announced his commitment to the Bulldogs. Sherman had been considering Clemson, LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan at one point in his recruitment, but is now part of the Georgia class. Sherman
9:37 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball continues to push for an international draft and is getting buy-in from influential trainers who have grown weary of players as young as 13 years old agreeing to deals