11:27 AM ET The Big 12 Conference has signed a deal to expand its rights agreements with ESPN, which will now broadcast every Big 12 football championship game through the 2024 season and create a Big 12 platform on ESPN+, the company’s direct-to-consumer subscription sports streaming service. In the new agreement, the Big 12 will
11:26 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Russian boxer Tamir Galanov has been banned for two years for doping. Galanov won a bronze medal at the 2017 world amateur championships and is Russia’s current national flyweight champion. Galanov tested positive for furosemide, a banned diuretic that can be used by boxers to make weight but
12:08 PM BST ESPN staff Wallabies star Israel Folau is once again embroiled in a social media scandal after the fullback took to both Instagram and Twitter with anti-LGBTI+ views on Wednesday. In what has become a semi-regular occurrence for the Wallabies and Waratahs player, Folau, 30, shared anti-gay sentiments in a scathing post to
11:11 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cameron Bancroft says that he is ready to put the past behind him as he prepares to lead Durham into the County Championship season, but accepts that others may take longer to forgive him for his role in the ball-tampering scandal that rocked Australian cricket last year. Bancroft, 26, was
5:00 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The dynamic that confronts Feleipe Franks this spring is the same dynamic that confronted every Florida quarterback that came before him over the past decade. Only with a small twist. Rather than asking whether Florida finally has an answer at quarterback, there is a tentative belief that, yes, maybe
8:08 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters has given us big-name winners. Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson all have multiple green jackets. There have been some surprises, too, with Mike Weir, Danny Willett and Charl Schwartzel. So who walks away with the green jacket this time? Our crew of
12:11 AM ET ATLANTA — When Max Holloway first signed with the UFC in 2012, the promotion offered the 20-year-old featherweight a choice between two opponents for his Octagon debut. “One is a [Brazilian jiu-jitsu] black belt, and one is a striker,'” Holloway told ESPN. “I told them, ‘That is a cake [decision]. We are
9:30 PM BST They were deemed surplus to requirements four years ago, but Nic White and Will Skelton have very much been a part of the Wallabies’ World Cup discussions this time around. The England-based duo have been in excellent form of late, prompting a recent visit from Wallabies coach Michael Cheika to gauge their
England women’s national team head coach Phil Neville shares his expectations for the Lionesses ahead of this summer’s World Cup in France. ESPN’s Julie Foudy joins Golic & Wingo to talk favourites to win the 2019 Women’s World Cup and her new podcast Laughter Permitted. Manager Phil Neville said he deliberately disrupted the rhythm of
8:33 AM ET The Chinese Grand Prix has been dubbed Formula One’s 1000th race, a landmark that has attracted plenty of attention from fans and media alike. It’s a clever marketing tactic and one that has clearly achieved its goal ahead of the race in Shanghai, but when the lights go out this weekend will