5:26 PM ET Adrien Broner has won world titles in four weight classes from junior lightweight to welterweight, but his three defeats, all by decision, each came when he stepped up to face the best opponents of his career: Mikey Garcia, Shawn Porter and Marcos Maidana. But with an upset victory against legendary eight-division world
4:22 PM ET Highly rated tight end Albert Okwuegbunam will return to Missouri for his junior season, he announced Thursday. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. last month ranked Okwuegbunam as the No. 6. draft-eligible tight end. But “Albert O,” as he’s commonly known, said in a statement on Twitter that he is not yet prepared to
3:52 PM ET Ryan Songalia LOS ANGELES – What was supposed to be a joint media day on Wednesday for Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner at the Wild Card Boxing gym turned into a mad scramble for reporters when Broner abruptly announced he would be holding his session separately on the other side of town
3:56 PM ET A month before minor leaguer Tim Tebow heads to spring training with hopes of making it to New York with the Mets in 2019, the outfielder/former quarterback/SEC Network host popped the question to Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. .@TimTebow is officially off the market 💍 pic.twitter.com/XuJd8xr5m1 — espnW (@espnW) January 10, 2019
3:14 PM ET Some may say the NHL All-Star uniforms are garbage. And they’d be right since they are made with recycled ocean waste. Adidas partnered with the environmental group Parley for the Oceans to create jerseys made out of upcycled marine plastic debris. The waste is made into technical fibers and then woven into
2:36 PM ET Rising bantamweight star Petr Yan has his next assignment, and it’s undoubtedly the toughest test of his UFC career. Yan (11-1) will meet John Dodson (20-10) on Feb. 23 in Prague, Czech Republic, multiple sources told ESPN. Yan has won his last six fights in a row. He most recently defeated Douglas
2:43 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Derby’s purse will be raised to $3 million this May, an increase of $1 million and the first boost in 14 years. Churchill Downs said Thursday that the winner of the 145th running will receive $1.86 million. The runner-up will earn $600,000, with third place
1:29 PM ET UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones passed multiple fight night drug tests on Dec. 29, after defeating Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 in Los Angeles. UFC president Dana White told ESPN that the promotion wants Jon Jones to defend his light heavyweight title against Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on March 2
8:00 AM ET The UFC’s 2019 schedule began with a rare two-week offseason … but don’t get used to that. The UFC has 20 events planned in the first half of 2019, including the massive UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw on Jan. 19. That’s a lot of fights — and, presumably, a lot of
11:51 AM ET It was perhaps no accident Azhar Ali came out to face the press in Johannesburg. With speculation rife about the number of changes Pakistan may make to their side for the third Test – it could be as many as three – Azhar offered a characteristically straight bat to any queries on