3:57 PM ET Junior welterweight world titleholder Jose Ramirez’s second chance to make his first title defense is at hand. Ramirez, the Central California star, was gearing up to make his first defense against Danny O’Connor in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on July 7 at the Save Mart
3:44 PM ET Russell Westbrook underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday, a procedure that likely will force him to miss the entire preseason and could sideline him for the Oklahoma City Thunder‘s first few regular-season games. The OKC assistant and new Hall of Famer might be the only person in the NBA who
Paris Saint-Germain’s Angel Di Maria insists Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani and Neymar have a good relationship, despite previous disputes over penalty kicks. Paris Saint-Germain face a continued wait for midfielder Adrien Rabiot to decide over a contract extension with little progress made between the Ligue 1 champions and the France international, a source close to
George Weah, President of Liberia and former World Footballer of the Year made a surprise return to international football in Monrovia on Tuesday, playing for 79 minutes in a 2-1 friendly loss to Nigeria a few weeks short of his 52nd birthday. Liberia had arranged the friendly to retire the No. 14 jersey made famous
12:55 PM ET DALLAS – Kamaru Usman is laying down in his bed inside Room 783 of the Hilton Anatole on Thursday night dreading what the next few hours will be like as he pulls the covers over his body and closes his eyes. “This is going to be a tough weight cut,” Usman said.
2:30 PM ET ESPN News Services Dirk Nowitzki, measuring his words so as to not put undue pressure on Luka Doncic, says the Dallas Mavericks‘ rookie guard is in many ways a better player than Nowitzki was when he entered the NBA 20 years ago. Doncic, a EuroLeague MVP from Slovenia, is only eight months
1:32 PM ET Lyoto Machida’s Bellator debut is set. The former UFC light heavyweight champion will meet former Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho on Dec. 15 on the promotion’s debut card in Honolulu. The event will be headlined by Hawaii’s Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Valerie Letourneau for the Bellator flyweight title, and it will take place
2:15 PM ET As much as it may feel as if Alistair Overeem has been fighting forever, the veteran heavyweight understands he cannot, in fact, fight forever. Overeem (43-17), a former champion in the Strikeforce and Dream promotions, and in K-1 kickboxing, has been relatively quiet since he suffered a third-round TKO loss to Curtis
11:59 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger does not expect to miss game time because of his bruised right elbow. “I don’t plan on it,” Roethlisberger said from his locker Wednesday in advance of the Week 2 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. “Maybe just today, but that’s a typical Wednesday for me.”
12:18 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ajinkya Rahane has been appointed captain of Mumbai for the Vijay Hazare Trophy which begins on September 19 in Bengaluru. With the World Cup only nine months away and India still looking to fill gaps in their middle order, the tournament comes at a good time for the 30-year old