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11:07 PM ET In a surreal twist of fate on Saturday, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman appeared to suffer the same gruesome leg injury in a loss to Uriah Hall that Anderson Silva suffered during a fight against Weidman nearly eight years ago. Hall (17-9) defeated Weidman (15-6) via TKO just 17 seconds into

11:26 PM ET Valentina Shevchenko has long been billed as one of the best strikers in all of MMA, male or female. On Saturday, she decided to give everyone a reminder that she is nowhere near a one-dimensional standup fighter. Shevchenko dominated Jessica Andrade with her wrestling and then finished in violent fashion with elbows

4:40 PM ET The proposed site fee to stage the Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight in Saudi Arabia exceeds $150 million, shattering the record for any site fee for a boxing event, according to ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. Fury and Joshua each will net around $75 million, and the rest, several million dollars, will be

12:14 AM ET Major League Baseball’s official Instagram account commemorated the 22-year anniversary of Fernando Tatis belting two grand slams in the same inning at Dodger Stadium on Friday morning. Fernando Tatis Jr. liked the post and linked to it on his Instagram story. “History!” he wrote. Hours later, the younger Tatis made his own

6:44 PM ET Longtime Houston Rockets CEO Tad Brown announced Friday that he will resign from his position at the end of the season. “It’s time to move on, and it’s time to take on other adventures that we’re looking forward to,” said Brown, who joined the Rockets organization as a vice president of corporate

10:07 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have exercised the fifth-year option on the contract of quarterback Baker Mayfield, a source told ESPN. The move extends Mayfield’s contract in Cleveland through 2022, when he’ll make $18.86 million. Last season, Mayfield — the No. 1 pick of the 2018 NFL draft — quarterbacked the

11:46 AM ET After an all-virtual 2020 NFL draft, commissioner Roger Goodell and the league are ready to embrace a return to normal. Goodell has been vaccinated and given the go-ahead to hug, high-five, shake hands and dap up players selected in next week’s draft. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced players to celebrate the

The Cleveland Browns didn’t hesitate on the fifth-year rookie options for Baker Mayfield and Denzel Ward, making sure the top-five picks from the 2018 draft will be with the team until at least the 2022 season. Per Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, Mayfield will earn $18.858 million and Ward $13.294 million under their fifth-year options —

7:15 AM ET Despite what you’ve seen and heard on social media and the exclamatory talk that has been tossed around outside the walls of team complexes in the weeks leading up to the 2021 NFL draft, a “riser” is not just a prospect who blew up at his pro day and posted ridiculous numbers.

7:41 PM ET Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. will miss time due to a violation of the NBA’s health and safety protocols stemming from visiting a Miami strip club with teammate Sterling Brown that resulted in Brown being assaulted, sources told ESPN. Porter will likely be out until at least Sunday, Rockets coach Stephen

Baseball is supposed to be America’s pastime, a safe place for everyone who loves the game. But what does that look like in the current, chaotic, incarnation of our country? Pre-recorded cheers and human-sized cardboard cutouts were replaced by real-live spectators in baseball stadiums this month, causing me to wonder whether — given the bigotry

USATSI The Philadelphia 76ers welcome the Phoenix Suns to Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday evening. Both teams are in contention for the No. 1 seed in their respective conferences, with the Suns boasting a 41-16 record and the Sixers entering at 39-18 this season. Philadelphia is an impressive 22-6 at home, while Phoenix is 18-7

Randy Moss is a Hall of Fame receiver but his exploits on the basketball court at DuPont High School in West Virginia were just as impressive as some of his catches on the football field. Outside of Jerry Rice, there may be no greater wide receiver in NFL history than Randy Moss. The former Marshall

6:35 PM ET Stamford Bridge is an unusual setting for a people’s revolution. Kensington and Chelsea has long been the most expensive borough to buy a house in the United Kingdom, the archetypal rich man’s playground where fantasies like a Super League are dreamt up. Blues owner Roman Abramovich has done more than most to

Jameis Winston is about that business. The Saints quarterback is expected to be locked in a battle with Taysom Hill for the starting gig this year, and he knows as much if his speech given to youth football players over the weekend is any indication. Winston, entering his second year with the Saints after re-signing with

Évelyne Viens came off the bench and her fresh legs paid off as the Canadian international scored the game winner in extra time as Gotham FC pulled out a wild 4-3 victory over North Carolina Courage in a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) match on Tuesday in in Montclair, NJ. Margaret Purce scored twice while

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis somehow made a tone-deaf tweet about the Derek Chauvin verdict even worse with his “apology.” On Tuesday, former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts for the murder of George Floyd. It was a huge sigh of relief for the nation after a year of

8:40 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy called Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin “an important day for our country” but said it was hard to find reasons to celebrate and recognized there was more work to do. Van Gundy