10:38 AM ET Simone Biles is leaving Nike to join Athleta, which will help sponsor a post-Olympics tour that she’s organizing herself, rather than one that’s usually run by USA Gymnastics. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Biles said that she hopes the partnership will allow her to participate in “honest conversations” with
7:05 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. As the end of April nears, many teams around the NHL are down to a single-digit number of games remaining on the schedule. In other words, time is running out for clubs currently
9:34 AM ET A blockbuster welterweight championship rematch is now official. Champion Kamaru Usman and challenger Jorge Masvidal both successfully weighed in Friday morning for their title clash. Usman weighed 169.5 pounds, and Masvidal hit the mark at 170. Usman will defend his UFC welterweight title against Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261
The Columbus Blue Jackets lost their eighth consecutive game after a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, and emotions are riding high. After the game, goaltender Elvis Merzlikins let it be known how upset he is at the recent streak of unfortunate events. “I’m tired,” Merzlikins told the media.
USATSI Spring college football is here after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, a handful of teams have already completed their spring drills and games. But for most of the Power Five, drills are getting under way with April and May once again being busy months for spring games. There’s rarely
Getty Images The welterweight title is up for grabs once again this weekend. But the UFC’s latest PPV offering will come with a bit of a wrinkle: fans are back. That’s right, UFC 261 is set to commence on Saturday night in Jacksonville, Florida in front of 15,000 fans from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.
7:13 AM ET Roman ModrowskiESPN.com It was March 16, 2019, and London’s O2 Arena was packed for a UFC Fight Night. Darren Till, a popular local fighter from Liverpool, was facing Jorge Masvidal in the main event. Till was favored to beat Masvidal and then face Ben Askren, who was in attendance, for a shot
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‘Elation in Rider Nation!’ Those were the first words that came out of my mouth as I began the most exhilarating post-game show after the 2013 Grey Cup. Calls and texts came in from the United States, Europe, Asia and across Canada and the province. And when George Reed calls this game the biggest moment
Since winning the Open Championship in 2017, Jordan Spieth has had four chances to complete the career Grand Slam by taking down the PGA Championship. He came close in 2019 with a top-three finish, but the 2021 PGA Championship will give Spieth another shot at becoming the sixth modern player to achieve the feat. All
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The women’s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Andrade at UFC 261 is locked in. Dominant titleholder Shevchenko (20-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) and decorated challenger Andrade (21-8 MMA, 12-6 UFC) both successfully made weight on Friday morning at official weigh-ins. Shevchenko looked sharp as usual, hitting the scale at 124.5
Retired NASCAR driver Carl Edwards says that he currently does not have an “active campaign” for the U.S. Senate. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is retiring at the end of his term in 2022, and Edwards has been mentioned as a possibility to run for the open senate seat in the Republican primary. Edwards told the
7:00 AM ET The first-ever (and, most likely, the only) spring FCS playoffs are upon us, with eight games on Saturday, all on ESPN3. It has been a wild couple of months of wild finishes, ultracompetitive games, unexpected storylines — North Dakota State losing twice, VMI winning the Southern Conference, etc. — and, because this
8:30 AM ET Red Bull has poached one of Mercedes’ senior power unit engineers, Ben Hodgkinson, to head up its new Red Bull Powertrains division. 1 Related Red Bull will manufacture its own engines from 2022 onwards following the withdrawal of Honda at the end of this year. The team will purchase the designs of
Ross Chastain is a race-car driver who has seen it all during his time in NASCAR. But this year, he finds himself with the best opportunity of his racing career. After making a staple of overachieving in underfunded equipment for nearly a decade, Chastain got the break he was hoping for last fall, when he
4:33 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina has added Oklahoma transfer Brady Manek. The school announced Thursday that the 6-foot-9 graduate is joining the Tar Heels after spending the past four seasons as a Sooners starter under now-retired coach Lon Kruger. Manek provides the Tar Heels with an experienced big man
4:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Guard Montez Mathis has transferred to St. John’s after three seasons at Rutgers. St. John’s coach Mike Anderson announced the move on Thursday of the Baltimore native who played in 90 games and made 67 starts for the Scarlet Knights. Mathis averaged 8.3 points and helped Rutgers
STAFFORD, Conn. — Due to impending inclement weather for Sunday, NASCAR and Stafford Motor Speedway officials have postponed the NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. The event will be held on Friday, April 30. With the new schedule, Whelen Modified Tour practice will be held from 4:35-5:35 p.m. Mayhew Tools