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7:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford were on the verge of a deal for an undisputed welterweight championship fight in November, but with talks stalled, and Crawford agreeing to a fight against David Avanesyan on Dec. 10, it’s unclear if they’ll ever meet in a ring, let alone next. Tyson

7:53 AM ET PEORIA, Ariz. — Sean O’Malley was feeling good. It was 5 p.m. on a Saturday in September, about five weeks into his camp for this weekend’s bantamweight fight against Petr Yan at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. O’Malley had looked great in sparring that morning and was sitting down

9:17 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star guard Darius Garland suffered a left eye injury late in the second quarter of Wednesday night’s season-opening 108-105 loss to[ the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena and did not return. Garland was inadvertently hit in the face by Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. and fell

5:09 PM ET NEW YORK — For the first time, an NFL owner publicly has called for serious consideration to remove Washington‘s Dan Snyder from NFL ownership. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay held an explosive interview scrum at the fall meetings Tuesday and called Snyder’s missteps as owner, particularly with workplace misconduct, “gravely concerning.” “I

12:48 PM ET Maryland starting quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa will be a game-time decision this week against Northwestern after aggravating a right knee injury in Saturday’s 38-33 win over Indiana. Terrapins coach Mike Locksley said Tagovailoa, a three-year starter, received an MRI and a second opinion on the knee, which he initially sprained in a Sept.

Oct 18, 2022 Leigh Halfpenny, Ken Owens and Justin Tipuric are in line to make their comebacks for Wales in the November internationals more than a year after they last appeared for their country. Flyhalf Dan Biggar and back Liam Williams will miss out because of injury as coach Wayne Pivac on Tuesday named a

Oct 18, 2022 The week that was in professional golf saw many notable players return to the winner’s circle. Keegan Bradley ended a four-year PGA Tour drought by winning the Zozo Championship in Japan. Brooks Koepka claimed his first victory in 20 months by winning LIV Golf’s first event in Saudi Arabia, which, if you

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The top 100 NHL players for the 2022-23 season are difficult to rank, given the incredible depth of talent at almost every position. To create our annual ranking of the NHL’s top 100 players, we asked an ESPN panel of more than 50 hockey experts to rate players based on

7:00 AM ET WHEN HARRISON BADER found out that his childhood dream was coming true, his first reaction was unexpected: disappointment. St. Louis, where he’d spent the past five and a half seasons as a member of the Cardinals, had become home. The team drafted Bader out of Florida in 2015, and when he was

Oct 17, 2022 Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Dutch wheelchair star Esther Vergeer is among three new International Tennis Hall of Fame nominees for the Class of 2023 announced Monday, joining the half-dozen holdovers from the vote last year, the first time in history no one on the ballot was selected. Vergeer, who won 44

7:16 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Team Penske has a shot at two major championships this year — Joey Logano became the first driver to qualify for NASCAR’s title-deciding finale with a win Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “We’re racing for a championship! Let’s go!” Logano screamed to the crowd. “All

Oct 14, 2022 NEW YORK — There was a specific moment when I realized the power of El Clasico’s magnetic reach outside of Spain. The year was 2005. I was already living in New York City after moving there two years prior from London but had returned to the U.K. for a brief spell to

10:06 AM BST Centre Emily Scarratt scored all of England’s points as they claimed a tense 13-7 victory over France in their women’s Rugby World Cup Pool C clash at the Northland Events Centre in Whangarei on Saturday to record a 27th consecutive test win. England qualify for the quarter-finals having dominated territory and possession,

7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Devin Haney pressed forward and threw shots with bad intentions, pinning his sparring partner along the ropes. Weeks before Haney traveled to Australia for his second consecutive fight against George Kambosos Jr., he was putting the finishing touches on his American training camp, his first as undisputed

8:00 AM ET Here we go: The top 10 in our 2022-2023 League Pass Rankings! We revealed Nos. 30-11 on Tuesday, and you can read about the rankings formula there. 10. DALLAS MAVERICKS (35) Look at this soul-snatcher: That is the smile of someone who knows he has you. The Mavs’ offense is one-dimensional —

Oct 11, 2022 Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araújo meet in a matchup of top-10 women’s flyweights headlining UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the 7 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 4 p.m. You can stream the fights here. Grasso (14-3), a

6:30 AM ET Multiple Contributors The 2022 NFL rookie class has wowed through five weeks. Twelve first-year players have already caught at least one touchdown pass and nine have rushed for one. Thirteen have an interception and 14 have at least one sack in their early pro careers. A pair of rookie quarterbacks have even

RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 QB-PP New Orleans, LAIsidore Newman School 6’3” 204 93 2 QB-PP Los Alamitos, CALos Alamitos High School 6’3” 185 91 USCCommitted11/30/2021 3 CB Lakeland, FLLake Gibson High School 6’2” 165 91 4 OLB Denton, TXBilly Ryan High School 6’2” 230 90 5 OT Bradenton, FLIMG

8:05 AM ET The 2022-23 NHL regular season has finally arrived, with an opening night doubleheader on ESPN and ESPN+. Tuesday’s action includes a rematch of the 2022 Eastern Conference finals between the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers (7:30 p.m. ET), and a nightcap between the Vegas Golden Knights and Los Angeles Kings.

7:00 AM ET We’re down to eight teams in the 2022 postseason after four were eliminated this past weekend in MLB’s first-ever wild-card series weekend. Now it’s on to the league division series: four series, best-of-five, first team to win three advances. The Philadelphia Phillies will battle the defending champion Atlanta Braves in the first