7:30 PM ET Another boxing legend is stepping back into the ring. Evander Holyfield will fight Kevin McBride in an exhibition on June 5, Triller Fight Club’s Peter Kahn confirmed to ESPN’s Mark Kriegel on Sunday. Holyfield’s return will be on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez’s unified lightweight title defense against George Kambosos in Miami
6:28 PM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets traded captain Nick Foligno to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. The Blue Jackets received a 2021 first-round pick, as well as a fourth-round choice in the same draft, and will also retain 25% of Foligno’s contract, which expires this summer. Foligno in the final season of a
2:43 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Marcus Stroman was unhappy that the New York Mets began Sunday’s game against the Miami Marlins in a steady rain, which interrupted his outing after nine pitches. The game began at 1:10 p.m. and was stopped by plate umpire D.J. Reyburn after 7 minutes. Home teams decide
6:23 PM ET Wyoming football recruit Tony Evans Jr. was killed early Sunday in a shooting at a Dallas hotel, police said. Evans, 17, and another person were shot around 1:35 a.m. Sunday at a Hawthorn Suites near Love Field airport. Evans was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The other
3:33 PM ET Golden State Warriors rookie center James Wiseman suffered a tear to the meniscus in his right knee and could miss the rest of the season, sources told ESPN. Wiseman, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, underwent imaging Sunday for an injury suffered on Saturday night. Further consultation with
4:46 PM ET CHARLESTON, S.C. — Veronika Kudermetova of Russia won her first WTA title, coming up strong on the big points to beat Danka Kovinic 6-4, 6-2 at the Volvo Car Open on Sunday. The 23-year-old Kudermetova did not drop a set in six matches on the way to the championship at the season’s
3:12 PM ET LONDON — Edinson Cavani is 34 years old, out of contract at the end of the season and, according to Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, “still wants time to make his mind up” about whether to stay at the club. But in his inspiring of a 3-1 win at Tottenham on
2:10 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Josh Berry passed Ty Gibbs with 28 laps to go and pulled away for his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in a rain-delayed race at Martinsville Speedway. Berry gave himself enough cushion after getting by Gibbs to withstand challenges by Noah Gragson and Daniel Hemric, who
1:58 PM ET Associated Press Lorenzo Sonego became the first Italian for 15 years to capture an ATP tour clay court title on home soil after fighting back to beat Laslo Djere of Serbia and win the Sardegna Open on Sunday. Third-seeded Sonego had to dig deep in the second set before prevailing 2-6, 7-6
KKR defeated SRH by 10 runs in their IPL 2021 campaign over.© BCCI/IPL Kolkata Knight Riders defeated SunRisers Hyderabad by 10 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 match at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Sunday. It was KKR’s 100th win in the IPL and their co-owner Shah Rukh Khan took to Twitter
1:33 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State is naming Eddie George its new head coach, sources tell ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. George starred at running back for the Tennessee Titans from 1996-2003 and will bring
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan on Sunday said that his side couldn’t have asked for a better start in their IPL campaign as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs, on Sunday. KKR notched up an easy win against SRH, riding on opener Nitish Rana (80) and Rahul Tripathi’s (53) fluent half-centuries after being
11:58 AM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels right fielder Dexter Fowler suffered a torn ACL and will miss the remainder of the season, the team announced Sunday. Fowler appeared to suffer the injury during Friday’s win over the Toronto Blue Jays when he took an awkward step on second base. The Angels said
9:14 AM ET Forward Alize Johnson has agreed to a multi-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets worth up to $4.1 million, his agent George Langberg told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Johnson’s productivity parlayed two consecutive 10-day contracts into the new deal with the Nets. Johnson had his choice of a bit more guaranteed money elsewhere, but
2:24 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks have re-signed Damarious Randall and plan to move him back to cornerback, the team announced Friday. The 28-year-old Randall played cornerback for his first three seasons with the Green Bay Packers, who drafted him 30th overall in 2015. He has also played safety and some
Rajasthan Royals’ English recruit Jos Buttler believes the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the inspiration behind emergence of wicketkeeper-captains in the world’s biggest T20 league, the IPL. In the ongoing IPL, four out of eight franchises will be captained by wicket-keepers and Buttler feels the credit should go to Dhoni for setting the trend. Besides
3:24 PM ET It would be an unexpected bonus for Chelsea if Kai Havertz discovered his best form while also solving what has become a problem position for Thomas Tuchel. The expectation remains that the Blues will sign a centre-forward this summer with senior figures at the club believing they are competitive in the race
7:29 PM ET Former major league slugger Alex Rodriguez and billionaire Marc Lore are finalizing a deal to purchase the Minnesota Timberwolves from majority owner Glen Taylor, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. Taylor will continue to hold full control of the team for two years before Rodriguez and Lore take over in 2023.