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11:15 AM ET The NHL announced on Tuesday that Fanatics, its longtime e-commerce and fan apparel partner, will become its new outfitter of on-ice uniforms and authentic jerseys beginning in 2024-25. As fans, we’re accustomed to seeing the Nike swoosh or the Adidas stripes on sports uniforms. But this NHL deal will mark the first

8:00 AM ET The old survive-and-advance adage, the football version anyway, has us down to 16 teams. Yep, the Sweet 16 awaits in ESPN’s 2023 fictional NCAA football tournament. The early rounds have already provided a few shockers, not to mention some memorable moments and games. Both veterans and freshmen have stepped up to steer

6:51 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Joey Logano dominated early and then passed Brad Keselowski on the final lap to win NASCAR’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and end the early-season domination of Chevrolet and Hendrick Motorsports on Sunday. Logano won the pole and led a strong showing of three straight Team Penske

12:23 PM ET Manchester United could face Manchester City in the FA Cup final after the rival clubs avoided each other in the semifinal draw on Sunday. United face Fulham in the quarterfinals on Sunday and the winners will play Brighton & Hove Albion at Wembley Stadium for a place in the final. – Stream

12:24 PM ET Kamaru Usman was well on his way to a sixth title defense and a record-tying 16th straight UFC win last summer. He was the undisputed best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet and about one minute away from another accolade that would vault him into a discussion about the greatest fighters of all

Mar 16, 2023 After an impressive 2023 Six Nations showing, Ireland will wrap up the tournament Grand Slam in Saturday’s finale if they beat England. Steve Borthwick’s side look to bounce back from their 53-10 drubbing by France last time out. The England boss said after the match that his side are far off the

Mar 16, 2023 With the start of the 2023 MLB season approaching, we’ve ranked the top 100 prospects in the game. Now it’s time to take a look at the players who didn’t make my list this year but could earn a spot on the top 100 going into next season. This is an opportunity

6:42 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant, in an interview Wednesday, said he realized how much he is risking with his pattern of poor off-court decisions during the week and a half since the incident that resulted in his eight-game suspension from the NBA. Hours after the Grizzlies played the Nuggets in Denver on

Mar 15, 2023 Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Frances Tiafoe defeated 10th-seeded Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open. The 14th-seeded American ended the 2021 champion’s eight-match winning streak to earn his first semifinal berth in a Masters 1000 tournament. “Super happy about today,” Tiafoe said

11:07 PM ET ESPN staff 2023 NFL free agency is off and running, as teams have been agreeing to deals with unrestricted free agents and re-signing their own players since Monday, when the legal tampering period opened. Now that the new league year has begun, those deals can be made official. We’re tracking all of

8:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors College football‘s 2023 recruiting cycle has come and gone, with Alabama signing the No. 1 class for the eighth time in the Nick Saban era. The Crimson Tide locked up the No. 1-ranked prospect at four different positions, and while quarterback was not one of those, they might have brought

Mar 14, 2023 Mike CoppingerESPN Manny Pacquiao, who announced his retirement in August 2021, plans to fight again, MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons told ESPN on Tuesday. Pacquiao, who turned 44 in December, is engaged in talks for a welterweight fight against U.K. star Conor Benn, Gibbons said. That fight is being eyed for June

7:30 AM ET It was less than a week before the Washington Capitals‘ game at the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, and the ESPN production team still wasn’t sure how it would handle a video goal review during the game. Normally, this wouldn’t be a concern. But normally, the referee isn’t a 3D animated

7:00 AM ET Last week, we looked at the five losing teams from last year that are most likely to take a step forward in 2023. This week, we look at five 2022 playoff teams that might take a step back in 2023. We’ll start by again referencing the Plexiglass Principle: Teams that improve one

Mar 13, 2023 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — While Scottie Scheffler was running away with a 5-stroke victory at the Players to pick up his sixth PGA Tour victory in 13 months Sunday, there was still plenty of drama on the leaderboard. With just two weeks left to crack the top 50 of the Official

10:17 PM ET Liverpool followed up their historic 7-0 win over Manchester United with a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth — classic Liverpool — while Borussia Dortmund‘s title hopes took a hit and Kai Havertz came up big for a Chelsea side in need of heroes. ESPN correspondents Mark Ogden, Rob Dawson, Julien Laurens, Sam Marsden,

Mar 12, 2023 Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — William Byron took advantage of a late restart to earn a Cup Series victory, just like last weekend. Kyle Larson was the victim of Byron’s late restart prowess, just like last weekend. It was a strange bit of déjà vu at Phoenix Raceway, as Byron won his

8:32 PM BST Records tumbled at Twickenham with promises kept. It was a match where we were going to bear witness to a great entertainer. And we did — except it wasn’t England’s Marcus Smith running the show. Instead, this was yet another incredible performance by the magician Antoine Dupont as France handed England a

7:39 PM ET Every weight class in the UFC has its intrigue, but nowhere are the twists and turns as dramatic and volatile at the top as they are in men’s bantamweight. Merab Dvalishvili put on a historic performance in winning a lopsided unanimous decision over former champion Petr Yan in the main event of

5:19 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are closing in on a deal for an undisputed heavyweight championship fight — planned for April 29 at London’s Wembley Stadium — after both sides notified the WBA that they have agreed to terms, president Gilberto Mendoza told ESPN on Friday. Mendoza said he received