Jun 7, 2018 Jeff Wagenheim | ESPN Conor McGregor posted on social media on Wednesday that he agreed to make a potentially history-making return to the UFC last month. The former featherweight and lightweight champion, who hasn’t fought in MMA since winning the 155-pound belt in November 2016, took to Instagram to celebrate his placement
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Jun 6, 2018 A Texas grand jury decided Wednesday that there was not enough evidence to indict two suspended Baylor football players who had been investigated on allegations of sexual assault. The grand jury reviewed information from Baylor University’s Title IX investigation, police reports, witness statements and victim interviews before deciding there wasn’t enough evidence
Jun 6, 2018 Associated Press NEW YORK — Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify arrived in New York on Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s Belmont Stakes, in which the colt will try to sweep the Triple Crown. Justify traveled smoothly to Belmont Park via a flight from Louisville, Kentucky, and a van ride from an
Jun 7, 2018 It’s worth noting that two of the four teams that made the College Football Playoff last season, Clemson and Georgia, each played two nonconference games against Power 5 opponents. In fact, Clemson played Auburn and South Carolina, both of which were ranked in the CFP selection committee’s rankings going into the final
Jun 6, 2017 CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Rosemary Clarke is a soft-spoken, slight woman. The kind who makes you naturally lean forward when you first meet, so as to not miss a word. There’s something almost soothing about the delicate way in which she speaks. It’s a trait you notice from the moment she introduces
Team Sky rider Geraint Thomas said they produced one of their “best time trials ever” to dominate the third stage of the Criterium du Dauphine. Thomas and his colleagues beat BMC Racing to win the team time trial by 37 seconds and now hold the top four places in the general classification. Michal Kwiatkowski leads
McLaren have rejected an approach for their reserve driver Lando Norris to race for Toro Rosso this season. Red Bull had wanted the Englishman, 18, who races in Formula 2, to replace New Zealander Brendon Hartley in their junior team for the rest of this year. But McLaren preferred to keep Norris on his current
Jun 6, 2018 With the Triple Crown in sight at Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, Justify’s owner, WinStar Farm, has brokered a deal to have the horse exclusively sponsored by private jet company WheelsUp. Terms were not disclosed. The rights include a WheelsUp logo on the horse’s blanket and includes WheelsUp sponsorship of jockey Mike Smith, who
Jun 6, 2018 ESPN News Services DUBLIN, Ohio — Police have released more details about the crash that injured PGA Tour player Bud Cauley and three others in Ohio. A report released Tuesday by Dublin police indicates that David Crawford, 37, was driving at the time of the crash near Muirfield Village Golf Club on
Jun 5, 2018 Former WWE star and current UFC welterweight CM Punk was absolved in a civil lawsuit in Chicago court on Tuesday, just four days before he’s scheduled to fight at UFC 225. Punk, whose birth name is Phil Brooks, and pro wrestler Colt Cabana, birth name Scott Colton, were both absolved in the
Jun 5, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports For the second time in three races, the winner of the Xfinity Series race has failed postrace technical inspection. NASCAR penalized Joe Gibbs Racing for the race-winning car of Kyle
South Africa’s Daryl Impey took advantage of a late crash by Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski to lead the Criterium du Dauphine after two stages. The Mitchelton-Scott rider was third on the 181km stage, won by Germany’s Pascal Ackermann in four hours, 19 minutes 57 seconds. Kwiatkowski had held the leader’s yellow jersey after stage one
The 2018 Tour of Britain will begin in south Wales and end in London. Britain’s biggest professional cycle race will see 120 cyclists start in Pembrey Country Park and finish in Newport on Sunday, 2 September. Newport last hosted the Tour in 2004, while the final stage of the 2017 race passed through the city
Jun 5, 2018 The PGA Tour heads to Memphis, Tennessee, this week for the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind. Our ESPN and FantasyGolfInsider experts have picked the players they believe have the skills to succeed and provide big fantasy point totals. Pick to win Phil Mickelson Lefty loves the TPC Southwind course, which
Jun 5, 2018 If you love triangles — and why wouldn’t you? — you must’ve loved Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Pocono Raceway. One hundred sixty laps, 480 corners and one victory for Martin Truex Jr., who obviously now loves triangles. This season looked like it was turning into a showcase for Kevin Harvick and
Jun 5, 2018 For years in this NASCAR Power Rankings, we listed drivers and drivers only. This year, we’ve been mixing it up a bit. This month’s rankings focus not on the people in the race cars, but the level of entertainment that those race cars have produced. So, without further ado, adieu, ahem, here’s
Jun 6, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports As NASCAR debates and looks to team owners for approval to potentially use a restrictor-plate package with front-end air ducts at a points race this year, it knows it won’t
F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault at the end of 2017, joins the BBC team this season to offer insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors. Saturday in Monaco showed the very best side of Formula 1’s most famous race – but the race on Sunday showed it at its