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11:57 AM ET The 2022 World Cup semifinals are here. After a thrilling round of 16 and quarterfinals, we’re into the business end of the tournament with four teams remaining. There’s plenty of star power, great matchups and top players who all have their eyes set on hoisting the trophy on Dec. 18. The action

7:15 PM ET The UFC light heavyweight title will be up for grabs this weekend — even without the participants who were originally scheduled to battle for the gold. Former champion Jan Blachowicz will take on Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC 282 on Saturday in Las Vegas. The winner will take home

Dec 9, 2022 Associated Press NEW YORK — Trainer Jason Servis, whose horse Maximum Security was the 3-year-old champion in 2019, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges involving a widespread scheme to drug horses. The 65-year-old New Jersey-based trainer faces four years in prison when he is sentenced next May in U.S. District Court in

9:37 AM ET If you were hoping for the venom of a Phil Mickelson–Tiger Woods showdown in previous iterations of The Match — or certainly what a rematch might bring today — then Saturday night’s made-for-TV clash featuring Woods and world No. 1 Rory McIlroy against Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas might seem more like

8:37 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez was at the pinnacle of boxing after beating Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2020. A new contract, celebrity, sponsors and fandom followed the undisputed lightweight champion. Just months after his 23rd birthday, Lopez was poised to be the next superstar in a sport with a long history of them. Lopez

8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — WITH the trio of Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum and Zion Williamson, the New Orleans Pelicans were thought to have one of the best offenses in the league entering 2022-23. Ingram averaged nearly 24 points per game during his first two seasons in New Orleans and was at

4:26 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Wednesday that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will not need surgery on his broken left foot and will have a much shorter rehabilitation than was feared after Garoppolo suffered the injury on Sunday. But Shanahan stopped short of suggesting Garoppolo’s return is a

Dec 7, 2022 ESPN News Services The ATP on Wednesday fined Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) £820,000 ($1 million) for banning male players from Russia and Belarus from playing in its grass-court events this summer. The governing body of British tennis banned the players from five Wimbledon warm-up tournaments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Wimbledon

7:00 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On the back wall of Gus’ Good Times Deli, an iconic eatery

6:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Outfielder Cody Bellinger and the Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a one-year, $17.5 million contract, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Bellinger continued to provide Gold Glove-caliber defense in center field for the Los Angeles Dodgers last season, in addition to

8:10 AM ET Welcome to December in the NHL, where parity reigns more than ever and no lead is safe. And while I’ve heard plenty of theories on why — defense taking a backseat, special teams mattering more, a rash of injuries, the rebuilding teams improving faster than expected — do we really care to

Dec 6, 2022 England head coach Eddie Jones has been sacked by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in the wake of a run of poor results, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Tuesday. The RFU announced Richard Cockerill will take over the running of the men’s team in the interim. 2 Related RFU CEO

6:14 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent AL KHOR, Qatar — For England and Gareth Southgate, the real business starts now. After a tense first 30 minutes against Senegal, the champions of Africa were dispatched with minimal fuss in the round of 16 and now comes the stage of the World Cup when the big-hitters can’t avoid

2:09 AM ET Stephen Thompson proved he still has championship aspirations after a dominating performance over Kevin Holland in the main event of UFC Fight Night, but others in Orlando, Florida, found their way to shine as well. Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim look at the biggest moments from an action-packed event in

5:35 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury retained his WBC and lineal heavyweight championship with a one-sided beating of Derek Chisora that was finally stopped by the referee at 2:51 of Round 10 on Saturday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Chisora, who has now lost to Fury three times, never landed a punch of

Dec 2, 2022 ESPN staff The future of Super Rugby Pacific has been locked away until at least the end of 2030, with New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia rubber-stamping a plan to take the competition forward over the next eight years. After months of negotiation and more than just a few stern words, the

Dec 1, 2022 Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kevin Harvick will know if 2023 will be his last as a fulltime NASCAR driver before the season-opening Daytona 500 in February. “I don’t really have a clear answer on that right now,” the 2014 Cup champ said Thursday about his future. “I think as we get

7:00 AM ET HE RUNS DOWNFIELD as if traveling on grooves. He reaches full speed within two strides, his feet like stones skipping across a flat lake, his hips swerving in and out of cuts without betraying his intent. Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson is a storm that feels far away until it’s suddenly overhead. Defenders

7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: “I know where I’d go.”“Where?”“I’d go to Akron. I’d go there with a pretty woman. A strange woman. A quiet woman. I wouldn’t even want to know her name. Where I would be just ‘Mr. Smith’ and I would send out for cold beer. Then I would

Nov 30, 2022 There’s no way around it, the Boston Celtics are the hottest team in the NBA. Four straight wins and nine wins out of their last 10 games have been enough for Boston to claim the best record in the league at 17-4. But while the Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks are in