Endeavor Group Holdings, the media conglomerate and ownership company of UFC, launched an initial public offering Thursday. Executives Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, as well as UFC president Dana White, all appeared at the New York Stock Exchange, where Endeavor stock began trading at $24 per share and closed at $25.20. “It’s official,” White wrote
Month: April 2021
Conor McGregor has donated $500,000 to a Boys & Girls Club in Louisiana as an apparent resolution to an issue he had with rival Dustin Poirier. The hefty donation from McGregor’s team came in to the Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana on Monday, club president and CEO Missy Andrade told ESPN on Tuesday. The
Nicolai von Dellingshausen of Germany took a three-shot lead of the Tenerife Open after matching a career-best 62 through the second round on Friday. Von Dellingshausen carded a 9-under round at the Golf Costa Adeje course on the Canary Islands. He made seven birdies to go with one bogey before eagling the par-5 18th hole
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If the San Francisco 49ers wanted to play it safe in the 2021 NFL draft, they could have waited to take the player they liked best with the 12th pick. But when the Niners traded that selection, along with two future first-round choices and a third-round pick in 2022, to the
As the boxing world slowly starts rolling back into full gear, this weekend’s fights represent a burst of momentum leading into the busiest month in boxing we’ve had in over a year. It kicks off on Friday in London (ESPN+, 4 p.m. main card; 2 p.m. ET undercard) with a card featuring rising featherweight Michael
Former heavyweight unified world titlist Andy Ruiz Jr. returns to the ring Saturday for the first time since losing his belt in a rematch against Anthony Joshua in December 2019 to face former title challenger Chris Arreola. The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Ruiz (33-2, 22
Jon Lester will make his Washington Nationals debut vs. the Miami Marlins on Friday after the left-hander was activated off the injured list. The 37-year-old Lester, who had surgery in March to remove a parathyroid gland, was one of 11 players to be put on the injured list before the season opener after four had
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Pete Lammons, the starting tight end on the New York Jets‘ Super Bowl III championship team and a member of the University of Texas 1963 national champions, died Thursday in a boating accident in Texas, according to authorities. He was 77. Lammons, an avid fisherman, fell overboard at the dock while
MUNICH — Top-seeded Alexander Zverev lost in the Munich Open quarterfinals to Belarussian qualifier Ilya Ivashka 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3 on Friday. Trying to add to his Munich titles in 2017 and ’18, Zverev served for the match against Ivashka at 5-4 in the second set. But he was broken. Ivashka, ranked 107th, made the
Report Visitors begin reply brightly at Hove but lose six wickets and still trail by 135 as spinner snares four Lancashire 193 for 6 (Jennings 60, Carson 4-50) trail Sussex 328 (van Zyl 79, Haines 58) by 135 runs Young off-spinner Jack Carson continued his impressive start to the season with four wickets as Sussex
King Fury, the 20-1 horse named after lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. King Fury’s trainer, Kenny McPeek, tweeted the horse spiked 104 degree fever with an elevated white count on Friday afternoon after a galloping session in the morning, leading to the decision to pull King Fury from
Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez said he had to negotiate by telephone the release of one of his brothers, who had been kidnapped in Mexico, in the days before his 2018 fight against Rocky Fielding in New York. “In 2018, the Monday before the fight, and I was always on the phone. … I negotiated everything
Dallas Mavericks center/power forward Kristaps Porzingis exited Thursday night’s 115-105 win over the Detroit Pistons because of soreness in his right knee. Porzingis, who had missed the previous three games because of a sprained left ankle, complained of the knee soreness midway through the third quarter. The visiting Mavericks announced at the beginning of the
Report Durham extend lead between showers as signs of low bounce warn of trials ahead Durham 287 for 4 (Lees 126*, Young 124) lead Warwickshire 87 (Raine 5-9, Wood 3-28) by 200 runs Boiled cannabis or Viagra? These were the bizarre alternatives that came to mind as one watched Durham strengthen their grip on this
We are on the cusp of the final scoring period for ESPN.com fantasy hockey leagues. In leagues with weekly roster moves, the final lock will happen on Monday. But, while the roster will lock on May 3, the week actually extends to Thursday of the following week, May 13. The season was originally supposed to
Report Three late wickets in the Headingley murk leave visitors dreaming of shock win Yorkshire 206 and 43 for 3 lead Northamptonshire 234 (Zaib 55, Taylor 50) by 15 runs Saif Zaib‘s progression from teenaged prodigy to proven county cricketer has been far from automatic, but the resolve he displayed against Yorkshire at Headingley will
SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken are free to make trades and sign players after making their final expansion payment to the NHL. Seattle owners paid $650 million to become the 32nd franchise. The Kraken begin play next season. “On behalf of the board of governors, I am delighted to officially welcome the Seattle Kraken to
Report Surrey pile on the runs as pitch transforms from minefield to road in space of an innings Surrey 513 for 3 (Amla 215*, Pope 131, Burns 80, Smith 66*) lead Hampshire 92 by 421 runs Most greats of the game empty bars rather than filling them, but Hashim Amla’s unflappable, effortless manner does not
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