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4:24 AM ET Less than 18 months have passed since Mikel Arteta played a pivotal role in convincing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to sign a contract extension with Arsenal. The striker was coveted throughout Europe at the time, with Barcelona, Inter Milan and even London rivals Chelsea sensing an opportunity to snatch away the Gunners’ prized forward

5:51 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Not quite sure exactly how this week would play out, Joe LaCava decided to get to Florida a few days early. After a year of virtual inactivity, the caddie for Tiger Woods wanted to get out of the house. Playing some golf with his son, Joe Jr., and soaking

4:41 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC’s 2021 will wrap up with a heavyweight main event, as Derrick Lewis will meet Chris Daukaus during UFC Fight Night at the Apex on Saturday. It’s a redemption spot for Lewis (25-8), who is coming off a knockout loss to Ciryl Gane in August for the interim

7:04 PM ET Marc Raimondi Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette TAMPA, Florida — YouTube sensation-turned-boxer Jake Paul is back in the ring to face Tyron Woodley in a rematch after Paul’s split decision victory over the

5:05 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The focus is back where it always burned brightest, on the guy whose various injuries and comebacks have garnered the laser-like attention akin to all the golf records he set. Tiger Woods was on a golf course again, a crowd of thousands following him in a pro-am. It was

1:41 PM ET Andy Murray defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-5 on Friday to reach the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. The match was Nadal’s first since he prematurely ended his season in August with a foot injury. It was also the first time the two players had met on a court since May

1:56 PM GMT All Round 2 matches between U.K. and French sides have been postponed hours after Ospreys vs. Racing 92 was called off due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Welsh squad. European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) awarded Racing 92 a 28-0 victory and five match points, in accordance with competition

11:47 PM ET As the NBA tries to fortify itself against waves of positive COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, the league will increase daily testing and face mask use for players and staff through the holiday season, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association agreed to elevate testing

first Quarter KC LAC TD 7:34 Michael Burton 7 Yard Rush, H.Butker extra point is GOOD, Center-J.Winchester, Holder-T.Townsend. 11 plays, 95 yards, 5:53 7 0 second Quarter KC LAC FG 14:50 Harrison Butker Made 30 Yrd Field Goal 10 plays, 46 yards, 5:30 10 0 TD 9:12 Justin Herbert 1 Yard Rush, D.Hopkins extra point

6:26 PM ET Alabama, Georgia and Texas A&M were all jockeying for the No. 1 recruiting class on Wednesday, but it was the Aggies who were able to pull ahead to claim the top class after the first day of the early signing period. Texas A&M has steadily risen in the class rankings over the

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff The rise in COVID-19 cases is becoming an increasing concern throughout the NHL. In just over 36 hours (from early Monday to Tuesday evening), nearly 30 players and staff members were added to the league’s COVID-19 protocols. Tuesday’s game between the Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes was postponed because of

10:22 AM GMT England will host the All Blacks at Twickenham in November 2022 as part of a four-Test programme which includes world champions South Africa. Eddie Jones’ England last played the All Blacks in the semifinal of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. It proved to be one of England’s greatest ever performances as they

7:00 AM ET Last week, we covered the late flurry of action before the CBA expired on Dec. 1, which saw an almost unprecedented levels of spending in a short period of time. Now that there’s a lockout that should last most of the winter, we don’t have any imminent action. But come February, we

10:13 PM ET EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Dec. 24, 2020. Since then, Bubba Wallace earned his first career Cup win — making him the first Black driver to win a Cup Series race since 1963. That win came on Oct. 4, 2021, at Talladega, the same track that what was believed to

2:13 PM ET Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — NASCAR champion Kyle Larson‘s first Formula One race was the season finale, and he is as conflicted as anyone over the controversial ending of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton on the final lap Sunday to win the title, but

12:07 PM ET What a weekend! Even before the chaos of the Champions League draw, the past 48 hours delivered a ton of talking points across Europe’s top leagues. Real Madrid‘s big derby win over Atletico Madrid feels decisive in LaLiga’s title race, while Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea all won to keep all three

1:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko was on the verge of the statement win he was searching for Saturday, the kind of performance that could land him a shot at the undisputed lightweight championship. After he floored Richard Commey in the seventh round of their lightweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Lomachenko

12:43 AM ET Charles Oliveira has retained his UFC lightweight title, submitting Dustin Poirier by rear-naked choke in Round 3 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The stoppage came at 1 minute, 2 seconds. Oliveira (32-8, 1 NC), 32, was making the first defense of the vacant title he won when he

1:43 AM ET Associated Press LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Slow Down Andy upset heavily favored Messier by a length to win the $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity on Saturday, snapping trainer Bob Baffert’s seven-year winning streak in the race for 2-year-olds. Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, Slow Down Andy ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.33. The son

5:40 PM ET As the Philadelphia 76ers begin to gather momentum in trade conversations for All-Star guard Ben Simmons, the Portland Trail Blazers reiterated that one of the Sixers’ top targets — All-NBA guard Damian Lillard — is not available to be discussed, sources told ESPN. The Sixers and Blazers connected in recent days and