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Conor McGregor has addressed a rumor that he has been removed from the UFC roster. The former dual-weight champion recently re-entered the UFC drug testing pool ahead of his comeback.‘Notorious’ is hoping to return when MMA’s premier promotion heads to the White House in July 2026.However, reports suggested Conor McGregor‘s legendary UFC career was over on Thursday evening. Conor McGregor made waves with his opening remarks at BKFC’s big press conference. Credit: BKFCConor McGregor shuts down UFC exit talkUFC Roster Tracker claimed that Conor McGregor had been removed from the UFC roster. The usually reliable outlet sent MMA fans into…

BALTIMORE (AP) Rookie Tomoyuki Sugano earned his 10th victory by working 5 1/3 sharp innings before a lengthy rain delay, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Thursday.Julio Rodríguez homered for Seattle, which has dropped consecutive games since winning eight in a row. The Mariners (67-55) fell 1 1/2 games behind AL West-leading Houston.Catcher Cal Raleigh, who leads the majors with 45 home runs, was out of Seattle’s starting lineup for only the fifth time this season. He walked as pinch-hitter in the ninth.Sugano (10-5) won back-to-back starts for the first time. The 35-year-old from Japan threw…

It’s Christmas in August! The NBA reminded fans of its existence Thursday when it released the full schedule for the 2025-26 regular season. There will once again be five games on Christmas, which will give us a glimpse at superstars like LeBron James, Nikola Jokic, Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry, Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson and Victor Wembanyama.Merry Christmas, indeed.Each matchup presents its own reasons for excitement, but there are always a couple of games that stand out above the rest. Obviously, a lot can change by the time Dec. 25 rolls around — especially in a league…

Andreas HaleAug 14, 2025, 06:11 PM ETCloseAndreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z’s Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film “Bridges” in 2024.WBC…

Eric KarabellAug 14, 2025, 06:55 AM ETCloseEric Karabell is a senior writer for fantasy baseball, football and basketball at ESPN. Eric is a charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame and author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments”.Full-season fantasy football rankings play a critical role in what we do here at ESPN, but sometimes they lack some bigger-picture context.Is one running back, perhaps ranked one spot higher than another one, considerably better than that player? Myriad fantasy managers wisely have turned to a tiered ranking system for drafts and salary cap formats to better evaluate positional value, because sometimes there…

The Jets won’t have backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor for the rest of training camp. Coach Aaron Glenn said the Jets “hopefully” will have Taylor for Week 1 to back up Justin Fields.In the meantime, the Jets need a camp arm to join Fields, Adrian Martinez and Brady Cook.To that end, they worked out free agent quarterbacks Nathan Peterman and C.J. Beathard on Thursday.Peterman was on the Falcons’ practice squad last season, and he has played 15 games with five starts in his career since the Bills drafted him in the fifth round in 2017.Beathard spent time with the Jaguars and…

London Spirit claimed their second win of The Hundred with a 21-run victory over Trent Rockets.England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith scored a half-century for the hosts at Lord’s as they reached a total of 162-5 and Joe Root’s Rockets, who had won their opening two matches, were unable to keep pace in reply. Smith was eventually caught by his England team-mate Root off the bowling of Sam Cook for 52 but captain Kane Williamson maintained the pace with 45, while Ollie Pope and Ashton Turner also contributed valuable runs.Openers Tom Banton and Root got London Spirit off to a strong start…

Aug 13, 2025, 11:17 PM ETCLEVELAND — Jakob Marsee is making quite the impression in his first major league action with the Miami Marlins.Marsee homered twice and matched a franchise record with seven RBIs in Miami’s 13-4 victory at Cleveland on Wednesday night. He hit a three-run drive in the first inning, a tiebreaking two-run shot in the fifth and a two-run double in the sixth.The last player to drive in seven runs for the Marlins was Adam Duvall on April 13, 2021, at Atlanta.”It’s obviously an honor and super special,” Marsee said about adding his name to the team’s…

Every year after the NBA season ends, I think it’s worth evaluating the previous year’s draft class.So it’s time to re-draft the 2024 NBA Draft.On some level, this is a silly exercise, if only because we’re still working with incomplete information on these players’ careers. We’re essentially using one year of information about each of these players as pros and using it as a piece of the puzzle to evaluate what their future careers look like. We’re still projecting an immense amount here, given that quite a few of these players just turned 20 years old.However, that year of information…

Joseph Parker will defend the WBO heavyweight title, or at minimum his interim version, against the winner of this weekend’s clash between Moses Itauma and Dillian Whyte. The New Zealand star stands on the verge of elevation to full champion status if Oleksandr Usyk vacates the belt due to mandatory obligations. However, the situation remains up in the air. Usyk has lodged a request with the WBO for a medical exception in a bid to keep his title intact. Despite paperwork from Team Usyk, World Boxing News understands the WBO will be pressing ahead with plans for Parker’s next defense,…