Sugar Ray Leonard, left, defeated Thomas Hearns, right, by TKO in the 14th round of their first fight in 1981.  8:13 AM ET Steve KimESPN Over the course of boxing history, only a handful of special fighters are involved in an event that transcends the sport. Sugar Ray Leonard fought 40 professional…

8:07 AM ET Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo revealed yet another in a long line of new looks this week when he posted a selfie of his lockdown hair on social media. Approved ? ? pic.twitter.com/FsWDUuMGx4 — Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) May 26, 2020 2 Related Thoughts instantly turned to the very…

7:00 AM ET College football is a beautiful connection of sport and weird history. Using Mark Schlabach's Way-Too-Early Top 25 assembled in February and some help from my colleagues, I've collected each team's strangest historical fact, or simply a weird thing that happened. Some of these are going to…

7:00 AM ET Bradford Doolittle Close ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield Close ESPN…

6:49 PM ET Associated Press The way Alphonso Davies was running up and down the left flank for Bayern Munich on Tuesday had his teammates comparing him to a cartoon character: The Road Runner. The Canadian teenager was one of Bayern's standout players as the club beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 to close…

1:03 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Two horses from the barn of two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert have tested positive for a banned substance, according to multiple reports. The New York Times and Louisville Courier-Journal on Tuesday cited unidentified sources in reporting the…

11:08 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. -- Chase Elliott snapped Kyle Busch's seven-race Truck Series winning streak and collected a $100,000 bounty for beating NASCAR's most successful truck driver Tuesday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick announced before the race he would donate…

5:01 PM ET The NHL will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 if it is able to resume play, commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday. "As we seek some return to normalcy, this is an important day for NHL fans," Bettman said of the Return To…

7:03 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has extended the following invitation to Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal: Meet me in July. Usman (16-1) told ESPN on Tuesday that he's been training since February and has offered to defend his 170-pound UFC championship in April, May, June and now…

6:44 PM ET Steve KimESPN Reigning WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he was contacted about facing the man he was named after -- former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson -- but doesn't think anything has come of it. "I had a phone call saying 'would you like to fight Mike Tyson in an exhibition…