Earlier this year ESPN and the UFC agreed a five-year deal that would consist of 30 UFC Fight Night events per year for the broadcaster, including 10 main cards on ESPN’s television networks. The first of those cards is set to air on January 19 in New York with Rachael Ostovich set to take on Paige VanZant in […]
7 years ago
ESPN’s Luck index has identified Manchester United as the ‘luckiest’ team in the Premier League and Liverpool as the ‘unluckiest’ team in the top flight of English football. The ESPN Luck Index is a comprehensive research project commissioned by ESPN in partnership with Intel, carried out by the University of Bath, to examine how the […]
8 years ago
If you want to give yourself a bit of light entertainment, watch any NFL or Rugby ‘Big Hits’ compilation on YouTube and read through the comments of users arguing about which sport is tougher ‘rugby or American Football’. There’s arguments about pads, tackle technique, athleticism required to play different positions, but even in the blackhole […]
8 years ago
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi have both been omitted from the top 10 of ESPN’s list of the most dominant athletes of the last 20 years. ESPN produced the list of the most dominant athletes of the last 20 years to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ESPN The Magazine. The American broadcaster used a […]
8 years ago
Following in the footsteps of Rousey, Tate etc
10 years ago
“It’s a violent sport”
11 years ago