7:00 AM ET USC coach Lincoln Riley is shouldering weighty expectations because of who he is and where he is, but there’s also a stark reality facing the coach taking over a once-storied program that won just four games last fall. “We’re double digits below the NCAA scholarship limit,” Riley told ESPN last week. A
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7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Tuesday night was of tremendous importance as the races for the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs wind down. The Dallas Stars‘ shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights pushed the latter to the precipice
IPL 2022: MS Dhoni showed he can still finish games off when he took CSK over the line against MI.© BCCI/IPL Chennai Super Kings (CSK) haven’t been at their best in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, and are currently ninth in the IPL 2022 Points Table with four points from eight games
1:37 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After scuffling through a frustrating first three quarters, Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant exploded with a vengeance Tuesday night in one of the most compelling closing performances in recent postseason history. His exploits fueled a fourth-quarter rally that lifted the Grizzlies to a 111-109 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves
1:21 AM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — New York Mets right-hander Chris Bassitt expressed frustration and concern for his teammates after three more Mets batters were plunked in Tuesday night’s 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, raising the team’s major league-leading total to 18. Bassitt blamed the baseballs, which he says are
12:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos general manager George Paton has said “the door is open” for some of the team’s free agents to return to the team, even well more than a month into free agency On Tuesday night, running back Melvin Gordon III agreed to walk through that door. The 29-year-old,
6:28 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert will be stepping down when his replacement is selected and in place or on June 30, 2023, the organization announced on Tuesday. An NCAA release said Emmert and the NCAA board of governors reached a mutual agreement to have him step aside. “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the
10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 59th and 60th goals of the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-0 on Tuesday night to clinch home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The 24-year-old American, who snapped a five-game goal
10:20 PM ET MIAMI — The Heat were missing two of their starters yet hardly missed a beat in Tuesday’s 97-94 Game 5 win over the Atlanta Hawks to advance to the second round. With Kyle Lowry sidelined since late in the third quarter of Game 3 with a left hamstring strain and Jimmy Butler
9:19 PM ET The UFC has been looking to put together a highly anticipated interim heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic in a blockbuster pay-per-view main event that would match the best light heavyweight and the best heavyweight in UFC history. However, when the fight will happen — or even if it
9:30 PM ET NFL NationESPN You’ve heard this is the most unpredictable draft in years. Not even the top pick is a given. You’ve read the latest mock drafts not only from ESPN gurus Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay, but one in which they collaborated. Now it’s time for our NFL Nation reporters to
5:04 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City and Real Madrid played out a pulsating Champions League semifinal first leg at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday with Man City earning the 4-3 advantage. Although City looked poised to run away with it, Madrid kept it close and there will be plenty to play
3:55 PM ET TJ Dillashaw intends to reclaim the UFC’s bantamweight championship in 2022 — and he does not think it will be tough to do so. In Jacksonville, Dillashaw (17-4) watched Aljamain Sterling defend the 135-pound title against Petr Yan at UFC 273 earlier this month. Speaking to ESPN on Monday, the former bantamweight
5:58 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City had their Champions League semifinal against Real Madrid signed and sealed three times, but still ended up with their prospects of a place in next month’s final in the balance. Pep Guardiola’s team have become football’s most exciting team, but their sense of adventure could cost them
7:34 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A filly died Tuesday after suffering a training injury at Santa Anita, the track’s second such death in two days and fifth this year. Cayton Kid, a 4-year-old filly trained by Gary Stute, suffered a musculoskeletal injury during training at the Arcadia track, according to the California
6:07 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Tuesday ordered Denny Hamlin to begin sensitivity training this week after he posted an anti-Asian meme from the television comedy “Family Guy” to criticize Kyle Larson‘s driving on the last lap at Talladega Superspeedway over the weekend. Hamlin deleted the tweet Monday night and apologized.
3:34 PM ET A years-old letter sent by Major League Baseball to the New York Yankees and obtained by ESPN on Tuesday details illicit use of technology that was relatively benign within the context of the sign-stealing scandals that occurred around the game at the same time. Earlier this month, the U.S. Second Court of
3:14 PM BST Reigning Women’s Six Nations champions England will be without captain Sarah Hunter for this weekend’s Grand Slam decider against France due to a rib injury, the Rugby Football Union (FRU) said on Tuesday. Hunter was injured in Sunday’s dominant 69-0 victory over Ireland but will travel to France and support the squad