10:19 AM ET After a scoring a career-high 43 points last season, forward Connor Brown has signed a three-year contract with the Ottawa Senators for an average annual value of $3.6 million per season. “We’re very happy to have Connor back under contract,” Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said in a statement. “He brings a
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7:00 AM ET Sam Miller Close ESPN.com ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 It’s a travel day in the 2020 World
8:04 AM ET Editor’s note: Some content has been edited for clarity and brevity. More than anything, Khabib Nurmagomedov and I are friends. I’ve watched this guy grow from a young, Russian kid who didn’t speak English to a global superstar. He came with a dream, not much money. American Kickboxing Academy teammate Shawn Bunch
Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart put himself right in contention to win the Giro d’Italia after finishing a superb second on a dramatic stage 18. The Ineos Grenadiers rider fought superbly up the Stelvio Pass, the hardest climb in the race which tops out at 2,757m, to claw back more than two minutes in the overall
9:00 AM ET Mike “Doc” Emrick’s retirement announcement this week was a disarmingly heartfelt moment that burned through the clouds of cynicism, even if for a moment. There have been comparisons drawn between his farewell and that of Fred “Mister” Rogers, and they’re apt. Both loved what they did and loved the people for whom
2:55 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — This was for the Tampa Bay Rays. For the Silverback Tribe. Mostly, for himself. By now, Brandon Lowe understands how baseball works, how the game will gnaw at your
6:45 AM ET ESPN staff The NFL trade deadline — 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 3 — is approaching, and teams have been making moves for the last few months. A few 2021 NFL draft picks were dealt, and the Jacksonville Jaguars were busy, including trading pass-rusher Yannick Ngakoue to the Minnesota Vikings. Elsewhere,
7:30 AM ET The 2021 NHL draft season is going to be tricky — to put it mildly. Start dates for leagues in North America are all over the map, and European leagues are already underway amid the constant threat of a coronavirus disruption. Many prospects haven’t played much, if at all, since March. In
7:30 AM ET For going on 14 years, Alabama has beaten Tennessee every October, and every year coaches and players have enjoyed a traditional postgame cigar. You’ve probably seen the photos that pop up on social media around this time each year. The one of Derrick Henry puffing a stogie with his arm around Nick
5:18 PM ET Five weeks after the LA Clippers suffered an embarrassing playoff collapse, Tyronn Lue addressed the team’s chemistry and leadership issues on his first official day as the franchise’s new head coach. Lue, who won a championship and went 128-83 in less than three full seasons as head coach in Cleveland, will try
Racing Point say they cannot do any more to protect against coronavirus, despite driver Lance Stroll testing positive after the last Grand Prix. Stroll was confirmed to have coronavirus after the Eifel GP, where he did not race because he was unwell, but he was not tested at the event. Team principal Otmar Szafnauer said:
Shahid Kapoor hits a cover drive.© Instagram Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor took to Instagram to share a video of him playing a cover drive. He is seen getting on the front foot, before leaning forward and driving the ball. “Early mornings.. wake up with drive,” Shahid captioned the picture. Former India batsman Suresh Raina was
Drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen will both leave Haas at the end of the 2020 season. France’s Grosjean, 34, has been with Haas since the team entered Formula 1 in 2016 while Dane Magnussen, 28, moved from Renault in 2017. Grosjean is 18th in the drivers’ championship with two points and Magnussen is 19th
3:07 PM ET Alex Kirkland Real Madrid were unable to turn around a three-goal half-time deficit as they were beaten 3-2 by Shakhtar Donetsk in their Champions League Group B opener to suffer a second defeat in a row ahead of El Clasico. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– ESPN+ viewer’s guide:
11:55 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — Through all the struggles, all the moments when it looked like he should be dropped down in the lineup or out of it altogether, Brandon Lowe believed. He had
8:00 PM BST Wallabies tyro Harry Wilson has revealed how his right foot ballooned to twice the size just three days before Australia’s second Bledisloe Cup clash with New Zealand. It’s been well documented how Wilson spent 36 hours in an Auckland hospital last week before making a miraculous recovery in time to tackle the
8:00 PM BST Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan accepts RA must do more to unearth the next Indigenous Wallaby to follow in the famous footsteps of the Ella brothers and others like Kurtley Beale and Andrew Walker. RA on Wednesday unveiled the 2020 First Nations jersey to be worn against New Zealand and Argentina in
5:06 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Kevin McCarthy joined Peter Laviolette’s Washington Capitals coaching staff Wednesday, and the team re-signed one of the defensemen he’ll be working with. Jonas Siegenthaler signed a one-year contract worth $800,000, a deal that should finalize Washington’s blue line. McCarthy will be in charge of defensemen under Laviolette,