1:40 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN Just hours before Clayton Kershaw was scheduled to take the mound in Game 2 of the NLCS against the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced the left-hander won’t make his start because of back spasms and rookie Tony Gonsolin will take his place. What does the injury mean for
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1:52 PM ET The New York Jets are trying to trade running back Le’Veon Bell, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Bell, apparently unhappy with his role in coach Adam Gase’s offense, has $6 million remaining on his 2020 salary — fully guaranteed. That will make it difficult to move him before the
7:25 AM ET Who is the greatest player of all time: Michael Jordan or LeBron James? Those aren’t the only two candidates, but they do dominate the debate — which got new life this week when the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship, giving James his fourth title. We asked our ESPN Forecast panel
8:00 AM ET Welcome to our fourth Heisman Watch of the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 15 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place votes, three
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Geraint Thomas says his season is over because of the broken hip he suffered in this month’s Giro d’Italia. But the 2018 Tour de France winner hopes to be back in the saddle in a fortnight to begin his rehabilitation. “I’ve seen a specialist and he’s said two weeks without the bike, no riding, and
Fernando Alonso said the performance of Renault’s Formula 1 car was a “nice surprise” after making his return to the cockpit at Barcelona on Tuesday. The two-time world champion drove a 100km test for Renault as part of his refamiliarisation process with F1 and the team before his return next year. He last drove an
4:19 AM BST New Zealand Rugby is expecting a “near-capacity” crowd of some 47,000 to pack into Auckland’s Eden Park for the second Bledisloe Cup international against Australia on Sunday. Pictures of 31,000 fans without masks cheering on the three-times world champions in the first test in Wellington last weekend attracted plenty of attention on
The Mitchelton-Scott team and title contender Steven Kruijswijk have withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia after the latest round of Covid-19 testing. Jumbo-Visma’s Dutchman Kruijswijk and a Team Sunweb rider both tested positive as did four staff members of the Australian team, from 571 tests. “As a social responsibility we’ve made the decision to withdraw,” said
10:23 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has left the Portugal national team after testing positive for the coronavirus. Portugal confirmed in a statement that Ronaldo is in isolation and not showing symptoms. The statement added that following Ronaldo’s test, the remaining players in the Portugal squad underwent new tests on Tuesday which came back negative. Ronaldo
8:49 AM ET Associated Press DENHAM, England — Spain will stage the Solheim Cup for the first time in 2023. The Finca Cortesin course in Andalucia was named by the Ladies European Tour on Tuesday as the host of the next European-based edition of the biggest team event in women’s golf. The Solheim Cup has
9:26 AM ET Associated Press South African golfer Jbe Kruger has been withdrawn from the field in this week’s Scottish Championship on the European Tour after testing positive for the coronavirus. The tour says Kruger returned the positive test after a check on Monday as part of the pre-tournament screening process. He has not exhibited
8:58 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Andres Ferrari Close ESPN Editor Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. The much-anticipated fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr. to
7:00 AM ET Professional sports have a peculiar way of glorifying underdogs who win championships while being blasé about teams with all-star rosters that win. The 1980 Team USA hockey “Miracle on Ice” is folklore. Cinderella teams are more compelling than No. 1 seeds in March Madness. Unless it’s part of a dynasty, hearing an
Mark Cavendish has been named in the Bahrain-McLaren team for Wednesday’s one-day Scheldeprijs race, two days after suggesting he was set to retire. The 35-year-old has struggled for form in recent seasons, suffering from the Epstein-Barr virus. After finishing 74th in Sunday’s one-day Gent-Wevelgem, he gave a tearful interview stating that might have been his
7:30 AM ET The dust has finally settled on the 2020 NHL draft. We know the Ducks, Kings and Rangers, in particular, did really well in their selections. But what next for this class? Grading each team’s haul aside, what do the new draft picks mean for each team’s system and future? After gathering my
Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault during the 2017 season, is part of the BBC team and offers insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors. Daniel Ricciardo’s third place in Sunday’s Eifel Grand Prix was a long time in the making for Renault. It has been over two years
5:43 AM BST Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and Test great David Campese might have gone for New Zealand rugby’s jugular, but the Wallabies are keeping their feet firmly on the ground ahead of an All Blacks response in Bledisloe II. The memory of last year’s 36-0 shellacking at Eden Park, which followed a resounding