7:00 AM ET The MLB playoffs are upon us. How ready are you for the postseason action? After a sprint to the finish that saw the final American League wild-card spot decided on the final day of the regular season, the 10 teams chasing World Series glory this October are set with the San Francisco
3:05 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Grand Slam champions Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Barbora Krejcikova and US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez are among the players named Monday for the 12 teams at next month’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Defending champion France returns Caroline Garcia, Alize Cornet and Fiona
3:10 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets will not pick up manager Luis Rojas’ option for next season, ending his tenure with the team at two seasons. Rojas drew praise this year as New York led the NL East for three months, but the team began a collapse in early August without
11:36 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer said Monday he apologized to his team, his family and owner Shad Khan after a viral video surfaced over the weekend that showed a young woman dancing close to his lap. Meyer said he went to Columbus, Ohio, after the Jaguars’ loss at Tennessee
12:32 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers coach Alain Vigneault pushed back against accusations made by Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner that appeared to implicate Vigneault and the Flyers in the medical malpractice of players. Lehner posted a series of tweets on Saturday about the treatment of players by NHL teams in an effort to bring
Match Reports Topics mentioned in this article
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Nos. 1 and 2 college football teams in the country look stronger than ever, while three other top-10 teams lost. Our reporters try to make sense of what happened in Week 5 of the college football season and what to look forward to. The great wide divide The narrative
9:16 AM ET The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) have announced an investigation into Olympic champion Alexander Zverev regarding allegations of domestic abuse. First reported in an investigation by Slate in August, his former girlfriend, Olya Sharypova, said the German grabbed her by the throat and hit her at a hotel during the ATP Masters
12:31 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley was shot to death over the weekend during a dispute that involved a hatchet after showing up at a house occupied by his estranged wife and another man, police said Monday. Townley, 31, raced for eight seasons. He had the weapon
Britain’s Hannah Barnes finished sixth as Italy’s Marta Bastianelli won a dramatic sprint finish to take the opening stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain in Banbury. A large group of riders approached the finish line in a pack and 2007 road race world champion Bastianelli of Ale BTC Ljubljana edged ahead for victory. Britain’s
10:52 AM ET The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have agreed to a reduction in pay of 1/91.6th of a player’s salary for each game an unvaccinated player misses because of local COVID-19 vaccine mandates, sources told ESPN, a decision that stands to impact Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving. The decision on a
Sir Ben Ainslie’s Ineos Britannia has joined forces with the Mercedes Formula 1 team in their quest to win the next America’s Cup. Ainslie and Ineos hope Mercedes F1’s technology combined with his team’s sailing expertise will produce a boat that can challenge for victory in 2024. Ineos were eliminated in the Challenger Series at
8:04 AM ET October got off to a less explosive than expected start in the world of MMA, as powerful strikers Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker fought cautiously and went the distance in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event. But a busy month of October has just begun. Holly Holm returns to featherweight and main
Topics mentioned in this article
5:42 PM ET It was a weekend on which several big clubs were upset, from Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain to Paris Saint-Germain in France and Manchester United in England. Meanwhile, Juventus‘ Manuel Locatelli had two reasons to celebrate and Mohamed Salah was superb for Liverpool. Here are Rob Dawson, Alex Kirkland and James
8:00 AM ET With NBA opening night just over two weeks away, teams are starting to construct their rosters and determine which players will be healthy for the start of the regular season. Several top players were sidelined by injuries in 2020-21 — Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray, Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard,
12:26 AM ET Dustin Poirier will indeed get his chance to hold UFC gold by the end of the year. Poirier (28-6) has agreed to challenge Charles Oliveira (31-8) for the lightweight championship at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. The matchup had been in talks for weeks, and Poirier told ESPN late last month there
Formula 1 is inching towards an agreement on a new engine design to be used from 2026 – and it looks increasingly likely that its introduction will tempt at least one of the Volkswagen Group’s brands to join the grid. They are a simplification of the hybrid engines, levelling the playing field for a new