7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The last time we saw the American League East, the Tampa Bay Rays were the class of the division while the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays were putting together playoff runs of their own — and the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles were battling at the bottom
12:15 PM ET The Pac-12 has released its schedule for the 2021 college football season, so it’s time to start breaking down your team’s slate and projecting wins and losses. The conference will be back in full force with a full slate of games and no playing catch up, so what Pac-12 After Dark magic
7:20 AM ET UFC 259 represents a milestone during a stretch of fights that will have major consequences for the rest of the year. Three title bouts will shape the future of four divisions, with the card in Las Vegas headlined by a champion-vs.-champion clash between light heavyweight Jan Blachowicz and middleweight Israel Adesanya. If
Young England opener Zak Crawley on Tuesday echoed opposition vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane’s sentiments on the Motera strip which he believes will be “similar” in nature but red ball will make it “slightly easier” for the batsmen. England have been pummelled by India for 317 runs and 10 wickets respectively on successive rank turners and the
7:30 AM ET Since UAB’s return from a self-imposed death penalty, the Conference USA West title has run through Birmingham, Alabama, with Bill Clark’s Blazers winning three titles in a row. Will anything change now that they return most of last year’s contributors? Like the Alamo or Pearl Brewery, hope might live in San Antonio.
Fernando Alonso will be as strong as ever when he returns to Formula 1 this season, according to the two-time champion’s team-mate Esteban Ocon. Alonso, back after two years racing in other categories, was excused from Tuesday’s launch of his Alpine team’s 2021 car due to travel restrictions. Ocon said he had been impressed by
Blessing Muzarabani took four wickets as Zimbabwe bowled Afghanistan out for 131 runs on Day 1.© Twitter Fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani took four wickets while skipper Sean Williams hit an unbeaten half-century to help Zimbabwe take lead on the opening day of the first Test against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Muzarabani finished with
9:08 PM ET New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara had a pretty great season, racking up 1688 yards and 21 touchdowns between his rushing and receiving duties. Work like that deserves some kind of vacation, and Kamara has apparently chosen the great state of Montana for his rest and relaxation time this offseason. It’s
6:40 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN THERE ARE TWO versions of the Boston Celtics. One is led by two under-25 All-Stars and carries the expectations of having reached the conference finals in three of the past four seasons. The other has eight players in their first or second year in the NBA, most of whom have
5:25 AM ET IN A YEAR when Claressa Shields bought a house, created an expansive home gym and successfully gained a larger social media following, the one thing she couldn’t do was what she wanted to do the most: fight. It had been a year of yo-yo fight planning — dates given and pulled back,
The Mercedes in which Lewis Hamilton will bid for an eighth drivers’ title has retained the team’s black anti-racism livery for a second season. The new Mercedes W12 is an upgrade of last year’s car, which dominated the season with 13 wins in 17 races. Team boss Toto Wolff said the team were as determined
9:08 AM ET Chelsea have stabilized their form under new manager Thomas Tuchel, who replaced Frank Lampard on Jan. 26. The reworked Blues have been unbeaten since, winning six games and drawing three in all competitions, but much of the positivity has been lacking one person in particular: Christian Pulisic. The USMNT international, who has
7:00 AM ET In our monthly canvassing of NHL awards voters, one thing has become increasingly clear: We need a little FOMO, right this very minute. As we mentioned in the last NHL Awards Watch, the NHL’s temporary realignment — in which teams play only opponents within their divisions and no one else — has
Clair Peterson’s annual trip to the Arnold Palmer Invitational is not happening this year. The coronavirus pandemic means the longtime John Deere Classic tournament director won’t be on the driving range this week at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge among the players, caddies, coaches, trainers, sports psychologists, media and other tournament representatives. COVID-19 restrictions
Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia feels the IPL can avoid crowds initially in the tournament and also wants to know from the BCCI that why his team’s base in Mohali has not been picked among the potential venues for the 2021 edition despite a low COVID-19 caseload. Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai have been
4:00 AM ET Borussia Monchengladbach have gone from being the Borussia in the Bundesliga with momentum to the one struggling for confidence. ESPN’s German football commentator Derek Rae explains why the confirmed summer switch of coach Marco Rose to the other Borussia, Dortmund, has ushered in a host of problems. It was little more than
2:47 AM ET Andy Murray was on the verge of another early exit on Monday in the ATP event in Rotterdam but rallied from 0-3 down in the deciding set to beat 193rd ranked Robin Haase 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 in a match lasting over two-and-half-hours. It was the first Tour-level win since August for Murray,
2:23 AM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova was knocked out of the Lyon Open in the first round by 139th-ranked Clara Tauson of Denmark on Monday. Tauson won convincingly 6-3, 6-4, showing a better second serve. She finished the first set with an ace, and the match on a long serve return by the