4:00 AM ET Jurgen Klinsmann Jurgen Klinsmann won the World Cup and European Championship with Germany during a glittering career in which he played for Inter, Tottenham and Bayern, among others. As a coach, he led Germany to a third-place finish at the 2006 World Cup and managed the U.S. men’s national team from 2011-16.
7:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Hideki Matsuyama made history on Sunday as the first male golfer from Japan to win a major championship. Ten years after making a sterling debut as the best amateur at Augusta National, Matsuyama claimed the ultimate trophy with a victory in the Masters. Matsuyama, 29, closed with a 1-over
6:45 AM ET Like plenty of others in the football nerd/analyst community, I was shocked by the rise of Wyoming’s Josh Allen up the boards heading into the 2018 NFL draft. Whereas Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield had been one of college football’s most productive and efficient quarterbacks, and Louisville’s Lamar Jackson had produced 7,000+ passing yards
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL trade deadline is 3 p.m. ET Monday, but teams have already done a fair amount of dealing. That includes Pierre-Luc Dubois heading to the Jets, with Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic joining the Blue Jackets on Jan. 23. More recently, the Islanders traded for Devils veteran Kyle Palmieri and
7:20 AM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Mike Norvell called a few weeks ago, he told me he wanted to do something fun at the Florida State spring game. He asked whether I would be interested in calling a few plays. Question 1: Would this be fun for Mike or fun for me? Question 2:
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were truly on song in their first IPL 2021 game, securing a 10-run win over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday night. Opener Nitish Rana, who has been one of the top run-getters for KKR over the last couple of seasons, was once again in
2:29 AM ET The Los Angeles Kings traded forward Jeff Carter to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a 2022 conditional third-round pick and a 2023 conditional fourth-round pick, the teams announced Sunday night. Los Angeles will retain 50% of Carter’s salary, which runs through the 2021-22 season and carries a $5.272 million cap hit.
12:54 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Led by Japan’s prime minister, the country celebrated golfer Hideki Matsuyama‘s victory in the Masters — the first Japanese player to win at Augusta National and pull on the famous green jacket. “It was really wonderful,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said with his country struggling to pull off
12:14 AM ET A controversial lost replay challenge by the Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning on Sunday night was the difference in the game as the Philadelphia Phillies came from behind in a wild 7-6 victory. Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm slid home with the eventual winning run as Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud attempted
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. Card shark: Joe Douglas wants to build through the draft. Every general manager says that. When was the last time you heard a GM say, “I don’t care about draft picks. I want to spend a ton
8:33 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Xander Schauffele, perhaps the best golfer on the planet without a major championship victory, stood on the tee box at the par-3 16th in Sunday’s final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Schauffele had just made four consecutive birdies to cut Hideki Matsuyama‘s lead to 2
5:55 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving will not play in the Brooklyn Nets‘ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. He is out due to personal reasons, the team announced. The Nets will also be without LaMarcus Aldridge, who is listed as out for a non-coronavirus-related illness. James Harden was diagnosed with a
3:11 PM ET Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho clashed over a controversial VAR goal reversal in Manchester United‘s 3-1 Premier League victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. The opening half-hour of the match was turgid, but things livened up considerably in the 34th minute when United opened up Tottenham’s defence with Edinson Cavani shooting
9:14 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Hideki Matsuyama smiled as he walked from the front nine to the back on Sunday, never looking toward the giant scoreboard to his right. He held a three-shot lead in the Masters, going out in 2 under. Nine holes remained between him and a major championship, the first ever
8:39 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. won a stirring, laps-long duel for the lead with teammate Denny Hamlin in the delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday night. Truex, who nudged Hamlin repeatedly in the turns and tried to get to his inside on the straightaways without
6:28 PM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets traded captain Nick Foligno to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. The Blue Jackets received a 2021 first-round pick, as well as a fourth-round choice in the same draft, and will also retain 25% of Foligno’s contract, which expires this summer. Foligno in the final season of a
11:07 PM ET WBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and WBC and lineal champion Tyson Fury on Sunday will be presented with final offers regarding the date and venue for their upcoming fight, promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. Hearn said there are “several” offers from locations around the globe that hope to host the
7:03 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — At the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, after Japan’s Hideki Matsuyma led at the turn and then bogeyed five of the final nine holes to finish in a tie for fifth, he buried his head in his hands and cried after an interview with a Japanese reporter. Even