3:44 PM ET The Missouri Tigers are out of the TransPerfect Music City Bowl after a rise in COVID-19 cases in its program, it was announced Sunday. The Tigers were set to face Iowa on Wednesday in Nashville, but Missouri canceled practice Sunday after an increase in positive COVID tests and paused all team activities
5:24 PM ET Jose Mourinho doesn’t like statistics being used to assess a football match. Just last week, the Tottenham manager complained that, too often, they are like “badly cooked meat or fish” when used out of context, but here is one stat that the Portuguese cannot argue against — Spurs have now collected just
12:33 PM ET Phil Niekro, a pitcher who used his signature knuckleball to fool generations of hitters as well as craft a Hall of Fame career, died Saturday night in his sleep after a long battle with cancer, the Atlanta Braves announced Sunday. He was 81. Niekro, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997,
12:03 PM ET Associated Press With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the US Open for her third Grand Slam title, she also stood out for speaking out about racial injustice and police
South Africa’s batsmen scored freely against a depleted Sri Lankan bowling attack as the host nation fought back on the second day of the first Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday. South Africa were 317 for four at the close in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 396. Dean Elgar (95)
7:25 AM ET At least two NFL teams have reached out to Urban Meyer to see whether the former Ohio State coach would be interested in interviewing for — if not accepting — a head-coaching job at the next level, league sources told ESPN. Meyer, according to a source connected to one of those teams,
11:33 AM ET Four Houston Rockets players — center DeMarcus Cousins, point guard John Wall, shooting guard Eric Gordon and two-way guard Mason Jones — who were considered close contacts under the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols will be forced to quarantine until Wednesday, a league source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The players had already been ruled
9:30 AM ET Andy Murray has been awarded a wildcard for February’s Australian Open, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Sunday. The main draw entry for the first Grand Slam of 2021 comes two years after Murray, the five-time runner-up in Melbourne, played what he feared would be his final professional match there, losing in
After the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the Men’s T20I Team of the Decade, many fans and experts were surprised at the lack of bowling options, with only three frontline bowlers finding a place in the team. Former India opener Wasim Jaffer, who has become famous for his witty tweets, took a dig at the
10:46 PM ET College football bowl season is here. Despite several bowl games being canceled and many teams opting not to participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you the best of the rest, from the Myrtle Beach Bowl through the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T on Jan. 11 (ESPN/ESPN App).
Dec 22, 2020 Liverpool are top of the Premier League table at Christmas. On the face of it, that’s no great surprise considering the comprehensive manner of their title triumph last season, which saw Jurgen Klopp’s side crowned champions with an 18-point margin over runners-up Manchester City, but securing the Christmas No. 1 spot this
8:00 AM ET The last time a team other than the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West, LeBron James had just won his first NBA title, in 2012. Since then, L.A. has dominated the division, and won the 2020 World Series two months ago. And if the Dodgers are the best team in the
8:44 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 16 in the NFL started on Christmas Day with a huge performance by the New Orleans Saints and Alvin Kamara, who became the second running back in league history to rush for six touchdowns in a game. The Saints also clinched the NFC South with a victory over the
2:16 AM ET Fresh off a four-day forced quarantine, which followed weeks of his desire to be traded dominating headlines, Houston Rockets superstar James Harden had a performance Saturday night that reminded people why he’s a perennial MVP candidate. It just wasn’t quite enough to carry an extremely short-handed Houston team, missing six players due
Spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi has threatened to take legal action against the DDCA if his name is not removed from a spectators’ stand at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground with immediate effect. On Wednesday, Bedi had shot a letter to the Delhi and District Cricket Association, lambasting it for installing a statue of its
12:20 AM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have traded veteran center Derek Stepan to the Ottawa Senators for a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL draft. “On behalf of the entire Coyotes organization, I would like to thank Derek for everything he did for the Coyotes the past three seasons,” Coyotes
12:15 AM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Charlatan tracked favorite Nashville to the quarter pole and then drew off to a 4 1/2-length victory in the $300,000 Malibu Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita’s opening day. Ridden for the first time by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, Charlatan ran seven furlongs in 1:21.50. Trained
12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Matthew Boldy had a hat trick in the United States’ 11-0 victory over Austria on Saturday night in the world junior ice hockey championship. Trevor Zegras scored twice, and Drew Helleson, John Farinacci, Brendan Brisson, Brett Berard and Sam Colangelo also scored. Alex Turcotte had three