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
While Kings XI Punjab have had a nightmare IPL 2020 season so far, SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), two former IPL champions, have nothing to write home about either. SRH have fared marginally better than CSK, but both have been dismal in parts. The Hyderabad-outfit should have won their previous match against
1:56 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — A week ago, when a similar scenario presented itself in the opener of a shorter series, Dustin May approached his pitching coach, Mark Prior, immediately after completing two innings out of the bullpen and declared he would be ready to go the following day. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who
10:02 PM ET ESPN News Services The 17th NBA title in Lakers franchise history is still fresh in the minds of their fans, but any public celebration of it in Los Angeles will have to wait. The Lakers announced Monday that due to safety precautions related to COVID-19, the team will hold off on any
12:08 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Chalk up another rare milestone for Drew Brees on Monday Night Football. Brees and the New Orleans Saints rallied from a 20-3 deficit on Monday night to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 in overtime — just the second time in Brees’ career that he had rallied from a
11:25 PM ET ESPN News Services National Women’s Hockey League founder Dani Rylan Kearney is stepping down as commissioner as part of a restructuring of the league’s governing model, the Associated Press reported. According to the AP, Rylan Kearney will remain involved as president of an ownership group that controls four of the NWHL’s six
4:07 PM ET The Missouri-Vanderbilt football game scheduled for Saturday in Columbia, Missouri, has been postponed to a later date, tentatively Dec. 12, making it the first SEC game to be moved this season because of issues related to COVID-19. Vanderbilt was down to 56 scholarship players last week in a 41-7 loss to South
9:42 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Hall of Fame trainer Gary Jones, who oversaw Hall of Fame horse Best Pal and 1986 older horse of the year Turkoman, has died. He was 76. Jones died Sunday at his home in Del Mar near San Diego following a lengthy illness, Santa Anita officials said
7:51 PM ET Padres outfielder Tommy Pham was recovering and in “good condition” after being stabbed during an altercation Sunday night in San Diego. Both Pham and the Padres confirmed the news to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Citing two people who talked to the veteran big leaguer, the newspaper reported Monday that Pham left an
10:31 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights are no longer looking to trade star goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, general manager Kelly McCrimmon said Monday. “We see the goaltending position being incredibly important this year. Our goalies will be Robin [Lehner] and Marc-Andre. We all expect a schedule [next season] that’s going to be very compressed. The
6:11 PM ET Although Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank expressed admiration for Matt Ryan, he did not fully commit to the one-time MVP as the quarterback of the future as the franchise searches for a new head coach and general manager. Blank parted ways with coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff on Sunday
7:00 AM ET Week 6 of the college football season was the most college football week yet. You had Pitt kicker Alex Kessman nailing a 58-yard field goal to force overtime against Boston College, then missing a PAT to lose the game. You had Oklahoma beating rival Texas in four overtimes despite blowing a late
7:57 PM ET Never say never in combat sports, but it appears Khabib Nurmagomedov is done with Conor McGregor. In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Nurmagomedov confirmed he nixed any plans of a reboot of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series in 2021, which would have featured McGregor and him as opposing coaches. UFC president Dana
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5:00 PM ET Roger Federer‘s reaction on social media when Rafael Nadal secured his 20th Grand Slam singles title on Sunday at Roland Garros — equaling Federer’s all-time men’s record — was a memorable, heartfelt statement paying tribute to Nadal as both lifelong rival and friend. “It is a true honor for me to congratulate
4:10 PM ET Desperate times call for desperate measures, but even as many clubs in English football stare over the precipice at a financial catastrophe, the rescue plan fronted by Liverpool and Manchester United — with the working title “Project Big Picture” — sounds good, but looks to be nothing less than a big cheque
6:30 PM ET The PGA Tour telecast this week at The CJ Cup at Shadow Creek will feature live betting odds for the first time, courtesy of Bet MGM, the tour announced today. There will be two executions of updates per hour during all four rounds of the event, featuring leaderboards with integrated open and
3:00 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN When Sei Young Kim hit her fourth birdie putt in five holes on the 17th hole during the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Course, she sealed her fate. The 27-year-old South Korean flashed a big smile, but then immediately returned to a determined gaze.