9:30 AM ET What a lot of people don’t realize about the first NHL Winter Classic is that it very well could have been the last NHL Winter Classic. We remember Sidney Crosby scoring the game-winning goal on New Year’s Day in 2008, in front of a raucous and frozen stadium crowd in Buffalo in
6:46 PM ET Kevin Durant will not play against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, missing his third consecutive game with a left hamstring strain. Durant traveled with the Nets on their five-game road trip and continues to get treatment on his hamstring. Brooklyn initially said Durant would miss at least two games. The team
7:15 AM ET “Me next! Me next!” Hayden Parker could hardly believe it. On his screen was an Instagram direct message from one of his favorite Major League Baseball players, Chicago White Sox ace Lucas Giolito. Giolito had seen Parker’s work — a series of hilarious, creatively Photoshopped images posted on Instagram called MLB Minis,
7:00 AM ET Last week, I ranked the top 100 prospects and all 30 farm systems heading into the 2021 season. Now it’s time to go deeper with my team-by-team rankings, starting with the American League. A quick refresher on a key term you’ll see throughout the team lists: Future Value, shortened to FV hereafter,
After being picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auction, Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell on Thursday said that he will give his everything to help the franchise in winning the IPL. “Looking forward to joining @RCBTweetsfor this year’s @IPL. Can’t wait to put everything I have into helping
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Some top teams need to replace generational quarterbacks. Others have new coaches who need to fill big roles. No one, not even Clemson and Alabama, is perfect heading into 2021. Here’s a breakdown of the most pressing offseason questions for each of the Way-Too-Early Top 25 teams. 1. Clemson Tigers:
7:15 AM ET Nine days before Super Bowl LV had officially put a bow on the 2020 NFL season, the calliope music already could be heard. The league’s 2021 quarterback carousel was in motion. Yes, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still had to settle the business of a championship, but the
7:20 AM ET Sam Puryear wants HBCU golf to be on equal footing. And the coach at Howard University knows what it will take to get there. After winning a national championship at Stanford, then a Big Ten title with Michigan State, the golf coach, with an assist from NBA champion Steph Curry, literally started
3:00 AM ET It has been one of the most open and unpredictable seasons in Premier League history. Nine different teams have been top at various points in the campaign, all of the big clubs have suffered unexpected defeats, and every side in the top 10 still has a chance of qualifying for the Champions
1:18 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Another night, another clutch performance from Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard. Sure, this one featured another game-sealing bucket from Lillard — his 25th game-tying or go-ahead field goal in the final 20 seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime, most in the NBA since he entered
11:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Naomi Osaka advanced to the Australian Open final after beating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-4. Williams was trying to reach her ninth Australian final in a bid to win a record-tying 24th Grand Slam. The 23-year-old Osaka became the third player to win each of their first two major meetings
9:45 PM ET Bradford Doolittle Close ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995
Mark Wood was part of the Chennai Super Kings squad in 2018.© Instagram England’s Mark Wood has withdrawn his name from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 Player Auction, scheduled to take place on Thursday in Chennai. According to ESPNcricinfo, franchises were informed at a briefing in Chennai on Wednesday that the pacer had decided
10:45 AM ET On Monday night, Kylian Mbappe got to step onto the Camp Nou pitch for the first time. He’d never been there before; not only had he never played in this famous ground, but he’d never been as a spectator either. He found it beautiful and didn’t feel an ounce of fear or
8:04 PM ET Former UFC fighter Bryan Caraway has been charged with four felonies in a 2018 case involving the alleged theft of an all-terrain vehicle belonging to his ex-girlfriend, former UFC champion Miesha Tate. Caraway was charged with fraud, first-degree attempted theft, filing a false insurance claim and making a false statement on a
8:24 PM ET Fresh off his third UFC welterweight title defense last weekend, Kamaru Usman is keen on booking his next bout against Jorge Masvidal — and has already discussed the idea with UFC president Dana White. Usman (18-1) told ESPN on Wednesday he believes he has earned the right to pick his next opponent,
7:11 PM ET The NCAA Division I council announced Wednesday it was extending the recruiting dead period for all sports through May 31, continuing a ban on in-person recruiting that has been in place since the coronavirus pandemic began last March. The council said it will provide an update on a potential return to in-person
2:19 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger is the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers right now, general manager Kevin Colbert said in a Wednesday news conference. Beyond that, though, Colbert was lukewarm in his assessment of the franchise quarterback’s future with the organization. “As we sit here today, Ben is a member of the Pittsburgh