12:10 PM ET Are you ready for some fussball? The 2020-21 German Bundesliga season kicks off on Friday with serial champions (and winners of the last eight titles) Bayern Munich hosting Schalke — watch live in U.S., 2.30 p.m. ET, ESPN — and with that, plenty of anticipation for what promises to be an exceptional
5:34 PM ET Steve KimESPN A junior welterweight battle between former title challenger Alex Saucedo and unbeaten Arnold Barboza Jr. has been finalized for Oct. 17, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday. The fight is part of the undercard for the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Teofimo Lopez Jr. lightweight unification fight at the MGM Grand Conference Center in
4:13 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — The Stanley Cup will fly back from Edmonton with the winning team to its playing city. But after that, nobody knows how hockey’s most famous trophy will celebrate. The NHL and the Hockey Hall of Fame are weighing options on what to do next with the Cup. Typically, each
Race leader Annemiek van Vleuten has been ruled out of the rest of the Giro Rosa and will not defend her world title after breaking her wrist. The 37-year-old fell in the last 500 metres of stage seven on Thursday alongside Mitchelton-Scott team-mate Amanda Spratt of Australia and Dutch compatriot Marianne Vos. All three riders
2:32 PM ET ATP and WTA jointly announced on Friday that the 2020 Kremlin Cup tournaments in Moscow have been cancelled by a mandate from health officials in the Russian capital, where there has been a surge in coronavirus infections. However, the ATP’s St. Petersburg tournament – a more prestigious event scheduled to start in
7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: Remember how I’d walk in,What excitement there would be?Never less than 20 people,I had lots of friends, you see. I gave the party, I was the host.Everyone loved me, I was the most. But nothing lasts forever,And the deepest well runs dry.Just ’cause I’ve stopped rolling sevensDoesn’t
1:26 AM ET CHICAGO — An emotional Jon Lester took the mound Wednesday night for what could have been his final start at Wrigley Field as a Cub. Lester, 36, will be a free agent after this season unless the team picks up a $25 million option on him for 2021. “We don’t know what
8:00 AM ET If I were a member of the College Football Playoff selection committee this season, I would apply for a sabbatical. Or to the Peace Corps. Or to go just about anywhere else besides those selection committee Zoom calls that will begin Nov. 17. College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock’s crew might
9:20 AM ET The NFL returned last week. It was weird with no fans and with face shields (shoutout to Andy Reid) and Zoom interviews, but the actual football was surprisingly crisp. Fantasy football managers rejoiced, watching high draft picks such as Saints running back Alvin Kamara and prized rookies such as Chiefs running back
7:20 AM ET I first started hearing versions of it from rival executives at the end of the 2014-15 season, when the Miami Heat traded two first-round picks for Goran Dragic on an expiring contract — and finished 37-45, one game short of the playoffs: If it wasn’t the Heat, we’d all be laughing at
1:48 PM BST Georgian police have arrested the vice president of the country’s rugby union, Merab Beselia, over the shooting of player Ramaz Kharazishvili, who was shot in the leg at the sport’s governing body’s offices in the capital Tbilisi on Wednesday. Kharazishvili, 32, the former captain of the Georgian national Sevens team, underwent surgery
Michal Kwiatkowski led a superb Ineos Grenadiers one-two on stage 18 to help salvage their Tour de France as Primoz Roglic took a step closer to the title. Poland’s Kwiatkowski and team-mate Richard Carapaz crossed the line arm-in-arm after riding away from the rest of the field on a tough mountain stage. Roglic and his
3:27 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent It has been anything but a summer of fun for Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Add up captain Harry Maguire getting arrested in Greece, Paul Pogba contracting the coronavirus, Mason Greenwood breaking COVID-19 regulations on England duty and being sent home, the failure to sign Jason Sancho and defeat
10:00 AM ET What a time to be a New York Islanders fan. Normally when you hear that, it doesn’t portend good things. It means the Islanders were criminally mismanaged or were purchased by an actual criminal or were forced into a nomadic arena existence that hopefully doesn’t end with them in Quebec City. But
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 70 on Thursday and India captain Virat Kohli and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar led the wishes from the cricket fraternity. ”Wishing a very Happy birthday to our honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji,” Kohli tweeted. Tendulkar wrote a wish for PM Modi in Hindi and shared a picture with him
8:04 AM ET Miguel Baeza was doing a strength-and-conditioning drill, jumping over hurdles at his gym, MMA Masters, in Miami. The up-and-coming UFC welterweight had just completed three rounds of sparring. Fatigue was setting in. On his second and third jumps over the hurdle, he touched the bar. On the fourth and fifth times, he
Both can be seen grinning from ear to ear, with Sachin Tendulkar praising his daughter’s “cuteness”.© Instagram Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday took to Instagram to share a cute throwback picture with daughter Sara, from his official handle. Both of them can be seen grinning from ear to ear, with Tendulkar praising his daughter’s
8:37 AM ET Novak Djokovic has spoke with ATP chief Andrea Gaudenzi regarding his breakaway players body, the world No.1 confirmed, reiterating that the new association could be a “positive addition” to the men’s Tour. Djokovic stepped down as head of the ATP player council last month along with members Vasek Pospisil, John Isner and