7:00 AM ET ESPN staff It’s NFL draft month, which means you’ll be hearing a lot of comps for the top prospects in the 2023 class. These matches are typically based on the way prospects play the game, their physical measurements, their production, their versatility and role, similar traits or some combination of those lines
8:00 AM ET Marc J. Spears SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Minutes after scoring a game-high 38 points following the first Sacramento Kings‘ playoff victory in nearly 17 years, guard De’Aaron Fox walks to the scorers’ table and greets owner Vivek Ranadive. The 18,253 fans at the Golden 1 Center know what’s coming next as a countdown
6:00 AM ET Shortly after buying the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, Josh Harris explained why. “What we’ve done is buy good companies,” he told NJ.com in 2014, “good franchises that have a reason to exist but for whatever reason may have some financial difficulties or need some new leadership.” Harris is doing the same thing
11:43 AM ET The Minnesota Twins and right-hander Pablo Lopez are finalizing a four-year, $73.5 million contract extension, according to multiple reports. Lopez, 27, was acquired by the Twins in the January trade that sent Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins. Lopez is 1-1 with a 1.73 ERA in four starts in a Twins uniform.
10:00 AM ET ESPN staff The six-month journey of the 2022-23 NHL regular season is complete. Sixteen of the league’s 32 teams have been eliminated, and 16 have made the postseason bracket. It’s time for ESPN’s hockey experts to serve up their picks on every first-round series, along with their calls on which team will
9:24 AM ET It’s already April and much has gone on in the world of mixed martial arts in 2023. The sport saw, likely, the truest version of a pound-for-pound championship fight in February, between UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Makhachev prevailed, but the fight was so good, we might
7:00 AM ET Jim Montgomery believes in “the process.” That’s what the Boston Bruins coach preaches to his team. A simple strategy to keep his players focused on the present. No looking back on what’s happened. No dwelling on an uncertain future. Commit to the now and results will come. Those principles have guided Montgomery
6:00 AM ET Frank Lampard has won only one of his last 17 games as a manager, losing 14 and drawing two. A poor run at Everton saw him sacked in January and since returning to Stamford Bridge earlier this month to take over as caretaker at Chelsea after the departure of Graham Potter, he
5:33 PM ET MEMPHIS — Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant shouted in agony as he ran off the court holding his right hand midway through the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Game 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers and did not return. Memphis trailed by four when Morant exited and went on to lose 128-112, with the
12:52 AM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Atlanta Braves ace Max Fried will return from the injured list on Monday and start against the San Diego Padres. Braves manager Brian Snitker confirmed the decision on Sunday, following Atlanta’s 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals, telling reporters the club would not be
6:57 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out for the remainder of Game 1 against the Miami Heat with a lower back contusion, the team announced. After picking up his second foul on a charge taken by Heat forward Kevin Love with 1:46 remaining in the first quarter, Antetokounmpo
7:27 PM ET Another weekend of European football is in the books and plenty of action to sink our teeth into. Aston Villa are making a late-season surge for a Champions League spot, Borussia Dortmund slipped up once more, and PSG are marching onto another league title despite bad form. Elsewhere, Inaki Williams ensured Athletic
6:49 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — The Canadian government has restored funding to Hockey Canada. Hockey Canada made the announcement Sunday, adding that Canadian sport minister Pascale St-Onge made it official, before the Canada-U.S. gold-medal game at the world women’s hockey championship. Hockey Canada saw its funding shut off by the federal government
7:46 AM ET Associated Press YOKOSUKA, Japan — Shunned by major league clubs, Trevor Bauer is trying to find his way in Japan, where fans are drawn by his celebrity status and seem unconcerned by domestic violence allegations against him. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner pitched his first competitive game in almost two years
11:37 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Sunday. Stanton was replaced by a pinch runner after hitting a double in the seventh inning of Saturday’s 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Manager Aaron Boone said Stanton
2:18 PM ET All-Star forward Paul George is likely to miss the LA Clippers‘ entire opening-round Western Conference playoff series against the Phoenix Suns because of his sprained right knee, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday. George has been progressing on the rehabilitation from the injury he suffered on March 21, but the Clippers
7:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud? C.J. Stroud over Bryce Young? Those are the questions facing the Carolina Panthers as they decide which quarterback they will take with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft on April 27 (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App). Many in the
7:00 AM ET Draft boards are built over a year in the NFL, not in the weeks crammed between the combine and the start of the first round. And while there are no real “sleepers” invited to the combine or Senior Bowl, a draft riser climbs the charts through the season and into the pre-draft