7:00 AM ET Will Newton/Getty Images Editor’s note: From rising strikeout totals and unwritten-rules debates to connecting with a new generation of fans and a looming labor battle, baseball is at a crossroads. As MLB faces these challenges, we are embarking on a season-long look at The State of Baseball, examining the issues and storylines
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7:00 AM ET Nevada football coach Jay Norvell has been around big-time NFL draft quarterback prospects from big-time schools. As assistant offensive coordinator at Oklahoma, Norvell saw Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford win the Heisman Trophy in 2008 and become the No. 1 overall pick of the 2010 draft. As a first-year Indianapolis Colts assistant in
1:33 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton said rookie Mac Jones is so quiet at times that he tries to crack “the Da Vinci Code of the seriousness,” but that didn’t stop Jones from seeking Newton out before Thursday night’s preseason opener against the Washington Football Team. “He came and
7:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Mohegan Sun Arena is an ocean away from Gegard Mousasi’s hometown in the Netherlands. But the casino resort venue in Uncasville, Connecticut, has provided him with the comfort of home. Mousasi made his Bellator debut in the building in 2017, defeating former middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko. That earned the former
6:51 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN On Dec. 11, 1981, when Rasheda was 11, she went with her brothers and sisters to watch their daddy fight a man named Trevor Berbick. As no state athletic commission would sanction the bout, the fight was held in the Bahamas and promoted by a convicted felon. None of that
MS Dhoni-led CSK will face Mumbai Indians when IPL 2021 resumes on September 19.© Twitter The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League(IPL) will get underway next month, and teams have begun flying out to the United Arab Emirates for the remainder of the T20 league. IPL 2021 was postponed halfway through the season due
Aug 9, 2021 With the 2021-22 Premier League campaign upon us, it’s time to dive into the most exciting thing about the new season: the kits each club will be wearing for the next year. 2 Related After Euro 2020, the Copa America and the Olympic football tournaments have stolen the focus over the past
1:18 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus ended Rebecca Marino’s strong run at the National Bank Open on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over the Canadian. Marino, a wild card ranked 220th, made it to the round of 16 by upsetting No. 16 seed Madison Keys and Paula Badosa,
8:17 PM ET Brianna Williams The Field of Dreams game was delayed but not denied. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees met for the rescheduled event in MLB’s first-ever game in Iowa on Thursday. Kevin Costner, who starred as Ray Kinsella in the 1989 film, made the trip to Dyersville, Iowa, as he
5:36 PM ET The BYU athletic department helped broker opportunities for every walk-on member of the football team to sign endorsement deals with a sponsor that would cover the cost of their tuition for at least one year. The arrangement — which is possible due to recent NCAA rule changes that allow college athletes to
Simon Carr knows that you’ve probably never heard of him. However, when the 22-year-old lines up at the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, he’ll do so with the expectation that anonymity in Wales, the land of his heart, will soon be a thing of the past. Carr has already completed a Grand Tour in his
11:20 PM ET NFL NationESPN While the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers opened the 2021 NFL preseason with their Hall of Fame game matchup last week, preseason really kicks off this week, as all 32 teams will be in action for Week 1. It started Thursday night with two games, as first-round quarterback Mac Jones
11:40 PM ET Houston Rockets rookie Jalen Green, the No. 2 overall draft pick in last month’s NBA draft, left Thursday’s 92-76 loss to the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Summer League with a sore hamstring. The Rockets don’t believe the hamstring is a “significant concern,” but he will undergo an MRI as a precaution,
4:55 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrated his 23rd birthday Thursday by defeating Karen Khachanov 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open. The crowd serenaded the No. 3 seed from Greece with a rendition of “Happy Birthday” as he was presented with a white sheet cake decked
8:43 PM ET Associated Press OAKMONT, Pa. — Michael Thorbjornsen made five straight birdies to win his first match and needed another big comeback in the second round of a U.S. Amateur that faced more delays Thursday. Only four of the 16 second-round matches at Oakmont finished before play was suspended for the second time
9:06 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Russell Henley shot an 8-under 62, his lowest round in more than two years, to take the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Wyndham Championship. Henley birdied three of his final four holes for a two-stroke lead over Sung Kang, Ted Potter Jr., Chris
6:55 PM ET UFC fighter Jordan Williams stopped a man from stealing his car on Thursday, and gave him a quick MMA lesson in the process. Williams, 30, left his car running in a gas station parking lot in Denver, as he quickly ran in to buy a drink. As the UFC welterweight exited the
10:41 AM ET Sam Marsden Sid Lowe Is everyone excited for the new LaLiga season? While there have been a few notable exits in the summer transfer window — some guy named Lionel Messi swapped Barcelona for Paris, we hear, and his longtime rival at Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos, joined him in the French capital