Former India captain Rahul Dravid strongly believes that Indian Premier League (IPL) is “ready for expansion” in terms of number of teams without compromising on the quality as well as quantity of talent available in the country. There are talks that the 2021 IPL will be featuring nine teams instead of eight and will go
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7:30 AM ET Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby told Sirius XM on Thursday there have been discussions about delaying the playoff and the New Year’s Six bowls because of COVID-19. “I am on the CFP operations committee and we spent some time talking about that,” Bowlsby said. “We have not come to any closure on
6:48 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Inside the draft room of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team with the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NBA draft, the tape rolls on James Wiseman, an athletic 7-foot-1 big man with skills and measurables executives dream about, a blank canvas of raw ability and promise that evokes hopes of
7:17 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sure, there was a lot that felt and looked different about the first round of the first Masters ever played in November. There were only a few hundred patrons at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, and most of them were presumably members, including NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, MLB
British rider Alex Dowsett has signed a two-year contract extension with Israel Start-Up Nation. He will race alongside British four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome, who will join Israel Start-up Nation as team leader next season. Dowsett, 32, will attempt to regain cycling’s hour record next month. “From the outside, it’s clear ISN is
Max Verstappen led a Red Bull one-two in an unrepresentative first practice session at the Turkish Grand Prix on a very low grip track. Verstappen’s team-mate Alexander Albon was second, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly’s Alpha Tauri. The Istanbul Park circuit, holding its first race since 2011, was resurfaced two weeks ago
4:07 PM ET As we find ourselves immersed in international break No. 17 of the young European soccer season (OK, it’s No. 3), it’s a pretty good time to step back and absorb the chaos that we’ve witnessed one-fifth of the way through. The funkiness resulting from a blink-and-you-miss-it offseason, along with a loaded schedule
7:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman easily won the NL MVP award Thursday, topping off a trying year that saw him become so ill with COVID-19 he prayed “please don’t take me.” Freeman got 28 of the 30 first-place ballots in voting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association
12:57 AM ET One of the best bantamweight fighters in the world is making his return at the end of the year. Kyoji Horiguchi, the former Bellator and Rizin bantamweight champion, will fight current Rizin champ Kai Asakura in a rematch Dec. 31 at Rizin 26 in Saitama, Japan, the promotion announced Friday. Horiguchi has
The West Indies players are all set to travel to Queenstown after they tested negative for the coronavirus in their third and final test. The visitors will play two three-day matches against New Zealand A at Queenstown on before starting their international fixtures. “The players, management and support staff are scheduled to leave managed isolation
first Quarter IND TEN TD 11:50 D’Onta Foreman Pass From Ryan Tannehill for 5 Yrds, S.Gostkowski extra point is GOOD, Center-M.Overton, Holder-T.Daniel. 6 plays, 67 yards, 3:10 0 7 FG 0:40 Rodrigo Blankenship Made 24 Yrd Field Goal 11 plays, 69 yards, 4:30 3 7 second Quarter IND TEN FG 11:17 Stephen Gostkowski Made 50
1:24 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A day after quarterback Lamar Jackson said defenses were calling out the Baltimore Ravens‘ plays, offensive coordinator Greg Roman chalked it up to the usual chess match that happens during games. “Calling out plays on the defense is nothing new,” Roman said Thursday. “They’re going to be right
7:39 PM ET Boise State is without 14 players for its home game against Colorado State on Thursday night because of protocols related to COVID-19. Nine Broncos players tested positive for the virus and another five are sidelined for contact tracing, the school announced. Boise State will have quarterback Hank Bachmeier available for the first
9:36 PM ET Patricio Freire already has the best résumé of any fighter in Bellator history. Now he’s trying to add the title of Grand Prix champion to his already prodigious legacy. “Pitbull” stopped Pedro Carvalho by knockout at 2 minutes, 10 seconds of the first round to retain the Bellator featherweight title Thursday night
6:52 PM ET A season that started on the COVID-19 restricted list ended with the 2020 NL MVP for Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman. Here’s a closer look at the stats and performances that separated Freeman from finalists Mookie Betts and Manny Machado for the award. The number that says it best 1.102. Freeman’s
7:03 PM ET Projected No. 1 overall pick LaMelo Ball conducted an individual workout in front of head coaches and executives for the Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons on Thursday in Southern California, sources told ESPN. Those three teams own the No. 2, 3 and 7 picks, respectively, in next week’s NBA
6:47 PM ET Italy’s Jannik Sinner advanced to the semifinals at the Sofia Open after beating Alex de Minaur for the second time in his career on Thursday. The pair faced one another at the Next Gen finals in November last year, when top seed de Minaur suffered a shock defeat. Sinner, 19, recovered from
6:36 PM ET In the 285 days since the U.S. men’s national team last played, it seemed like there was a sea change for the Americans. The U.S. now has a player at Juventus in Weston McKennie, while Sergino Dest and Konrad de la Fuente are on the first-team roster at Barcelona. That’s to go