2:57 PM ET Associated Press John Veitch, who trained Alydar to narrow losses in all three Triple Crown races against rival Affirmed in 1978 during a Hall of Fame career, has died, his family said Thursday. He was 77. Veitch died Tuesday of natural causes at home in Lexington, Kentucky, said Michael Veitch, his second
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Chicago Bears own the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, thanks to a 3-14 record and the Houston Texans winning in Week 18 of the 2022 season. The Bears are in position to take the best prospect available, or trade the top pick and add draft
Star India batter Prithvi Shaw landed in trouble on Thursday after a video of him emerged on social media, where he could be seen in a scuffle with a woman. According to a police complaint, an argument with India’s 2018 Under-19 World Cup-winning captain escalated into a fight with a baseball bat and a car chase.
2:38 PM ET Barcelona and Manchester United produced a thrilling encounter worthy of the Champions League elite with an action-packed 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Europa League round of 32 tie at Camp Nou on Thursday. Marcus Rashford looked to have inspired a memorable Man United win as he scored and then
7:49 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was the most important game of the past six seasons for the New York Giants, and there was running back Saquon Barkley, jumping and windmilling his left arm to get the home crowd stoked for his quarterback during a Week 17 rout of the Indianapolis Colts. Barkley
Feb 15, 2023 A jury in Indianapolis decided Wednesday that the NCAA is not responsible for the death of a former star college quarterback whose widow was suing the association for negligence. Cullen Finnerty won three Division II national championships as the starting quarterback for Grand Valley State in the early 2000s. He died in
7:47 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Newly crowned WBO 130-pound champion Emanuel Navarrete and top Australian contender Liam Wilson clashed in a fight of the year candidate on Feb. 3. There was everything you would want to see in a prizefight — action, entertainment and offense. Both men suffered cuts and split a pair of
11:16 AM GMT Players contracted to England’s women’s rugby team will be entitled to fully paid maternity leave for 26 weeks as part of a new policy announced by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) on Thursday. Players who are called up within 12 months of giving birth or adopting a
George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images Tributes have been paid to cyclist Eileen Sheridan – who “blazed a trail for countless female riders” – following her death at the age of 99. The Coventry resident broke all 21 of the Women’s Road Records Association records, with five of them yet to be beaten, British Cycling said.
7:00 AM ET What defines a great NHL defenseman? That’s a question fans, pundits, executives and players themselves have debated for decades. “The problem with defensemen is you can go one of two ways. You can go with the guy who puts points on the board, or you can go with the guy who is
8:50 AM ET With the selection of the NCAA men’s hockey tournament about a month away and the Frozen Four less than 50 days away, the field of 16 is taking shape. Of course, things still can change over the homestretch of the regular season and particularly with the conference tournaments which begin March 3,
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Spring practice is only a few weeks away for most college football teams, so what better time than now to spring hope for teams across the country. Using Mark Schlabach’s Way-Too-Early Top 25, we look at 25 possible paths to the 2024 College Football Playoff. For teams like Georgia and
7:40 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell. That’s the list. In the more than 76-year history of the NBA, only three players have won three consecutive Most Valuable Player awards, and it has been nearly 40 years since Bird last accomplished the feat from 1984 to 1986. There have been plenty
7:05 AM ET The MLB offseason is all but over and spring training games will soon commence. How do you feel about that news? Well, your reaction might hinge on which team you root for. Our friends in San Diego are probably champing at the bit to see Xander Bogaerts on the field in a
Rohit Sharma in action during first Test in Nagpur© BCCI Former Indian cricket team spinner Harbhajan Singh was all praise for Rohit Sharma ahead of the second Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in New Delhi. Harbhajan recalled his first impression of Rohit when they met at the T20 World Cup in 2007 and said that
8:12 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bowman has a new contract and a familiar spot as he chases his first Daytona 500 victory. Bowman received a three-year extension from Hendrick Motorsports on Wednesday that will keep the driver — who won his third career Daytona 500 pole later that night —
4:28 PM ET Manchester City overtook Arsenal to go top of the Premier League after Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland scored second-half goals to give the champions a 3-1 win in a thrilling contest at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Grealish capped a superb team move with a low deflected finish past the grasp of
12:03 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid said after Wednesday night’s 118-112 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Wells Fargo Center that he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to play in Sunday’s All-Star Game. “I’m not sure,” the Philadelphia 76ers star said after collecting 29 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals