11:33 PM ET SEATTLE — With a couple of exceptions, nobody on the San Francisco 49ers knows better than defensive lineman Arik Armstead just how hard it is to beat the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. For all of Armstead’s eight years in the NFL, he has been part of teams that have come to
8:00 AM ET 2022 featured the breakout of many boxers, the retirement of others — some of them short-lived — and a few new undisputed champions. The year also included plenty of upsets, disappointing performances, and of course, controversies. What fight will be remembered as the best of 2022? Who did we select as Fighter
9:30 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the NFL and
10:00 AM ET The 2022 World Cup in Qatar has flown by. Wedged into the middle of the European club season, it has had to. It’s hard to believe that the tournament began 26 days ago, yet so much has transpired in that time, including whittling down a field of 32 to just France and
It was indeed a “special feeling” to score his maiden Test hundred but young Shubman Gill admitted that it took a long time (12 Tests) to achieve the coveted landmark. Gill on Friday smashed 110 off 152 balls in India’s second innings in the opening Test against Bangladesh to register his maiden Test ton. Gill,
Dec 16, 2022 Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — For a first-time head coach, Mike McDaniel took a gamble during a training camp meeting when he playfully singled out recently acquired receiver Tyreek Hill in front of the entire team. Hill, who owns the fastest speed of any ball carrier recorded by Next Gen Stats, was the
7:00 AM ET The big news of the week in the hockey world was Alex Ovechkin scoring a hat trick against the Chicago Blackhawks to reach 800 goals, becoming the third player in NHL history to do so. As Ovi has been on this recent goal-scoring heater, his Washington Capitals have won eight of their
7:07 AM ET Scott Boras thought he was prepared when A.J. Preller called him around Thanksgiving. In front of him sat a list of available players who might fulfill the San Diego Padres‘ perceived needs, most of them first basemen and corner outfielders. Then Preller, the Padres’ ninth-year general manager, began to talk about high-priced
7:05 AM ET The NHL trade market has been gummed up by a lack of salary-cap room this season. It also doesn’t help that so many teams are within a reasonable distance of playoff seeds, unable to determine their position in the market. When the NHL trade deadline arrives on March 3, the contenders and
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN There is a narrow leader in the early race for the Michael Jordan Trophy. Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, who is averaging a career-high 30.2 points per game, claimed 47 first-place votes and was on 98 of 100 ballots cast in the 2022-23 debut of ESPN’s NBA MVP straw poll,
3:34 AM ET Andy Murray was named the 2022 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award recipient in recognition of his support for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, with the former world No. 1 raising more than $630,000 for the war-torn country. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion, said in March he would donate all his prize money won
Former Pakistan captain and one of their premier batters Azhar Ali has decided to retire from Test cricket after the third and final match of the ongoing series against England starting at the National Stadium in Karachi on Saturday. The 37-year-old Azhar has so far scored 7097 runs from 96 Tests at an average of
George Russell has said he is not particularly proud about his career-best fourth-place finish in this year’s Formula 1 World Championship. The driver, from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, took his first Grand Prix victory, and also outscored his Mercedes team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton. However, he told BBC Radio Norfolk’s motorsport podcast Racing Torque he was only
11:46 PM ET Brady Henderson Nick Wagoner Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America SEATTLE — The San Francisco 49ers clinched the NFC West with a 21-13 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. Rookie Brock Purdy,
Mercedes driver George Russell expects the team to be “in a much stronger position from race one” in the 2023 Formula 1 world championship. Russell finished fourth in the drivers’ standings, two places and 35 points above team-mate Lewis Hamilton. “They haven’t forgotten how to build a fast race car,” said Russell. “We just got
11:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Mitch Marner‘s franchise-record points streak was snapped at 23 games as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell to the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night. Marner’s streak was the longest in seven seasons and the longest in the 105-year history of the Maple Leafs. He became
11:49 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Tyler Herro matched the Miami record with 10 3-pointers and scored a career-high 41 points to help the Heat beat the Houston Rockets 111-108 on Thursday night. A night after making nine 3-pointers and scoring 35 points in a victory at Oklahoma City, Herro became the fourth
Dec 15, 2022 Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang scored in his third game back since having a stroke, and the Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Thursday night. Letang had the stroke Nov. 28, returned to practice 10 days later and got back in the lineup Saturday against Buffalo.