8:00 AM ET Every organization has its flaws and cracks — you just never know when and how they might get exposed. The many cracks in college football’s infrastructure — from how players are treated to the sport’s leadership vacuum — have been exposed in a single offseason. At some point, the athletes were going
Chris Woakes is happy to be an unsung hero but the England paceman says he is as keen as any of his more high-profile colleagues to play in the first Test against Pakistan on Wednesday. The 31-year-old bowling all-rounder was a key figure in England’s recent 2-1 series win over the West Indies. The seamer
Tour de France champion Egan Bernal won the mountainous penultimate stage of the Route d’Occitanie to take the overall lead in the event. Briton Chris Froome, vying with Bernal for a leader’s spot in the Team Ineos line-up at the Tour de France, finished five minutes, five seconds back. Bernal, 23, finished the 163.5km stage
But there’s no need to be all doom and gloom. After all, there were actual Major League Baseball games! And with games come updated Power Rankings. We surveyed our group of reporters, analysts and editors after the first week and a half of the 60-game (we hope) season, with the results below. The biggest gainers
9:00 AM ET The NHL returned this weekend to restart its season with a 24-team postseason tournament, featuring both a round-robin series for the top seeds and a best-of-five qualification round for the others. The league adopted an “All Day Hockey” approach, with puck drop of the first game on Saturday at noon ET, and
11:19 AM ET Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Navy is investigating an incident in which dogs attacked a “Colin Kaepernick stand-in” during a K-9 demonstration during a 2019 fundraiser at the Navy Seals Museum in Florida. The Navy said in a statement posted on Twitter that officials became aware of the video
11:27 PM BST Israel Folau has courted more controversy by refusing to join teammates and opponents in taking a knee to acknowledge the Black Lives Matter movement in Super League’s return on Sunday. The former Wallabies fullback’s Catalans side were hammered 34-6 by champions St Helens in the first match since the competition was halted
Shantha Rangaswamy hopes that Women’s T20 challenge leads to full-fledged Women’s IPL in the near future.© Twitter BCCI Apex Council member and former India captain Shantha Rangaswamy on Monday said the board’s decision to organise Women’s T20 Challenge during the IPL shows that it remains committed to the game. She hoped it would lead to
7:30 AM ET Day 2 of the NHL restart was just as exciting as the opener, as hockey fans were treated to fantastic goaltending performances, more upsets and a buzzer-beater. As we head to Game 2s of the qualification round, let it be known that teams that win Game 1 in a best-of-5 series typically
8:21 PM ET Australian boxing sensation Tim Tszyu believes the difference between himself and former world champion Jeff Horn will be the ability to stay at the top of the sport for longer than six months. Tszyu (15-0-0) is set to fight Horn (20-2-1) in Townsville on August 26, a super welterweight battle which will
Aug 3, 2020 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show It has taken Natasha Jonas eight years to get to this point after she came up short against Katie Taylor in the Olympic Games
6:00 AM ET The NBA season officially resumed in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Playoff seeding and the race for the No. 8 seed in the West have already been shaken up. The Los Angeles Lakers evened the score in the battle of L.A. with a close win, and the Giannis Antetokounmpo–James Harden beef was renewed
7:49 AM ET Derrick Lewis, one of the most popular fighters in the UFC, will take center stage in the Fight Night main event on Saturday as he tries to climb back into the heavyweight title picture at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. But Lewis will be in for a potentially difficult battle —
Motorsport boss Jean Todt says he “admires” and “respects” Lewis Hamilton for promoting anti-racism. Hamilton has been at the forefront of F1’s decision this year to promote a pro-diversity campaign, including pre-race anti-racism demonstrations. FIA president Todt said: “I respect somebody who has belief and who tries to use his image, his voice, his leadership
The Tour de France’s planned start in Denmark in 2021 – the three-day Grand Depart – has been moved back a year. Last week, the start of the 2021 Tour was brought forward by six days so it would not clash with the men’s road race at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics. But the new start
8:45 AM ET The transfer window will remain open until Oct. 5 for all of Europe’s top leagues as the football world attempts to overcome the financial implications of the coronavirus crisis. But despite the extended period for sales and signings, some players are in danger of being bracketed as “The Unbuyables” this summer. With
7:38 AM ET Finally, after waiting more than a year, we will get to see the first golf major of 2020. And if watching PGA Tour players try their luck at a city-owned municipal course wasn’t enough, we’ll get a rare glimpse of Tiger Woods, who has played only four competitive rounds since February. Woods,
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has rejected suggestions that this year’s championship would mean less than others because of the shorter season. Lewis Hamilton is 30 points clear of team-mate Valtteri Bottas after winning the British Grand Prix, in a season several races shorter than intended. “I don’t think any championship is less valuable than