8:59 AM ET The Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez Jr. lightweight title unification fight on Saturday started off as a yawner. Lopez was in control in the first half of the 12-round battle in Las Vegas, with Lomachenko showing little sign of mounting an attack. That changed in the seventh round, and suddenly fans had
Australian Grand Prix organisers say they expect to host the 2021 Formula 1 season-opening race in its usual mid-March time slot. This year’s Melbourne race was cancelled after a McLaren team member tested positive for coronavirus. Since the season began it has been forced into a mainly European schedule. But Australian GP Corporation chairman Andrew
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Injuries play a huge part in how the NFL Power Rankings are ordered. The loss of a few key guys can wreak havoc on the ranking process — and the league at large. But few seasons have seen as many key injuries this early as 2020 has. Whether it’s the
7:58 AM ET Want to know what it’s like to compete against Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Octagon? Ask someone who thought he would take it easy sparring with Nurmagomedov because he was about 70 pounds heavier — only to realize he needed to give it more gas. Ask Daniel Cormier. “There have been times when
7:00 AM ET A FEW DAYS after the most infamous mascot fight in college football history, Sean Stazen (aka Brutus Buckeye) sat down in his Columbus, Ohio, apartment and opened his laptop, hoping to get some homework done. The first thing that popped onto his screen, however, were news stories from China and Australia. The
Oct 19, 2020 Mike “Doc” Emrick announced his retirement from broadcasting Monday. In his 47-year career as a play-by-play announcer, Emrick called NFL, baseball and NCAA tournament games, lacrosse matches and sports at six Olympic Winter Games. But, first and foremost, he was the voice of hockey, calling NHL games on NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Some years the World Series comes down to the most famous player on the roster, and some years it comes down to the least famous. If we knew which it would be
7:00 AM ET Retro gaming fans, rejoice: It’s 2020, and NHL ’94 is back. Electronic Arts announced in early October that the beloved game that often finds itself in the “Mount Rushmore of sports video games” conversation is officially getting the remaster treatment. Entitled NHL ’94 Rewind, the game will feature updated teams and rosters
7:06 AM ET This NBA offseason is full of decisions that could impact the hierarchy of the league for years to come. Will back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo hold off on signing a supermax extension with the Milwaukee Bucks? Will the Golden State Warriors keep or trade the No. 2 overall pick in November’s draft? Will
6:02 AM ET RB Salzburg boss Jesse Marsch has said Frank Lampard did not rate Christian Pulisic at the start of his Chelsea career because he was American. Pulisic struggled for regular game time after his £58 million move from Borussia Dortmund and said he was “frustrated” at the time. – Stream FC Daily on
Zimbabwe cricket coach Lalchand Rajput has not travelled with the team for a tour of Pakistan after the Indian embassy in Harare requested his exemption from the limited-over series. A statement from Zimbabwe Cricket said that Rajput will miss the tour following the request from the Indian embassy. In Rajput’s absence, bowling coach Douglas Hondo
UAE Team Emirates rider Fernando Gaviria has tested positive for coronavirus for a second time this year and is out of the Giro d’Italia. The Colombian tested positive in the Giro’s latest round of testing, as did a Team AG2R La Mondiale staff member. Gaviria also tested positive for Covid-19 at the UAE Tour in
3:21 AM BST The first two Tests of the Bledisloe Cup are behind us, with New Zealand holding a 1-0 advantage following Sunday’s comprehensive 27-7 victory at Eden Park in Auckland. That result came seven days after the series opener had finished in a dramatic 16-all draw in Wellington, where the two teams engaged in
2:50 PM ET Nebraska junior quarterback Adrian Martinez will start this week’s opener against No. 5 Ohio State, coach Scott Frost said Monday. Martinez, who had a record-setting freshman season in 2018 for Nebraska but struggled at times in 2019, will take the first snaps after competing with redshirt freshman Luke McCaffrey in the preseason.
10:05 PM ET Associated Press The attorney representing eight Black former Iowa football players who allege racial discrimination during their time with the Iowa Hawkeyes said Monday night the university’s rejection of their demands, which included a payment of $20 million, is not the end of the matter. Civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons of Tulsa,
8:04 PM ET To get the Kansas City Chiefs back in the win column after their first defeat in 11 months, coach Andy Reid turned his playbook upside down in Monday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills. For only the second time in Patrick Mahomes’ 37 career starts, the Chiefs ran the ball more than
10:11 PM ET Tennis world No.1 and lifelong Richmond supporter Ashleigh Barty will present the premiership cup if the Tigers win Saturday’s AFL Grand Final. Queensland local Barty – who is Richmond’s inaugural AFLW member – had been a constant presence in the crowd at the Tigers’ two finals this month at Metricon Stadium and
2:43 PM ET A weekend full of big derbies delivered plenty of talking points, from Liverpool‘s costly 2-2 draw at Everton that saw Virgil van Dijk seriously injured (and Jordan Pickford unpunished), to AC Milan‘s win over rivals Inter thanks to a certain Zlatan Ibrahimovic. There were also sub-par performances from Barcelona and Real Madrid