2:35 PM ET The Champions League is back, and back with a bang, after the draw for the 2020-21 group stage concluded on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland. The top line? A head-to-head between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as Juventus and Barcelona were paired together in Group G, in a game that could also see
7:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. This is the weekend you’ve been waiting for in college football. We’re slowly getting to a point where all Power 5 football is going to be played, and we’ll be
7:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff The MLB playoffs frenzy turns up the heat Thursday with five (count ’em, five) elimination games. We’ve already said goodbye to the Twins, Blue Jays and Indians, and either the White Sox or A’s will be kicked off the American League island. In the National League, the Reds, Cubs, Padres
1:09 PM ET Isabella Mir, the daughter of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir, is going to follow in her father’s footsteps. Mir, 17, has signed with Ikon Fighting Federation to make her pro MMA debut on Oct. 22 in San Carlos, Mexico, her manager, Malki Kawa, told ESPN. She will be fighting Danielle Wynn
1:12 PM BST England and Sale Sharks centre Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out for six months with an Achilles injury, according to the Gallagher Premiership side’s director of rugby Steve Diamond. Tuilagi, 29, was injured 12 minutes into Sale’s 14-34 win over Northampton Saints on Tuesday. “Manu will be a loss to England and
Trek-Segafredo have suspended junior road race world champion Quinn Simmons after he made “divisive, incendiary, and detrimental” statements on Twitter. The 19-year-old American, who won his title in 2019, responded to a tweet by a cycling journalist about United States president Donald Trump with ‘bye’ and a black hand-waving emoji. His response, deemed racist by
7:05 AM ET We should not have been surprised at what we saw unfold at Death Valley on Saturday. We shouldn’t have been shocked when Mississippi State quarterback K.J. Costello, whom we had last seen driving a bulldozer at Stanford, spent the afternoon throwing his way past the likes of Dak Prescott and Nick Fitzgerald
12:35 PM ET Associated Press ABERDEEN, Scotland — Paul Lawrie is making his 620th appearance on the European Tour at the Scottish Open this week. It also will be his last. The 1999 British Open champion is quitting the tour after the tournament at The Renaissance Club because of problems with his back. Lawrie will
9:44 AM ET Associated Press NEWBURY, England — The champion jockey of British horse racing has tested positive for cocaine. Oisin Murphy returned a positive test for metabolites of the drug in a test undertaken in France on July 19, a statement from the Professional Jockeys Association read on Thursday. He denied ever taking cocaine.
10:44 AM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic‘s biggest concern seemed to be dealing with a rare bit of sunshine during his second-round victory at Roland Garros. The No. 1-ranked Djokovic got his team to procure him a hat so he could wear that while on the side of Court Philippe Chatrier that was brightest during
More than 13,000 spectators will be able to attend each day of the Emilio Romagna Grand Prix this year. The race will take place over the weekend of 31 October and 1 November at Italy’s Imola circuit, which last held a Formula 1 race in 2006. A statement from Imola said it had been “possible
7:15 AM ET The 2020 NHL draft is just days away, so it’s time to lock in my final prospect rankings for this year’s class. The Tampa Bay Lightning just wrapped up their Stanley Cup championship, but attention now turns to the draft, which will be held virtually on Oct. 6-7. I’ve poured through game
3:00 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN For the first time in the history of the MLB playoffs, there will be eight postseason games played on a single day. Wild Card Wednesday began with a Cincinnati Reds–Atlanta Braves extra-inning thriller and the Houston Astros‘ sweeping the Minnesota Twins out of the playoffs. Then the Miami Marlins took
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 37 runs to register their second win in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. With the win, KKR climbed up to second place in the points table. Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of the Kolkata-based franchise, was spotted cheering the team on from the stands at the Dubai
12:47 AM ET The Los Angeles Lakers made a loud statement with a 116-98 Game 1 win over the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. LeBron James recorded 25 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, Anthony Davis added a game-high 34 points and 9 rebounds, and the 3-pointers were dropping for the Lakers, who turned
10:30 PM ET The UFC has formally offered Conor McGregor a non-title lightweight fight against Dustin Poirier, Dana White told Barstool Sports on Wednesday. Additional UFC sources confirmed to ESPN that the promotion on Tuesday sent a physical contract to McGregor for a potential bout against Poirier. Sources close to McGregor confirmed to ESPN’s Ariel
3:02 PM ET PAC-12 commissioner Larry Scott suggested expanding the College Football Playoff from four to eight teams for this season, but the CFP management committee did not approve the idea during Wednesday’s meeting, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN. Although the playoff won’t expand this season, the commissioners have reviewed the current format
8:00 AM ET The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs took 65 days, 24 teams, five playoff rounds, two “bubbles” and, most important, 33,394 COVID-19 tests that returned zero positive results, according to the NHL — and that’s not even mentioning the 20,000 or so iced cappuccinos handed out by Tim Hortons. However you want to calculate