7:00 AM ET Just less than three weeks ago, news leaked that MLB was considering a new expanded playoff format that would blow up the bracket from 10 to 14 teams and add a reality-style selection show to the mix. I hated it. Look, I’m not a hot take guy. One of the reasons I
Month: February 2020
6:00 PM ET The public memorial service for Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the others who tragically died with them was on Monday, but the sports world will continue to pay tribute to the NBA legend — including at the NASCAR race in California this coming weekend. Let’s start with Ryan Blaney, who is
4:36 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Keeneland and Churchill Downs will enact safety reforms that include the race-day ban of Lasix for 2-year-olds along with mandatory veterinary inspections before workouts and race entry. The measures announced Thursday include enhanced reporting of horses’ fitness for trainers and vets. They will take effect for spring
7:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Saturday will be the third day of on-field workouts at the NFL’s scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. A look at what you need to know: The workouts: From 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, the defensive linemen and linebackers will go through the vertical jump, broad jump, the 40-yard
UCI Track Cycling World Championships Venue: Berlin Velodrome, Germany. Dates: 26 February-1 March. Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. Great Britain won team pursuit silver as the United States dominated to take World Championship gold in Berlin. Katie Archibald, Elinor
2:27 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Kim Clijsters has been given a wild card into next month’s BNP Paribas Open, another step in her tennis comeback at age 36. The four-time major winner won in 2003 and 2005 at Indian Wells before retiring nearly eight years ago. Clijsters hasn’t competed at the
7:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ian Watmore has been named as the ECB’s new chairman and will succeed Colin Graves when he leaves the post in November 2020. Watmore, 61, was chief executive of the FA for nine months in 2009-10, during which time he launched the Women’s Super League and the St. George’s Park
9:00 AM ET For the most part, ESPN’s Football Power Index and Bill Connelly’s SP+ agree on the top 10 preseason teams, and while the coaching staffs and returning production help decipher that, the scheduling will also determine which teams emerge as contenders. The past six seasons have taught us that strength of schedule plays
1:31 PM ET Josh Taylor is heading home to Scotland to fight for the first time since unifying two junior welterweight world titles. Taylor will defend against mandatory challenger Apinun Khongsong on May 2 (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+) at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, Top Rank announced Thursday. Taylor will headline at the arena
11:21 AM ET Forget winning the WBC heavyweight title. Tyson Fury’s TKO victory over Deontay Wilder in their rematch resulted in another accomplishment that Tyson Fury had never achieved: a spot in the top 10 of our pound-for-pound list. Fury broke through in the rankings of a number of our panelists, including that of former
Lewis Hamilton suffered an engine failure that cut his running to just a handful of laps on the penultimate day of Formula 1 pre-season testing. The world champion’s car had what Mercedes described as “an oil-pressure anomaly, which made the engine shut down as a precautionary measure”. Investigations into the cause meant Hamilton did not
9:06 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — One year ago, then-lightweight titlist Mikey Garcia, jumped up two weight divisions to challenge welterweight titleholder Errol Spence Jr. in a really big fight. Garcia, widely hailed as one of boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighters, had called out Spence for months, and with no big fight in the offing against
Media playback is not supported on this device 2019-20 Formula E Championship Date: 29 February 2020 Coverage: Marrakesh E-Prix: watch race live on BBC Two 13:30 GMT, iPlayer & online stream. BBC Sport website live text from 13:00 Formula E driver Mitch Evans says not getting to Formula 1 will haunt him for the rest
10:52 AM ET Tom Brady is currently operating under the belief that he will enter free agency to play somewhere other than New England next season, a sentiment the quarterback has shared with others, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Darlington. While Brady has his eyes very clearly on free agency, there is still a belief in
Britain’s Adam Yates was edged out in a sprint finish by Tadej Pogacar and Alexey Lutsenko on the final climb of stage five at the UAE Tour but retained his overall lead. Slovenian Pogacar secured UAE Team Emirates’ first stage win at their home race, as Kazakhstan’s Astana rider Lutsenko celebrated too soon and lost
9:21 AM ET Italy’s Guido Migliozzi carded an opening-round 66 to take a one-shot lead at the Oman Open on Thursday. Migliozzi, 23, got off to a quick start, making three birdies on three of the first four holes on the way to grabbing a one-shot lead following a bogey-free round. The Italian won two
8:08 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Joseph Benavidez was in the midst of a TV interview backstage in Las Vegas, wearing the cruel facial evidence that he had just been in a scrap. Through bloodied lips, he reflected on his split-decision victory over Henry Cejudo, and when the subject of his immediate future came up, Benavidez’s
8:00 AM ET With 2020’s college football recruiting classes now in the rearview mirror, the 2021 group is on the clock. While it’s still very much in its early stages, here is a look at 10 programs off to a fast start at the recruiting trail. 1. Ohio State Buckeyes The Buckeyes’ top-five class for
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