7:00 AM ET Who are the best Major League Baseball stars ever to take the diamond? Dozens of ESPN writers and editors submitted more than 20,000 votes (see full methodology here) to rank the 100 greatest MLB players of all time. Which active stars made the cut? Who ranks too high? Who’s too low? We
Month: February 2022
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This post has been updated since it originally published July 13, 2020, when Washington’s NFL franchise first announced it would be changing it’s nickname and logo. Washington’s NFL franchise will reveal its new name and logo Wednesday after spending the past two seasons known as the Washington Football Team. While
7:31 AM ET Associated Press The NFL is awarding $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers to study the effects of cannabinoids on pain management and neuroprotection from concussion in elite football players. Medical teams from the University of California San Diego and University of Regina in Canada were selected from
7:00 AM ET In college basketball, March gets all the love. But Selection Sunday’s drama is significantly impacted by the games that take place in February. This is the month when signature wins are either attained or squandered in the push for top seeds in the NCAA tournament. In the leagues that depend on automatic
4:30 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Given the financial challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the January transfer window was surprisingly busy as clubs made mid-season moves to try and strengthen their sides. 2 Related According to Transfermarkt, the Premier League (€335 million) spending was actually the second-highest in history, with Liverpool‘s move for FC Porto winger
12:56 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN HOUSTON — For the second time in 10 days, the Houston Rockets were giving the Golden State Warriors every inch of fight they had in them. And for about three quarters, it looked to be wearing the Warriors down. But then in the fourth, Stephen Curry erupted. He scored 21
3:30 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Devils coach Lindy Ruff will miss the next two games following the death of his father in western Canada. The Devils said Monday that Leeson Ruff died on Friday at a hospital in Warburg, Alberta. He was 88 and had been ill. Ruff will miss a home-and-home
11:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. are closing in on a deal for a light heavyweight title unification this summer in New York, sources told ESPN. At the moment, Smith is looking for a purse in the neighborhood of $1.8 million for the proposed ESPN main event; he was offered
11:16 PM ET Washington offensive tackle Jaxson Kirkland has opted out of the 2022 NFL draft and plans to return to college, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. A two-time, first-team All-Pac-12 selection, Kirkland made the decision after learning an ankle injury he suffered during the season was more significant than originally thought, sources said. He
News The allrounder played a key role in denying England what appeared a certain victory Annabel Sutherland wasn’t sure she would get another over after being taken for two sixes as England put themselves in a position to win the Ashes Test in Canberra, but repaid the faith shown by captain Meg Lanning to help
10:01 PM ET AJ Vinatieri, the son of longtime NFL kicker Adam Vinatieri, has committed to UMass, he announced Monday on social media. 100% committed! pic.twitter.com/2BaO4zdeE6 — Aj Vinatieri (@AjVinatieri) February 1, 2022 The younger Vinatieri, who is also a kicker, played for Zionsville High School in Indiana, just outside of Indianapolis, where his father
8:11 PM ET CINCINNATI — Schoolchildren in Cincinnati will have something to cheer about no matter what happens in Super Bowl LVI. Cincinnati Public Schools announced Monday that staff and students will have the day off Feb. 14, the day after the Bengals play the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI. 1 Related In
9:14 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams tight end Tyler Higbee has an MCL sprain that puts his status for Super Bowl LVI in question, coach Sean McVay said Monday. Higbee, the Rams’ No. 1 tight end, left the NFC Championship Game in the first half Sunday with what was announced
5:48 PM ET The watch list for the John R. Wooden Award was reduced from 25 to 20 names on Monday, with seven of the 20 remaining players hailing from the Big Ten. Purdue guard Jaden Ivey and center Zach Edey, Illinois center Kofi Cockburn, Iowa forward Keegan Murray, Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, Ohio State
9:15 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Josh McDaniels acknowledged Monday in his introductory news conference as Las Vegas Raiders coach that he wasn’t ready for the position in his first go-around, more than a decade earlier with the Denver Broncos. After admitting something else to Raiders owner Mark Davis. “When I went to Denver, I
7:46 PM ET Tom Brady said on his podcast that he’s “still going through the process” and hasn’t decided when to announce his plans on whether to play or retire. “Sometimes it takes some time to really evaluate how you feel and what you want to do,” Brady said on the latest episode of his
6:56 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro accepted wild cards on Monday to play two clay-court tournaments after spending 2 1/2 years recovering from a knee injury. Organizers of the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires, which starts next week, said the 33-year-old del Potro has
6:54 PM ET Kevin Holland called an online troll’s bluff by choking him out in a grappling match. Holland, the loquacious UFC fighter nicknamed “Big Mouth,” said he had been getting messages from a guy on social media for months with the man, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, claiming he could submit Holland. So Holland took