1:00 PM ET Can Kyle Larson win the NASCAR Cup Series for the second consecutive season? Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to the NASCAR Playoffs! Helpful hint: Don’t call it the Chase. And don’t dare call it the Playoff, singular. That’s what they do over in college football, where only four teams are in the College
Month: September 2022
Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull could be embarking on an era of domination similar to his with Mercedes. Hamilton said: “The chances are very high that that’s already happened. They are already on that way. “It’s going to be very tough for teams to close that gap.” Max Verstappen is on course for a second
10:00 AM ET So you’ve decided to take the fantasy hockey plunge, joining millions of others in enjoying one of the sporting world’s best game within a game. Welcome. Or perhaps you’ve already waded through these puck-friendly fantasy waters and feel inspired to dive into a different type of pool. Preseason greetings to you too.
Nairo Quintana has launched an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the decision to disqualify him from the 2022 Tour de France for a drug infringement. Analysis of two blood samples from the 32-year-old showed the presence of banned drug tramadol. The Colombian rider was stripped of his overall sixth-place finish and
4:00 AM ET The 2021 summer transfer window will take some beating, with Lionel Messi moving from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain and Cristiano Ronaldo heading back to Manchester United from Juventus. But already there are a host of top players in Europe who have agreed a move on July 1. 2 Related Clubs across the
8:55 AM ET The Denver Broncos and star quarterback Russell Wilson have reached an agreement on a five-year, $245 million contract extension that includes $165 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Wilson, acquired by the Broncos in a blockbuster offseason trade with the Seahawks, now is under contract with Denver for seven years and
8:30 AM ET We evaluate hundreds of men’s basketball prospects in each recruiting cycle, and we narrow our rankings to the ESPN 100 for the senior class, ESPN 60 for the junior class and ESPN 25 for sophomores. But how do they compare against each other? After all, there are some juniors who are better
The most tumultuous season in PGA Tour history is finally in the rearview mirror. A season that started in September with Max Homa winning the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California, a week before Team USA put a beatdown on Team Europe in the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits (doesn’t that seem like years ago?) ended
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs Bangladesh Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka decided to field first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the last Group B game in the Asia Cup. Both teams find themselves in this do-or-die position after Afghanistan beat both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh quite comfortably. Afghanistan are through to
7:30 AM ET ESPN staff After an offseason filled with coaching feuds and conference realignment, the first full slate of college football is here. The Week 1 schedule is filled with top matchups, from the defending champions going against their former defensive coordinator to a top-five showdown in Columbus, Ohio. The Backyard Brawl is officially
12:00 PM ET For the past four years, assistant equipment manager Sam Staley has added ‘Practice DJ’ to his list of roles with the Bengals. ESPN Bengals reporter Ben Baby CINCINNATI — While the Cincinnati Bengals players waited out a weather delay at the start of an August training camp practice, Sam Staley capitalized on an
7:00 AM ET DAVE WANNSTEDT NEEDED his team to do some studying. The Pitt football coach was leading the 4-7 Panthers into the 2007 edition of the Backyard Brawl against No. 2 West Virginia in Morgantown as a 28.5-point underdog. But he wasn’t concerned with showing his players blitzes or screen passes. Instead, he showed
7:00 AM ET It’s showtime for many teams as we enter the final month of the regular season. Some are cruising toward the postseason, while others are locked in a close battle for a playoff spot. And with no Game 163 tiebreakers this season, it should prove to be a fun September. After dominating our
7:28 AM ET Thierry Serge Darlan (Central African Republic) and Jana El Alfy (Egypt) were the male and female MVPs respectively at the 2022 Basketball Without Borders (BWB) camp in Cairo, organised by the NBA and FIBA. The pair from the NBA Academy are both on the radars of NCAA Division I colleges, but neither
10:10 PM ET Serena Williams isn’t quite done yet. Williams’ run at the US Open in what is expected to be her last tournament before her planned evolution away from tennis continued on Wednesday night, as she defeated No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2 in the second round. Playing in front of
4:54 AM BST All Blacks coach Ian Foster has shuffled his reserves with the return of Beauden Barrett and Brodie Retallick but kept his starting 15 unchanged as the home side look to turn the tables on Argentina in Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash. The All Blacks suffered their first ever defeat to the Pumas on
2:31 AM BST The man who made the Wallabies No. 11 jersey famous around the world has challenged Marika Koroibete to take his game to another level again, after the winger’s brilliant man-of-the-match showing in Adelaide last weekend. Rugby World Cup winner and 101-Test Wallabies great David Campese was full of praise for Koroibete after
12:55 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and record 10 pitching wins in the same season as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. Ohtani’s three-run shot to center