Dean Elgar supports the space white-ball captain Temba Bavuma was given ahead of the upcoming Test series in Australia. He is also committed to getting the best out of Bavuma in the longest format. Bavuma was the only specialist batter in the squad who was not required to play a first-class match in the lead-up
Month: December 2022
8:21 AM ET Kentucky quarterback Will Levis, a potential top-five pick, said during an interview on Twitter on Wednesday night that he intends to enter the NFL draft. Levis, who could have applied for another year of eligibility because of the disruption of the 2020 season due to the COVID pandemic, said he’ll be making
7:52 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Two big trilogy fights are scheduled for Saturday in different parts of the world. Tyson Fury defends his WBC heavyweight world title against Derek Chisora in London (ESPN+, 1 p.m. ET), while in Glendale, Arizona, Juan Francisco Estrada takes on Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez in a rubber match for Estrada’s
7:03 AM ET NFL NationESPN The Odell Beckham Jr. derby is heating up, with the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants believed to be at the front of the pack. But don’t count out the Buffalo Bills. Beckham was removed from an American Airlines flight on Sunday, though Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the incident
7:30 AM ET North Carolina had a 15-point lead entering halftime of last season’s NCAA championship game against Kansas. The Tar Heels would eventually lose that matchup — but they entered the 2022-23 season as the No. 1 team in America and the national title favorite. Hubert Davis had, after all, returned key players from
8:00 AM ET What a difference a month makes. Nearly every major NHL award has a new leader, according to our voters, with some runners-up from the first month of the season rocketing into front-runner status. Well, except for the Selke Trophy. That’s status quo. Welcome to the NHL Awards Watch for December. We’ve polled
The Tour de France will finish outside of Paris for the first time in its 121-year history when the 2024 edition concludes in Nice. The final stage of the Grand Tour has traditionally finished on the Champs-Elysees in the French capital. But because of the Olympics starting days later in Paris, the 110th edition of
5:45 PM ET Cesar Hernandez DOHA, Qatar — Gerardo “Tata” Martino has left his role as Mexico coach after El Tri exited the World Cup at the group stage on Wednesday. Mexico beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in their final group game, but it wasn’t enough to make the last 16 as they missed out to
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The college football regular season may be over, but don’t fret, the sport has saved some of the best matchups for conference championship week. Beginning on Friday night in Las Vegas, teams will battle for not only conference bragging rights but spots in the College Football Playoff field as well.
7:00 AM ET There are a number of reasons Trea Turner is poised to get one of the biggest contracts in free agency this winter, with a chance to crack $300 million. He is instantly recognizable for his trademark slide. He won a World Series ring in 2019 with the Washington Nationals and his Los
7:00 AM ET Last week at the Maui Invitational, Arkansas looked like a potential Final Four team. The Razorbacks lost by just three points to Creighton, then beat San Diego State in overtime to secure third place at the event. It was a positive sign for the ceiling of a newcomer-heavy team still figuring things
4:04 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After answering questions about the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 128-109 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, LeBron James turned things around on the reporters in the room with a query of his own. Why, James wanted to know, had he not been asked about a photograph that recently
1:19 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig has decided to withdraw his agreement to plead guilty to a charge of lying to federal agents investigating an illegal gambling operation. Puig is changing his plea to not guilty because of “significant new evidence,” according to a statement Wednesday from
10:12 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner extended his career-long point streak to 18 games on Wednesday while tying a franchise record. The winger scored an empty-net goal late in the third period of Toronto’s 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks to continue his run. It’s the longest active streak in the
12:53 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — What should have been an uneventful and easy fourth quarter turned into anything but for the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night. Once up by 31 in the third quarter, the Pelicans watched as the Toronto Raptors chipped away at their lead and cut it to 11
Toss England chose to bat vs Pakistan Illness-hit England won a crucial toss and opted to bat in their first Test in Pakistan for 17 years to begin the three-match series in Rawalpindi. Play was set to start as scheduled despite England being struck down by a sickness bug on the eve of the match
12:21 AM ET ESPN News Services Devin Booker torched the Chicago Bulls for a season-high 51 points in just three quarters while providing six assists and four rebounds as the Phoenix Suns stretched their winning streak to six games with a 132-113 victory on Wednesday night. Booker scored 25 points in the first half and
5:37 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — With their run defense struggling and starting safety Ryan Neal hurting, the Seattle Seahawks claimed 2019 first-round pick Johnathan Abram off waivers from the Green Bay Packers on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN. Abram, 26, joins his third team this month. He was waived on Nov. 9