3:07 AM ET All right, here we go. One of my favorite pieces of the year: the fights I would love to see most in 2023. I’ve done this annual piece for years at ESPN. You can find last year’s list here, and we did see a few (most of the ones we did see,
Month: January 2023
Dasun Shanaka wants his team to “step up” against India after a T20 World Cup where they won only two games in the main round. They play three T20Is and as many ODIs on this tour, and India being the host country for the ODI World Cup later this year, getting familiarised with the conditions
10:53 AM ET Mississippi State will set aside its traditional school logos in order to honor former coach Mike Leach during Monday’s ReliaQuest Bowl against Illinois. The Bulldogs unveiled a special helmet design, which feature a pirate’s flag on the side, on Monday morning. Leach, who was nicknamed The Pirate, died on Dec. 12 from
10:01 AM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Venus Williams is back in the win column. Williams, 42, beat 21-year-old American qualifier Katie Volynets 7-6 (4) 6-2 in the first round at the ASB Classic on Monday for her first singles victory since Wimbledon in 2021. The seven-time major champion has been awarded a
10:36 AM ET Associated Press The St. Louis Blues put captain Ryan O’Reilly and winger Vladimir Tarasenko on injured reserve Monday, the latest blows to a Western Conference contender looking to remain in the playoff race. The team said O’Reilly has a broken foot and Tarasenko an injured hand. O’Reilly is expected to be out
10:58 AM ET An amateur golfer from Georgia lived every weekend hacker’s dream when an invitation to the Masters recently showed up in his mailbox. The invitation was actually meant for PGA Tour pro Scott Stallings, who made the Masters field by qualifying for the season-ending Tour Championship in 2022. In a tweet on Tuesday,
8:00 AM ET Editor’s note: A version of this story previously ran on Nov. 17. It has been updated ahead of Tulane’s game against USC in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. NEW ORLEANS — Tulane coach Willie Fritz pleaded ignorance during a signing day news conference last month. Someone cherry-pick his guys? How could they?
9:00 AM ET For the first time since UConn ascended to the top spot in early December, the 2022-23 men’s college basketball Power Rankings has a new No. 1 team. The Huskies suffered their first loss of the season Saturday, falling by 10 at Xavier, but there’s very little debate about which team will take
5:00 AM ET Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR
7:00 AM ET That’s a wrap — 2022 is in the books, which, coincidentally, is where a lot of the betting public’s money now resides. Bettors were down more than $6 billion through November, and that’s just in the 30-some states with legal bookmakers. Don’t forget that people are still betting — and losing —
6:30 AM ET With one week (and one exciting Week 17 game) left in the 2022 NFL season, let’s reveal my All-Pro team. Things can change after Monday night’s Bengals-Bills game or if something dramatic happens in Week 18, but it would take something truly spectacular to get someone who isn’t on this list into
11:11 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Jarrett Stidham, fresh off his first career start in which he passed for 365 yards and three touchdowns, gathered his Las Vegas Raiders teammates and apologized. He was sorry for not being able to finish off the San Francisco 49ers and their No. 1-ranked defense in the Raiders’ 37-34
10:32 PM ET SEATTLE — New York Jets quarterback Mike White sat motionless at his locker for several minutes, staring down at play sheets at his feet. Eventually, he reached down, picked up the papers and methodically tore them into tiny pieces — a metaphor for the Jets’ once-promising season. Their 23-6 loss to the
Josh Hazlewood is confident Australia’s pace-bowler hierarchy remains intact despite him only playing three Tests since the start of the last home season but admits it’s been a frustrating period during what should be his prime years as a fast bowler. Through a combination of two side injuries in consecutive seasons alongside the conditions presented
1:56 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Kenny Pickett clutched a football as he wound through the tunnels under M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday night after orchestrating his second consecutive game-winning drive, this one to beat the Baltimore Ravens 16-13 and keep the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ slim playoff hopes alive. Not only did he stave off postseason elimination
12:45 AM ET ESPN News Services SYDNEY — Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys fueled a critical day for Team USA on Monday, posting victories over Germany at the United Cup mixed teams event, securing the Americans a berth in the tennis tournament’s quarterfinals. The competition vs. Germany continues Tuesday, when Jessica Pegula faces Laura Siegemund
1:11 AM ET ESPN News Services Sunday night’s game between the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets was a matchup of the NBA’s Eastern and Western conference leaders, as well as top MVP contenders Jayson Tatum and Nikola Jokic. But the showdown was overshadowed by a bent rim that caused a delay of about 35 minutes.
10:03 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Since taking over for Jimmy Garoppolo, rookie Brock Purdy has faced and passed a number of tests for the San Francisco 49ers. But the one he got from the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday was, perhaps, the most difficult yet. The Niners faced a fourth-quarter deficit for the first