Israel Start-Up Nation have appointed Cherie Pridham as their sports director – the first woman to take up such a role at the top level of cycling. Pridham was one of the first female sports directors in Britain with Raleigh and later became team owner. “I feel truly proud and privileged,” she said. “I want
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8:32 AM ET Errol Spence Jr. knows why the stakes are so high for Saturday’s fight against Danny Garcia. As much as the bout at AT&T Stadium is about maintaining Spence’s place as a unified welterweight champion, it’s also a test to see where Spence stands 14 months after a horrific car crash that left
7:46 AM ET Getting ready for the NBA preseason … in December. It’s an odd feeling. It feels like the draft was yesterday. That the Finals were just … the day before yesterday. After needing so long to cap off the 2019-20 season, just like that — last year’s rookies are young veterans; our new
Haas driver Romain Grosjean says he “doesn’t feel like a hero” after his amazing escape from a fiery accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 34-year-old Frenchman said: “I know the footage was unbelievable.” Grosjean said if he had seen the crash happen to someone else “I would have been sure that the driver was
7:35 AM ET New Mexico State basketball head coach Chris Jans’ new home is still growing on him. About a week before the season commenced, his team left its campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico, for the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix to avoid its state’s ban on games and practices. The Aggies
7:00 AM ET The unusual, late-starting 2020-21 college basketball season has been anything but typical, yet there has been no denying the bounty of interesting games and storylines through the first week-plus. That continues this weekend, when the top four teams in the KenPom rankings — Baylor/Gonzaga and Villanova/Texas — will square off for a
7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 13 NFL schedule is stacked with great matchups. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score picks. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each game, and the Football Power Index (FPI)
7:30 AM ET Realistically, BYU needed to increase its strength of schedule in order to have a prayer at the College Football Playoff. By tacking on what will be their most difficult game of the season — at Coastal Carolina on Saturday — the Cougars did just that. Could it be enough to give the
7:30 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Ukrainian tennis player Stanislav Poplavskyy has been given a lifetime ban for participating in match-fixing activities, the Tennis Integrity Unit said Friday. The TIU said Poplavskyy took part in match-fixing and “courtsiding” activities on multiple occasions between 2015 and 2019. Courtsiding involves transmission of live scoring data from
7:00 AM ET Nearly 15 years ago, Erik Cole lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed with two fractures in his vertebra, wondering about his future. Brooks Orpik had crushed him with an illegal check from behind in a game on March 4, 2006, an act for which the Penguins’ punishing defenseman was suspended three games.
7:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Since mid-2015, when the recent Phillies hit their lowest point — bad, expensive and with a barren farm system — they have had four managers, not to mention five hitting instructors and
12:49 AM ET ESPN News Services One member of the Syracuse men’s basketball team has tested positive for COVID-19. The school said in a release the positive result stemmed from testing that occurred last week. Consistent with local health department guidelines, that individual and the team are taking all necessary precautions. Syracuse did not reveal
6:02 AM GMT A likely Test debut. Filling the shoes of David Warner. Forming a new opening partnership with Joe Burns. Tackling the pink ball. Facing Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and the rest of the India attack. While that may read like a daunting list, Will Pucovski is keeping it all perspective ahead of a
12:56 AM ET Golden State Warriors associate coach Mike Brown took charge of the Nigeria national basketball team for the first time this past November, in the first round of the 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers, and got off to a 3 and 0 start. With no time to scrimmage, and only a handful of practice games
1:13 AM GMT ESPN staff Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika hasn’t given up hope of one day returning to the role, despite a lack of success across his closing years in charge and an ugly fallout with Rugby Australia. Speaking to The Australian, Cheika has clearly lost none of the self-belief that helped fire the
11:51 PM ET The Louisville men’s basketball program has paused team activities because of a positive COVID-19 test, the school announced Thursday. The Cardinals’ game against UNC Greensboro on Friday has been canceled. “We are adhering to the ACC and university protocols, and will monitor the matter day-to-day,” athletic director Vince Tyra said. Louisville (4-0)
6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN In an unprecedented season, the Buffalo Bills have a plan in place should they face a situation at quarterback similar to what the Denver Broncos dealt with in Week 12. The Broncos were forced to play their Week 12 game against the New Orleans Saints without any of their quarterbacks,
11:19 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins and closer Taylor Rogers agreed to terms Thursday on a $6 million, one-year contract, according to multiple reports. Rogers compiled a 4.05 ERA in 21 appearances with nine saves and two blown chances during the abbreviated 60-game season. The left-hander was the last remaining