8:00 AM ET With NBA opening night just over two weeks away, teams are starting to construct their rosters and determine which players will be healthy for the start of the regular season. Several top players were sidelined by injuries in 2020-21 — Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray, Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard,
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Nos. 1 and 2 college football teams in the country look stronger than ever, while three other top-10 teams lost. Our reporters try to make sense of what happened in Week 5 of the college football season and what to look forward to. The great wide divide The narrative
7:00 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — There is something oddly familiar about what Rich Gannon sees when the Las Vegas Raiders are on offense and Derek Carr is surveying the line of scrimmage. Déjà vu, much, when it comes to similarities between Carr, who is in his fourth season in Jon Gruden’s offense, and Gannon,
7:00 AM ET The MLB playoffs are upon us. How ready are you for the postseason action? After a sprint to the finish that saw the final American League wild-card spot decided on the final day of the regular season, the 10 teams chasing World Series glory this October are set with the San Francisco
5:42 PM ET It was a weekend on which several big clubs were upset, from Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain to Paris Saint-Germain in France and Manchester United in England. Meanwhile, Juventus‘ Manuel Locatelli had two reasons to celebrate and Mohamed Salah was superb for Liverpool. Here are Rob Dawson, Alex Kirkland and James
4:45 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 4 of the 2021 NFL season saw more exciting finishes and statement victories. The Chiefs bounced back with a huge win over the Eagles, while the Bills shut out the Texans. The Colts finally got their first win of the season, and the Cowboys’ offense handled the Panthers’ great
12:26 AM ET Dustin Poirier will indeed get his chance to hold UFC gold by the end of the year. Poirier (28-6) has agreed to challenge Charles Oliveira (31-8) for the lightweight championship at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. The matchup had been in talks for weeks, and Poirier told ESPN late last month there
Formula 1 is inching towards an agreement on a new engine design to be used from 2026 – and it looks increasingly likely that its introduction will tempt at least one of the Volkswagen Group’s brands to join the grid. They are a simplification of the hybrid engines, levelling the playing field for a new
11:15 PM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — When Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury gets back to his Paradise Valley home in Arizona after Sunday’s 37-20 demolition of the Los Angeles Rams, he’s not going to sit back and bask in the glow of being the NFL’s only 4-0 team. Instead, he’s going to sit on his
News Warm-up matches and the DRS are also key elements that need to be available The argument that women’s Tests should be played over five days was given further weight by the day-night match at Metricon Stadium while Australia coach Matthew Mott suggested the points awarded for the game may need adjusting. With nearly 100
11:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The average time of a nine-inning game set a record once again this year despite Major League Baseball’s efforts to improve pace. The average was 3 hours, 10 minutes, 7 seconds for the 2021 regular season, the commissioner’s office said after the regular season ended Sunday. That
5:55 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez left Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Washington Nationals in the sixth inning with a sprained left ankle, and his availability for the postseason opener on Tuesday is not known. After defeating Washington to clinch the American League’s top wild-card slot, Boston
10:26 PM ET The LA Galaxy and visiting LAFC struggled to find some separation in their intense rivalry, playing to a 1-1 draw on Sunday at Carson, California. With both teams desperate to move up in the Western Conference standings, each had to settle for a single point after a pair of first-half goals. Both
9:24 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway beat Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-0, 6-2 on Sunday in the San Diego Open for his ATP Tour-leading fifth victory of the season. Ruud, ranked No. 10 in the world, had little trouble turning back Norrie, ranked No. 28, to go 5
7:36 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Sam Burns ran off four birdies in a six-hole stretch to start the back nine and pulled away for a 5-under 67 to win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour victory this year. Against a list of contenders looking for their first
7:26 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — The “special player” the New York Giants insist they have with quarterback Daniel Jones was on full display Sunday. Jones put the Giants on his shoulders in a 27-21 win over the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome, rallying them from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit against one of the
4:56 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hit a major milestone on the first drive of the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ game at Green Bay on Sunday. With a 45-yard touchdown strike to Diontae Johnson on third down, Roethlisberger threw his 400th passing touchdown, joining an exclusive club that includes Packers quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers
4:18 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Andy Reid went back to where it began to enter the NFL record book on Sunday. Reid became the first coach to win 100 games, counting the playoffs, with two different teams. His 100th win with the Kansas City Chiefs came when they beat his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles,