10:32 AM ET Jonathan Givony Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Five-star basketball recruit Patrick Baldwin has committed to Milwaukee of the Horizon League, he told ESPN on Wednesday, spurning offers from
8:05 AM ET Anderson Silva, one of the greatest to ever compete in the cage, says he thinks he has fought in mixed martial arts for the final time. The former longtime UFC middleweight champion told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in an interview published Wednesday that he likely is done with MMA following his release from
9:41 AM ET Quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson, the top two picks in the 2021 NFL draft, will be on the international stage this season with their teams set to play in London. As part of the NFL schedule release, the league announced its return to London on Wednesday, with the Atlanta Falcons set
8:45 AM ET The NFL will open its 2021 Monday Night Football schedule Sept. 13 in Las Vegas, where the Raiders will host the Baltimore Ravens, the league announced Wednesday morning. The game will be televised on ABC and ESPN. The Ravens have been a playoff team in each season since they drafted quarterback Lamar
6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Ninety-two days separate Oct. 11, 2020 from Jan. 11, 2021. After being fired as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons following an 0-5 start and the ghosts of Super Bowl LI still chasing him, Dan Quinn could have retreated to anywhere in the world to decompress and get away
8:00 AM ET Coming off last week’s Wells Fargo Championship (won by Rory McIlroy, who was picked by betting deputy editor David Bearman to win at 18-1), the PGA Tour heads to McKinney, Texas, for the AT&T Byron Nelson for a tuneup before the PGA Championship. This year’s event is moving to TPC at Craig
8:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” This story includes graphic descriptions of a suicide attempt. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or is in emotional distress, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at
8:35 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Kickoff Game on Thursday, Sept. 9, at Raymond James Stadium. It will mark the first time the Bucs will play in the Kickoff Game, the season-opening contest that was introduced in 2002. The
6:53 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. We’ve reached the final three games to determine the winner of the West Division and the Presidents’ Trophy as the team with the best regular season record for the 2021 NHL season. The
7:00 AM ET Last week, we started our Sales Pitch series by ranking the schools in the ACC based on the quality of their enticements for men’s basketball recruits, also debating the schools that do the most with fewer resources and those our team would consider “sleeping giants.” This week, we’ll continue our exercise by
Formula 1’s governing body has launched a clampdown on flexible rear wings amid suspicions teams are bending the rules. The governing body has written to teams saying it had “become aware” some rear wings passed tests but had “excessive deflections while cars are in motion”. The FIA has told teams it will introduce new load-deflection
2:21 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — After the Golden State Warriors wore a proverbial target on their back for years thanks to five straight NBA Finals appearances, Draymond Green said he is enjoying the prospect of going into next week’s play-in tournament with relatively low expectations from pundits across the league. “For a second there
3:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The final few possessions that Talen Horton-Tucker was involved in during the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 101-99 overtime win against the New York Knicks on Tuesday mimicked the situation his team finds itself in as the regular season winds down. Things might not have gone as planned up to this
News Watling looks back at some of the memorable moments of his career, what he will miss the most, and more Soon after announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket, New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter BJ Watling spoke to the media in Lincoln and looked back at some of his most memorable series, what he would
1:40 AM ET With the addition of play-in games to the 2021 NBA playoffs, the scramble for seeding is wilder — and more important — than ever, with almost every game down the stretch having significant postseason implications. Play-in matchups following Monday’s games Play-in games to be held May 18-21 • How the play-in tournament
1:11 AM ET NBA Insiders The Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in an unfamiliar position for a defending champion, as the final days of the season see the wounded Western Conference power eyeing the improved health of LeBron James while fighting for playoff positioning. Meanwhile, teams like the Golden State Warriors and Washington Wizards find
11:44 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals got Alex Ovechkin back on the ice feeling “100%” heading into the playoffs. Winning was just a bonus. Michael Raffl scored from a tight angle with 1.8 seconds remaining, Ovechkin saw his first extended action since April 22 and the Capitals beat the short-handed
4:08 PM ET Pep Guardiola was always likely to change the landscape of English football when he arrived at Manchester City in 2016, but five years on, the Spaniard and his players have ripped up the record books and the rulebook by becoming the dominant force in the Premier League and their latest title triumph