10:54 PM IST England supporters might have been given a little glimpse into the future with the naming of this “training group” ahead of the West Indies series. While few of the new faces may make the Test team this July, they could well become more familiar in the months and years ahead. For as
Kraigg Brathwaite works one on the leg side © AFP Kraigg Brathwaite has engaged the help of West Indies great Desmond Haynes as he seeks to rediscover the form that saw him narrowly miss scoring twin centuries against England at Headingley in 2017. Both opening batsmen from Barbados, Brathwaite and Haynes have worked together previously
7:15 AM ET More than 120 teams played professional hockey in North America during the 2019-20 season. List them in order of total games won and scroll down, all the way to the bottom, and you’ll find a team called the Battle Creek Rumble Bees. Their 1-45-2 record looks like a mistake in the standings
11:04 AM ET Joe Burrow was the runaway Heisman winner last year, and it was pretty clear he was the country’s most exciting player. But even with Burrow gone to the NFL, college football is still crowded with stars capable of delivering edge-of-your-seat excitement on any given play. Here’s the most exciting player on each
8:48 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders PGA Tour golf is back, coming off of an exciting week and a one-hole playoff win by Daniel Berger at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Now, the Tour heads to Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Which players are good bets? Betting expert Chris “The Bear”
8:00 AM ET espnW Staff Venus Williams was just a teen when she said it. She has spent the next 23 years proving it. “Everything’s different about me. Just face the facts.” Those words came before her powerful and athletic game led her to the No. 1 ranking in women’s tennis. They came before she
7:00 AM ET While his Tampa Bay Lightning players were filming viral videos on jet skis back in Florida, coach Jon Cooper has been situated in one of the least Florida-like locations in the U.S. during the NHL’s paused season. “Idaho,” Cooper told ESPN this week, indicating that it’s been a summer getaway for his
7:00 AM ET The 2021 draft class is pretty solid at the top, with an SEC-heavy flavor and players with whom scouts have multiple years of high-level history. This is subject to change, even later today, as the first event of the summer, Perfect Game National, is being held in Hoover, Alabama, and features most
British cyclist Illi Gardner says the three-day V-Women’s Tour, the replacement for the six-day Tour of Britain, is a good move for riders. Cams-Tifosi’s Gardner will ride from her shed in the virtual race, which will be streamed live by BBC Sport. Gardner is relishing this new challenge. “Lots of races have been cancelled,” she
2:58 PM IST Cricket South Africa (CSA) have combined their return to training and play plans with an exhibition event in collaboration with a new company, 3T, which aims to introduce an experimental format that can be played post-lockdown. The showpiece will feature three teams – Kingfishers, Hawks, and Eagles – who will all play
3:54 AM ET For all intents and purposes, the Bundesliga race ended with a chip shot. On May 26, Joshua Kimmich popped the ball over both the Borussia Dortmund defense and their goalkeeper, Roman Burki, and that was pretty much that. Bayern Munich beat Dortmund 1-0 and extended its league lead to seven points with
Formula E will conclude its delayed 2019-2020 season with six races across nine days. The three double-header races will take place on 5-6, 8-9 and 12-13 August at the Berlin Tempelhof circuit in Germany. Formula E suspended its regular season in March following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The races will be live across
9:20 PM ET In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases warned of the potential dangers of letting the Major League Baseball season go too far into the fall. “If the question is time, I would try to keep it in the
3:08 AM ET Associated Press NHL players won’t be expected to wear full face shields if games resume this summer, though there could be plenty of covered faces around them. Equipment changes have not been a focus of return-to-play negotiations between the league and players’ union, according to a person with knowledge of those talks.
1:03 AM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Tim Bontemps After months of work, the NBA released its health and safety protocol for the resumption of the 2019-20 season on Tuesday. It covers the teams’ ramp-up over the next
1:27 AM BST ESPN staff Outgoing Wallabies selector Michael O’Connor has lifted the lid on Australia’s failed Rugby World Cup campaign, revealing how Michael Cheika’s virtual autocracy and a “secret” game plan never sat well with a playing group that made countless errors at training. O’Connor is no longer employed by Rugby Australia, his role
1:02 AM ET Alabama landed its third ESPN 300 commitment in June on Tuesday, when wide receiver Christian Leary announced his decision to join the Tide. Leary is a 5-foot-9, 180-pound receiver out of Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida. He chose Alabama over Auburn, Florida, Ohio State, Oklahoma and West Virginia. He is the
1:31 AM ET While Joshua Greer Jr. came in with all the hype, Mike Plania was the young boxer that made the loudest statement on Top Rank’s Tuesday night card in Las Vegas. It wasn’t that hard to do, however. The first four bouts on the five-fight card didn’t see a fighter get knocked down.