9:23 AM ET The weeks following the Australian Open have produced some major surprises, including Roger Federer‘s decision to undergo minor knee surgery (he’ll be gone until Wimbledon), the retirement of Maria Sharapova and a new setback in the comeback of Andy Murray. One hopes the revelations in the coming weeks will be mostly on
9:23 AM ET The weeks following the Australian Open have produced some major surprises, including Roger Federer‘s decision to undergo minor knee surgery (he’ll be gone until Wimbledon), the retirement of Maria Sharapova and a new setback in the comeback of Andy Murray. One hopes the revelations in the coming weeks will be mostly on
3:37 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka’s 3-0 sweep in the ODIs against West Indies has come with some collateral damage. Fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep and allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva will miss the two-match T20I series which begins March 4, after both picked up injuries in the third ODI on Sunday. Asitha Fernando, the right-arm
Feb 29, 2020 Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — So many of Jimmie Johnson‘s best racing memories occurred on this weathered California asphalt about 100 miles north of his hometown. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion is hoping to add one more incredible memory in his final start at Fontana. Johnson is the king of Auto
8:00 AM ET First, a warning: Don’t print out this article and take it to Vegas. Our 2020 MLB O/U’s aren’t bookie-approved — they’re just some debates we’ve been having this spring as we eagerly await baseball games that count. Still, the answers could tell us a lot about how the upcoming season will play
7:00 AM ET Kiley McDanielESPN Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for three MLB teams. Co-author of Author of ‘Future Value’ This is my first stab at a top 100 prospects list for Major League Baseball at ESPN after doing
6:40 AM ET At some point in the next couple of weeks, the NFL’s players will vote on a proposed new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the league’s owners. If a majority of the voting players approve, the deal will go into place immediately, as the owners already have approved it. NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith
9:47 AM ET Heading into the 2019-20 season, most expected the Philadelphia Flyers to be poking around the playoff mix, and the team’s hire of Alain Vigneault as coach indicated faith from management that the team was ready to make a run. With 17 games remaining, the team is not only in the playoff mix
9:54 AM ET The New York Knicks have officially named former player agent Leon Rose as their new president. Terms of Rose’s deal were not disclosed. The Knicks announced that Rose, formerly the co-head of CAA’s basketball division, will “oversee all basketball operations and personnel for the team.” In a letter to the team’s fans,
7:00 AM ET MESA, Ariz. — What’s different about spring training for players compared to the regular season? How about everything. It starts with being in the same place for six weeks, getting up daily before dawn and then playing half of a game before heading to the pool or golf course. None of that
12:47 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” This relatively calm moment, between the cacophony that accompanied the Houston Astros‘ arrival at spring training and the impending clamor of the results of Major League Baseball’s investigation into the Boston Red
7:44 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars will use their franchise tag on defensive end Yannick Ngakoue, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. The tag will allow them to try to trade him if that’s what they decide or are forced to do. Ngakoue tweeted Monday morning that his time in Jacksonville
12:37 PM GMT Rohit Balaji March 3: Lahore Qalanders vs Quetta Gladiators in Gadaffi Stadium Our XI: Azam Khan, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez, Jason Roy, Ben Cutting, David Wiese, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi, Dilbar Hussain, Mohammad Hasnain, Anwar Ali Captain: Chris Lynn A curtailed game in which you could berserk from ball one was probably
5:42 AM ET Unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua is set to face mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, both fighters have confirmed. Joshua’s three major world title belts will be on the line at the north London stadium, which opened in 2019 and seats more than 60,000. “I
Media playback is not supported on this device Great Britain’s cyclists will not dominate the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as they have in previous Games after the “shock” of the Track Cycling World Championships, says Sir Chris Hoy. Elinor Barker won the team’s only gold in Berlin and they finished seventh in the medal table with
1:09 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks couldn’t help but crack a smile while discussing Bradley Beal‘s All-Star snub late Sunday night. After watching Beal rack up another 34 points in a 124-110 win over the Golden State Warriors, Brooks praised Beal’s latest performance while reminding the rest of the basketball
12:49 AM GMT There were two big upsets in Round 5 of Super Rugby as the Rebels held off the Highlanders in Dunedin and the Blues handed the Stormers their first loss of 2020 with an impressive triumph in Cape Town. Elsewhere there were wins for the Waratahs, Hurricanes, Sharks and Jaguares. Read on as
3:04 AM GMT Sri Lanka 92 for 1 (Perera 39*, Akter 1-18) beat Bangladesh 91 for 8 (Sultana 39, Siriwardene 4-16) by 9 wickets Shashikala Siriwardene held her own retirement party on her final day in international cricket taking a tournament-best 4 for 16 to help Sri Lanka to a consolation nine-wicket win over Bangladesh