7:00 PM ET The 2020 NFL season opens Thursday with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs playing host to the Houston Texans (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). The lack of an offseason program and only 14 padded practices in training camp have contributed to a variety of soft-tissue injuries. Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery
Month: September 2020
6:45 AM ET Fantasy football drafts signal the annual rite of fall. The NFL season is nearly upon us, and it’s time to shake the pandemic blues, bust out your tablets, do your research and plunge head-on into fantasy football on ESPN.com. Matthew Berry’s Week 1 Love/Hate column is here, with players he loves and
11:12 AM ET For much of the last year, D’Eriq King has constantly been tested. There were the on-field struggles and an off-the-field quagmire that led to his unexpected exit at Houston. There was his mother’s cancer diagnosis. There was the loss of his father, less than a month after he left the only city
6:38 AM ET A buzzer beater, a team playing with only nine forwards, some controversial hits and a player reuniting with a very good pup. Wednesday in the NHL ran a gamut of emotions. Thursday surely won’t let up, as we get a pivotal Game 3 in the Western Conference Finals between the Vegas Golden
6:00 AM ET With his suits, his hair and his style, Miami Heat team president Pat Riley has long presented a Hollywood image. But those who have worked for him know his mindset is closer to that of a general. Riley’s life has been in basketball, but as someone in his teens and 20s during
Sep 8, 2020 It seems like only yesterday that the 2019-20 season was wrapping up (well, maybe a month?) across Europe but after a quick breather and some UEFA Nations League fixtures as a sporting aperitif, it’s time for the 2020-21 Premier League season to begin. – Predict results in ESPN’s English Soccer Pick ‘Em!
1:57 AM ET Denver Nuggets rookie forward Michael Porter Jr. flashed his raw offensive talent in the first half of Game 4 on Wednesday against the LA Clippers, using his size to score inside and his smooth jumper to shoot over L.A.’s rangy wing defenders on his way to 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting. He
1:40 AM ET The legendary baseball writer Roger Angell turns 100 next week. In his classic book “The Summer Game,” he poetically describes his beloved sport: “Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain
11:40 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Nikita Kucherov scored with 8.8 seconds left to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night and a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Kucherov beat Russian countryman Semyon Varlamov after a perfect pass from Ryan McDonagh,
9:58 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Coliseum lights shone brightly for miles through a sunless, smoky sky in the middle of the afternoon — hours before they usually would be on for an Athletics night baseball game. By mid-morning across San Francisco Bay, the Giants‘ Oracle Park resembled a black-and-orange