7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders The puck drops on the 2020-21 NHL season this week, a season that will be unique in a great many ways: new divisions, a new playoff format, ads on helmets and much more. But we’re looking way ahead, answering the big questions: Who will win the Stanley Cup? Who are
Month: January 2021
8:59 PM ET The PGA Tour Hawai’i two-stop swings over to Honolulu and Waialae Country Club for the Sony Open. Defending champion Cameron Smith, as well as 13 of the top 30 players in the world will be in the event. So which players are the favorites, who offers good odds and what props are
8:11 AM GMT The French government said it needs guarantees from England and Ireland that it is safe for the national rugby union team to travel for Six Nations matches during the COVID-19 pandemic. French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said France’s opener against Italy in Rome on Feb. 6 had been cleared. 1 Related France
7:15 AM ET Well, they made it. A strange, weird, never-anything-like-it-before 2020 NFL regular season is in the books. And the rookies? They didn’t get an on-field offseason or preseason games, but plenty of them flourished throughout the year. How does the rookie class stack up? Nine ESPN writers and analysts ranked their top 10
7:28 AM ET The 2020 college football season has just ended, but it’s never too early to start looking ahead to next season. Here’s a look at one potential breakout star for each player in the 2021 Way-Too-Early Top 25. No. 1 Clemson: QB D.J. Uiagalelei This feels like cheating. Saying Uiagalelei is going to
6:55 AM ET ESPN NFL Experts The Deshaun Watson saga in Houston grabbed some headlines from wild-card weekend, but we’re down to a final eight in the NFL playoffs. Two teams that didn’t win the AFC North made big statements, but can either win on the road again this week? We asked our experts about
7:00 AM ET DAVANTE ADAMS TROTTED back to the Green Bay huddle, then barked out an order to Aaron Rodgers. Throw it again, he remembers yelling. Running back Aaron Jones recalls a more solicitous Adams on this evening in October 2017. In Jones’ version of events, both Adams and Rodgers tapped their jerseys, each extending
5:51 PM ET VAR and controversy go hand in hand in the Premier League. Jordan Pickford’s tackle on Virgil van Dijk? Harry Maguire’s WWE move on Cesar Azpilicueta? Eric Dier’s handball against Newcastle United? Barely a matchday seems to go by without some kind of furore — but just how bad are these decisions? Is
2:50 AM ET The promotion sparked celebrations around the small city. Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images Brazilian side Chapecoense, who lost most of their squad in an air crash in 2016, were promoted to the first division on Tuesday after spending a year in the second tier. Chape, as the club are known, beat state rivals
12:13 AM ET The Los Angeles Lakers were rolling, already up 21 points on the Houston Rockets in the second quarter on Tuesday, when LeBron James took the display of domination to another, ridiculous level. After catching a feed in the corner in front of the Lakers’ bench, James used a pump fake to line