7:00 AM ET We’ve been heading in this direction over the past decade, but it’s now official: The Most Valuable Player Award has become, to the delight of analytics aficionados across baseball land, the best player in the league award. Traditionally, the writers based MVP honors on some sort of undefined fusion of on-field performance
Month: November 2021
7:58 AM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Terence Crawford defends his WBO welterweight championship against Shawn Porter on Saturday (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET), and Crawford, ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter, has a
9:15 AM ET ESPN staff “Man in the Arena: Tom Brady,” an intimate and in-depth look at the legendary quarterback’s 10 Super Bowl appearances through his eyes, debuts on ESPN+ on Nov. 16. New episodes will be released every Tuesday throughout the NFL season. Sign up for ESPN+ at ESPNplus.com. No player in NFL history
9:54 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns cornerback Troy Hill was released from a Boston-area hospital after being treated for a neck sprain suffered in Sunday’s 45-7 loss to the New England Patriots. A team spokesman said Hill is traveling back to Cleveland on Monday following the scary moment in the closing minutes
8:08 AM ET The McLaren Group has categorically denied a news report which stated it has been subject of a takeover by Audi. On Monday Autocar reported Audi had purchased the McLaren Group and would take full control over the company’s road car and racing operations, including the McLaren F1 team. The McLaren Group put
7:00 AM ET In the first month of the NHL’s 2021-22 season, the biggest news was clearly off the ice. The investigation into how the Chicago Blackhawks handled claims by Kyle Beach that video coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted him in 2010 led to resignations by Chicago GM Stan Bowman and by former coach Joel
9:53 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sean Payton was especially terse after the New Orleans Saints let another close game slip away in the final seconds. The Saints coach knew his team squandered an opportunity to beat one of the NFL’s hottest teams on the road in Sunday’s 23-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans (with
6:00 AM ET Nick Wagoner Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America Lindsey Thiry Close ESPN Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff We are now 11 weeks into the college football season, and only three undefeated teams remain: Georgia, Cincinnati and UTSA. Just as we all predicted at the beginning of the year. Saturday saw Michigan rally past Penn State, Oklahoma have its bid for perfection end at the hands of Baylor,
4:27 AM ET Red Bull’s Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen described the setback of finishing second to Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton in Sunday’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix as ‘damage limitation’. The Dutch 24-year-old is now 14 points ahead of seven times world champion Hamilton with three races remaining. “We still have a good points