2:00 PM ET New England Revolution midfielder Carles Gil has won Major League Soccer’s Most Valuable Player award, the league announced on Tuesday. Gil was a key cog in the Revolution’s spectacular regular season run that saw the team win the Supporters’ Shield and amass an MLS-record 73 points. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
Month: December 2021
1:20 PM ET Associated Press China will take part in the men’s hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL-level competition. The International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed China’s participation Tuesday, avoiding what would have been an unprecedented removal of a
1:14 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger knows playing the Minnesota Vikings on a short week after a physical game against the Baltimore Ravens is going to require little extra help. “Just have as many people help as you can: chiropractors, masseuses, training staff,” the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said Tuesday. “Getting in the pools and
12:08 PM ET After four decades of covering Major League Baseball, longtime writer and ESPN analyst Tim Kurkjian is the 2022 winner of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Career Excellence Award (formerly the J.G. Taylor Spink award). The award, the highest honor awarded by the BBWAA, is given out annually “for meritorious contributions to
7:00 AM ET Matt Duchene heard all the warnings. Everything will change after you hit 30, they said. Even elite athletes can’t outrun Father Time. Maybe not. But Duchene, at least, is making the man wait. With his 31st birthday looming in January, the Nashville Predators‘ star is enjoying a career revival. And it’s come
9:20 AM ET NHL goalies are some of the most powerful athletes in sports. They can be the reason a goal is or is not scored, the deciding force between victory and defeat. They can rescue a teammate from a defensive miscue, or paper over holes in the lineup. They can be the reason a
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN As we roll through the final third of the 2021 NFL regular season, no team is completely healthy, but the impact of injuries is felt differently across the league. The New Orleans Saints lost quarterback Jameis Winston to a season-ending ACL tear in his left knee in a victory on
News Both parties are now expected to withdraw litigation, with a new revenue distribution model mapped out The ongoing legal feud between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan Television (PTV) has been settled outside of court, mediated by the Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s office. Both parties are now expected to withdraw litigation. The revenue sharing
7:47 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — French Open director Guy Forget has resigned, the French Tennis Federation said on Tuesday. Forget’s contract was to expire at the end of the year. The FFT said his replacement at the helm of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament will be announced soon. Forget also stepped down as
10:28 AM ET World No. 1 Ash Barty was named WTA Player of the Year for the second time, while U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu took the Newcomer of the Year title, the governing body of the women’s game said on Tuesday. Barty, who won the title in 2019, claimed a tour-leading five titles this