7:00 AM ET Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee With spring football wrapped up and the start of another season just four months away, let’s
Month: May 2022
7:00 AM ET Few were more interested in last week’s NFL draft than college football coaches. They have coached those whose names were called in Las Vegas and game-planned against them. They have seen players rise from the high school ranks to the highest level of the sport. College coaches ultimately aren’t making decisions on
6:56 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby kicks off Triple Crown season. The race for the elusive crown begins this Saturday at Churchill Downs with Zandon as the 3-1 morning-line favorite. Our focus moves to pari-mutuel betting, which is different from the normal sports betting futures we are used
7:00 AM ET After back-to-back Stanley Cup championships for the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach Jon Cooper still couldn’t believe he was uttering these words: “We’re going for three.” The last time an NHL team won three straight Stanley Cups was from 1981-83, as part of the New York Islanders‘ run of four straight championships. “‘We’re
6:50 AM ET Trading down in the NFL draft remains one of the most obvious and fruitful edges in the game. Teams routinely seem to rely on the outdated Jimmy Johnson chart to make these trades instead of charts that are actually based on how players perform out of each draft slot in the NFL.
2:55 AM ET Associated Press Former Ryder Cup player Thorbjorn Olesen and Ryan Fox shared a one-shot lead following the first round of the British Masters on Thursday. Both shot rounds of 66 to finish the day on six under par, while a trio of players — Hurly Long, Richie Ramsay and Ashun Wu —
7:49 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Mariners optioned young right-handed starter Matt Brash to Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday, with the plan to transition him to a bullpen role for the rest of the season. Seattle manager Scott Servais said the team thinks Brash can best contribute on the big league club from the
11:56 PM ET The Minnesota Twins say star shortstop Carlos Correa may have suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right middle finger during Thursday night’s 5-3 loss to the Orioles in Baltimore. Correa exited after being hit by a Spenser Watkins pitch in the top of the fifth inning. Initial tests after the game revealed
7:44 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Shohei Ohtani left his mark on Fenway Park with the finest two-way performance since Babe Ruth himself. Pitching at the historic ballpark for the first time, Ohtani struck out 11 in seven shutout innings and added two hits — one of them a 109 mph line drive
10:44 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — The New York Mets erased a six-run deficit with seven runs in the ninth inning, capping the rally with Starling Marte‘s tiebreaking double to beat the flabbergasted Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 Thursday night. With the Mets trailing 7-1, Marte led off the inning with an infield single against