7:30 AM ET ESPN staff As the 2020 NFL draft nears, you’ll hear plenty of comparisons between some of the top prospects in the class and current and former NFL players. Whether it be the way they play the game, their physical measurements, a level of versatility, matching traits or some combination of those, NFL
8:00 AM ET ON A BREEZY, cool Saturday in New York 20 years ago, the best NFL prospects gather for the NFL draft, the biggest day of their football lives. LaVar Arrington and Chris Samuels mug for the cameras together at Madison Square Garden. Courtney Brown wears an impeccable cream suit. Peter Warrick’s smile threatens
7:36 AM ET Williams boss Claire Williams says it is “critical” her team races this year, underlining the economic reality of the coronavirus crisis for Formula One’s small teams. All 10 F1 teams receive revenue from the sport in the form of prize money and, in some cases, additional payments based on their historic standing
© Getty Images In a proactive measure, the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has asked players across the world to remain alert to corrupt elements attempting to take advantage of the current global lockdown by trying to contact them via social media. The ACU believes what might seem to be an “innocent” message from an “unsolicited
7:41 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1996, we said hello to The Brady Bunch Orioles outfielder Brady Anderson hit a leadoff home run for
7:00 AM ET ESPN continues MLB Encore Tuesdays, a series of classic game broadcasts, this week at 7 p.m. ET with Game 5 of the 1995 American League Division Series between the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees at the Kingdome in Seattle. • What you need to know: In the wake of the 1994
7:00 AM ET This week’s edition of MLB Encore Tuesdays (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET) features the classic Game 5 of the 1995 American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners, a chance to watch Ken Griffey Jr. in his prime and Don Mattingly’s final game in pinstripes. To get you ready
2:52 AM ET The Nigerian basketball community was as stunned as the rest of the world when news broke that Brooklyn Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie was in the process of acquiring a Nigerian passport, which could see him represent the African nation at the next Olympics. It comes barely two months after the Nigerians
2:06 AM ET As Draymond Green watched the first two parts of “The Last Dance,” the proud forward saw parallels between the end of the Chicago Bulls‘ run with Michael Jordan in the 1990s and the end of the Golden State Warriors run last season with Kevin Durant. “It definitely hit close to home,” Green
1:26 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” On the day Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told a wide swath of the sport’s staffers that “I fully anticipate baseball will return this season,” more than half the teams in