8:34 AM ET With “The Last Dance” debuting in 48 hours (!!!), let’s lead off this edition of 5 Things with some Chicago Bulls talk. 1. The Bulls’ biggest issue Chicago’s decision to move on from Jimmy Butler when he was not even 28 stands as one of the bolder, maybe even dangerous, franchise pivots
8:09 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo thinks the late Jules Bianchi would have been at a similar level to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc right now. Bianchi died in 2015 from injuries he suffered at the previous year’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Frenchman, who was Leclerc’s godfather, seemed set for a move to Ferrari after an impressive campaign
8:50 AM ET Bill Peters has been hired as the new head coach of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Russia’s KHL. Peters, 53, resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames in November, days after a former player, Akim Aliu, came forward and said the coach directed racial epithets toward him while they were in the minors 10
8:46 AM ET CFB betting experts It’s only April, but with no major sports currently being played, oddsmakers have had more time on their hands. And college football bettors have more options as a result. Caesars Sportsbook has released 2020 Heisman Trophy odds, and our esteemed panel of college football experts — Doug Kezirian, David
7:30 AM ET Those who have been around the NFL draft the longest — those with the deepest creases around their eyes, the most gray in their hair — will say the draft risers aren’t what they used to be. The extensive time put into finding the best players these days, along with the presence
8:52 AM ET ESPN News Services Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert who has been one of the faces of the United States’ fight against the coronavirus, says the only way professional sports will happen this summer is to do so without fans and by keeping players in hotels. “There’s a way
8:46 AM ET CFB betting experts It’s only April, but with no major sports currently being played, oddsmakers have had more time on their hands. And college football bettors have more options as a result. Caesars Sportsbook has released 2020 Heisman Trophy odds, and our esteemed panel of college football experts — Doug Kezirian, David
8:00 AM ET College football coaches know recruiting isn’t complete until the player signs his national letter of intent on the dotted line, and losing out on the star player they covet can come back and haunt them. Whether it was that quarterback who decommitted, the silent commit who never went public or that game-changing
7:30 AM ET Despite the shutting down of all hockey seasons, a number of prospects really stood out and helped surpass previous expectations over the course of the incomplete season. We take a look at one prospect from each organization who broke out, performing at a high enough level to build some capital within their
7:03 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 DAY IN 1947, Jackie Robinson changed everything. Buck O’Neill, former Negro League star, was on an Army base in the