8:00 AM ET The college football offseason is largely about looking ahead, to both the near and the distant future. The future power rankings cover both. Everyone’s favorite ESPN+ offseason franchise is back, beginning with the quarterback position. In the coming weeks and months, I’ll examine offenses, defenses and overall team projections for the next
12:50 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov has made no secret of his lack of desire to fight Conor McGregor again. In an interview with TMZ on Wednesday, the UFC lightweight champion doubled down. Nurmagomedov said fans only want a rematch between him and McGregor to see a continuation of “what happened last time.” In the lead-up
1:06 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Canadiens defenseman Victor Mete will miss the rest of the season with a broken foot. Mete suffered the injury during a game in Detroit on Feb. 18. The 21-year-old Mete had four goals and seven assists in 51 games this season. He has four goals and 27 assists
12:56 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been fined $25,000 for making an obscene gesture during a game and using profane language during a live television interview, the NBA announced Wednesday. Embiid’s hand gesture occurred with 17 seconds left in Monday’s 129-112 win over the Atlanta Hawks. With time winding down, Atlanta’s Kevin
1:48 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer Maria Sharapova looked tired when she walked into the media room after her first-round loss at the Australian Open last month. Tired of losing, and tired of the questions that inevitably followed. It was her third straight loss in the opening round at a major. But despite the evidence
1:09 PM ET The new LA Bowl was announced Wednesday, matching the Mountain West’s No. 1 team against the Pac-12’s No. 5. Beginning in December, the game will be held at SoFi Stadium, the new 70,240-seat home of Los Angeles’ Chargers and Rams in Inglewood, California. The #LABowl is officially launched!#ComeWriteYourStory More info➡️: https://t.co/JcOZrPPCrp pic.twitter.com/I0MsAPVmNZ
1:29 PM ET Petra Kvitova needed all her considerable experience to beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 and reach the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open on a windy Wednesday in Doha. The No. 8 seed, who won the Qatar title in 2018, looked on course for a routine victory after running away with the
12:23 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Robert Kubica does not have a full-time race seat in Formula One in 2020, but the Polish driver topped the fourth day of its preseason tests for Alfa Romeo. Kubica is Alfa Romeo’s reserve driver this year and has been given two stints in the car this preseason. He
11:20 AM ET The New York Giants have released linebacker Alec Ogletree, a team captain during his two seasons with the team. The team also said it had cut linebacker Kareem Martin. Ogletree, one of the league’s highest-paid inside linebackers over the past two years at $10 million per season, became a liability in pass
10:30 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Rival British promoters Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn have not given up hope of matching Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua for all four world