6:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Philip Rivers and Los Angeles Chargers offensive line coach Pat Meyer still share a chuckle about their first meeting. They met 20 years ago at NC State — Rivers a spindly true-freshman quarterback and Meyer a newly hired 20-something strength coach. “I never forget meeting him for the
11:54 AM ET Ireland defender John Egan saw his early header come back off a post in his competitive international debut as the Group D leaders were held to a 0-0 draw by Georgia in a drab Euro 2020 qualifier in Tbilisi on Saturday. Egan’s fourth-minute effort was the closest either side came in a
The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has to offer, all in one place. Put yourself in the position of the fans of National League side Dover Athletic as they set off on their journey to Barrow —
2:24 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When eight welterweights and four women’s lightweights walked into the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas for Night 1 of the 2019 Professional Fighters League playoffs on Friday, there were at least a handful of plausible possibilities for how the night could play out. The result, once everything played
2:29 AM ET ST. LOUIS — They traveled as slow as 66 mph and no faster than 93. Some cut, some ran, some fluttered, and somehow, hardly any of them came back with any authority. Anibal Sanchez — the forgotten member of a renowned rotation, a statistical marvel at this stage of his career —
2:27 AM ET Johnny Washington, the 35-year-old hitting coach for the San Diego Padres, is among the candidates for the Los Angeles Angels‘ managerial vacancy, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Washington joins Buck Showalter, John Farrell and Joe Maddon, the presumed favorite, in the Angels’ pool. The Angels have yet to determine whether
Bastian Schweinsteiger has called it a career, and ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens assesses where the midfielder ranks among the game’s modern greats. Chicago Fire star Nemanja Nikolic said Saturday that he is leaving the team after three seasons. Nikolic made the announcement on his Facebook page. He is the second-leading goal scorer (51) in franchise
1:16 AM ET ST. LOUIS — Washington Nationals 20-year-old sophomore sensation Juan Soto has made headlines all season with his prolific production at the plate, but his between-pitch antics, when he often grabs his crotch, have become a topic of discussion as well. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas decided to give Soto a little
If Ashique Kuruniyan’s value to the Indian team could be captured in one phase of play, look no further than the first half India played against Thailand at the AFC Asian Cup in January 2019, in Abu Dhabi. Sunil Chhetri sprinted over to take a throw-in, and as he looked around for support, Ashique, who
12:55 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson had just finished another layup at the rim while dealing with contact from the Utah Jazz‘s Ed Davis. The announced sold-out Smoothie King Center crowd sprang to its feet, reveling in what the New Orleans Pelicans rookie was doing in his preseason home debut. The