10:02 AM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Shy of the unlikeliest of Super Bowl runs, the final Battle of the Bay is upon us with Thursday night’s game in Santa Clara between the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers. Sure, with the Raiders coming in at 1-6 and the Niners sitting at 1-7, it’s a dog
With a new manager in charge, Real Madrid returned to winning ways on Wednesday with a comprehensive but largely expected 4-0 victory over third-tier minnows Melilla in the Copa del Rey. As well as getting Santi Solari’s interim reign off to a flying start, the night was extra special for Real forward Lucas Vazquez, whose
8:50 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Tom Brady had Peyton Manning and still has Ben Roethlisberger. Aaron Rodgers had Jay Cutler and still has Matthew Stafford. &• How fates of Koetter, Winston are tied&• Ugly numbers behind Giants’ offensive woes&• How Cooper’s presence can help Cowboys&• Saints are ‘here for all the smoke’&• Much
1:00 AM ET For the first time as pros, Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield will square off Sunday when Kansas City travels to Cleveland. Yet two years before they began lighting up the NFL, the two young quarterback stars lit up the scoreboard in a college football shootout for the ages. Even to those who
8:59 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield have enough talent that they probably could have reached the NFL out of Alaska. But Mahomes and Mayfield, two of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks, aren’t from Alaska. They’re from Texas, which makes them part of the small army of NFL quarterbacks from
9:08 AM ET The unique setup at the London Irish rugby fields, where the Philadelphia Eagles practiced before Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium, gave us a glimpse of quarterback Carson Wentz‘s pre-training prep that usually occurs behind closed doors. Normally, Wentz is one of the first players on the field. But
Shaka Hislop predicts the gap between Liverpool and Manchester City will be smaller this year, but the Reds will remain second best. ESPN FC’s Dan Thomas and Shaka Hislop break down Saturday’s Premier League results. Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has told Copa 90 that Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos “has many more mistakes than me” as
8:15 AM ET USC expects to get starting middle linebacker Cameron Smith back in the lineup Saturday against Oregon State after the senior missed the past three games with hamstring and knee injuries. Smith had been the Trojans’ leading tackler before the injuries. He nearly returned for last week’s loss to Arizona State but decided
The 2018 CAF Champions League final between Al Ahly and Esperance will be a repeat of the decider played six years ago, and pits together two of the most frequent visitors to the continent’s elite cup final. Egyptian giants Ahly will be appearing in a record 12th decider, from which they have eight wins already,
The FC crew raise questions about whether Jose Mourinho can be trusted with £100 million to spend on Manchester United reinforcements in January. Manchester United chiefs are prepared to veto Jose Mourinho’s transfer targets for a second transfer window in a row despite the Portuguese coach’s criticism of the club’s summer business, sources have told