12:07 PM BST KweséESPN Staff Aphiwe Dyantyi has been nominated for World Rugby’s Breakthrough Player of the Year Award for 2018. The Lions and Springboks winger has been nominated for the award, for players who have played less than one year of senior international rugby, alongside Ireland winger Jordan Larmour and New Zealand prop Karl
8:10 AM ET Entering Game 4 of the World Series, the overriding question has to be which team has more left in the tank after the 7-hour, 20-minute endurance test that was Game 3. From the first pitch of every series to the last out of Game 7, you can catch the entire MLB postseason
12:30 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It’s an NHL game, and you’re standing near the glass during warmups, as the players fling around a pile of pucks on the ice. As one of them is skating back to the dressing room, he stops, picks up a puck and tosses it into your section. Oh boy, free
9:49 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Vegas Belles are impossible to miss. They stand by the glass near the end boards as the Vegas Golden Knights‘ opponents warm up on their half of T-Mobile Arena ice. They’re scantily clad in gold costumes, and are adorned with large feathered headpieces. Their presence is new this season,
10:18 AM ET The UFC and One Championship are on the verge of a “trade” that will ultimately send Demetrious Johnson, the UFC’s longest-reigning champion of all time, to One in exchange for undefeated welterweight Ben Askren. Askren (18-0) is a former NCAA Division I national champion wrestler at University of Missouri. A former Bellator
It’s the final day of the MLS regular season, but will Mark Donaldson and Paul Mariner predict a few surprise outcomes? Follow ChuBoi’s journey as he looks into FIFA 19’s predictor of how the 2018 Major League Soccer Decision Day will pan out. Landon Donovan said he believes a potential North American league that features
9:46 AM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The timing couldn’t have been worse. Referee Shawn Smith’s crew was struggling Thursday night, hours after we learned that the NFL is now willing to fire officials during the season for poor
12:30 PM ET The finalists for the 2018 Gold Gloves were announced Thursday. The winners will be announced on Nov. 4 (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET) on the “2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods” show. Here are the finalists in each league. American League finalists Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY Sports Pitcher Dallas
Alejandro Moreno and Ross Dyer talk the next steps for both Tata Martino and Atlanta United as the manager has decided to leave at the end of the season. The Supporters’ Shield, playoff positioning and league records are among the things MLS clubs will play for on the final day of the regular season. Atlanta
8:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz had the same reaction as many across the country when Doug Pederson put two fingers in the air instead of one late against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 5, his team trailing by eight. “I was a bit slack-jawed, like, ‘What are we doing?'” Schwartz