Milan bounced back from consecutive disappointing draws with a resounding win in Reggio Emilia, convincingly beating Serie A upstarts Sassuolo. AC Milan finally put on a clinical display as they secured a 4-1 win over Sassuolo on Sunday night. A double from Suso coupled with goals from Franck Kessie and Samu Castillejo sealed the three
Oleksandr Zinchenko says Pep Guardiola always expects more from his players and talks about Man City’s busy schedule ahead. Gab Marcotti breaks down his best XI from the seventh week of Premier League action and defends his exclusion of Virgil van Dijk. Steve Nicol says Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy needs to get his act
2:31 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Tom Thibodeau’s summer from hell started in the back of a gym in Las Vegas. Long before Jimmy Butler demanded a trade from the Timberwolves, Thibodeau stood in a corner of the Cox Pavilion at the Vegas Summer League in mid-July answering questions from a small group of reporters.
11:45 PM ET ESPN staff Another week, another unanimous top spot for Alabama from our experts. Clemson barely escaped Syracuse after Trevor Lawrence went down with concussion-like symptoms, but Ohio State passed its biggest test to date by taking care of Penn State. Because of that, the Buckeyes moved up in a few experts’ eyes.
2:00 AM ET Exactly one month from now, on Oct. 30, the College Football Playoff selection committee will release its first ranking of the season. The 13 committee members will have plenty of data to review, keeping in mind that each week tells only part of the story. Here’s a look back at how the
3:16 AM ET The final Saturday of September brought early clarity to the College Football Playoff race. Ohio State took early control of the Big Ten by coming from behind — again — to knock off Penn State 27-26 in the final minutes. Notre Dame, with its new quarterback and running back, rolled past Stanford
2:29 AM ET STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State coach James Franklin shouldered the blame for a curious fourth-down call Saturday night that saw running back Miles Sanders stuffed for a 2-yard loss with just over a minute to play, sealing a 27-26 loss to No. 4 Ohio State. The Buckeyes and Tigers still have
2:03 AM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — One of the most anticipated matchups in Bellator MMA history turned out to be a mismatch, as middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi dominated welterweight champion Rory MacDonald in a rare superfight. Mousasi (45-6-2) stopped MacDonald at 3:23 of the second round with elbows from the mount position. The champion-versus-champion
1:07 AM ET Is there anything more magnificent in baseball than when a hitter gets locked in and finds that zone where the sweet spot of the bat connects with the sphere of cushioned cork, winding fabric, cowhide and 108 stitches of yarn time after time after time? “Captain America” came back from injuries to
12:51 AM ET Two drives Saturday might end up defining this season. That sounds a bit drastic, and there will surely be ample twists and turns before we get to selection day for the College Football Playoff. But the fifth Saturday of the season had two playoff favorites on the ropes — one 94 yards