1:00 AM ET Patrick Laird took the handoff, bounced off a North Carolina defender, dove into the end zone and flipped the ball to an official. Then, he approached Section KK, in the southwest corner of California Memorial Stadium. Laird looked down, put his hands together, then apart, as if to open a book. He
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN With the 2018-19 season fast approaching, we’re running snapshots of all 31 NHL teams, including point total projections, positional previews, best- and worst-case scenarios and more. The summer brought a new coach and some new players. Can the Calgary Flames get over the hump this season? How they finished in
8:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Downtrodden on Sunday, reflective on Monday, refreshed on Wednesday and cheerful on Thursday. Welcome to Randall Cobb‘s week. &• Mayfield to plant new flag in first NFL start&• Kamara, Barkley lead new breed of backs&• When Big Ben leaves, party begins&• Reid signing shows new owner’s mindset&• Edelman
8:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — The locker room was fairly calm when Ben Roethlisberger walked out of it Friday afternoon. A few minutes later, Drake blared from Cam Heyward’s corner. Defensive backs in the area broke out various Fortnite dances before Heyward switched up the pace with “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye
8:00 AM ET When safety Eric Weddle played for the then-San Diego Chargers, he would look at the calendar for the nationally televised Baltimore Ravens–Pittsburgh Steelers game and circle it. “That’s the game everyone watches because of the competitiveness, the fight and the passion between the two teams,” said Weddle, who is set to start
8:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins drafted defensive linemen in the first round the past two seasons for a reason. Now they want to play them a lot more for the same reason. Daron Payne and Jonathan Allen — the Bama boys — are good. And the Redskins want them on the
8:59 AM ET DAVIE, Fla. — The turnaround began when they started running hills together in the offseason. No more cliques, a group of Miami Dolphins players decided; they wanted to turn traditional workouts into team-bonding activities. They made sure to hang with each other — offense and defense. This change was part of an
8:00 AM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Wide receivers for the Buffalo Bills began last season on a historically bad pace. Their production this season has been better, but not by much. Bills wideouts have 21 catches through Week 3, an NFL low, and 250 receiving yards, fourth-worst in the league. The Bills have one
9:39 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — Jarvis Landry watched on TV as the quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners grabbed an OU flag and planted it with vigor on the Ohio State Buckeyes logo. It was brash, it was bold and it went against every fundamental in sports. An opposing player is never supposed to walk
Craig Burley feels Antoine Griezmann’s comments are a bit arrogant when he said he’s at the same level as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ateltico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has said Real Madrid are handling life after Cristiano Ronaldo extremely well, adding that he would not read too much into their 3-0 midweek defeat at