2:11 PM ET It didn’t even take until game’s end for “Bakermania” to launch for the Cleveland Browns. With a couple minutes to go, after rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield guided the Browns to a 21-17 lead over the New York Jets, the ticket orders started pouring in. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Cleveland ticket broker
1:11 PM ET For several weeks over the summer it looked as though boxing fans would get their wish, a fall fight between the world’s top two heavyweights — undefeated knockout artists Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder — for the undisputed title. Great Britain’s Anthony Joshua takes on Russian Alexander Povetkin in a huge world
6:05 PM ET ATLANTA — The goal all along was to win a tournament, as silly as that may have sounded — even to Tiger Woods. First came being able to play, and then putting together a game, and then giving himself chances. All of that has happened in rapid succession throughout a ninth-month run
12:34 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — Brad Keselowski‘s wife, Paige, skipped the race Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway so she could be with family who live in eastern North Carolina in the path of Hurricane
1:29 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan had a terrible time in the field against Afghanistan, dropping five chances in Abu Dhabi. Remarkably, Pakistan’s 18-year old debutant Shaheen Afridi was involved in all of the lapses. He was the unlucky bowler three times, but he also dropped two himself. Here are the excerpts from ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball
ESPN FC’s Alexis Nunes and Steve Nicol square off in predicting every fixture in the sixth week of Premier League action. Jurgen Klopp says Mohamed Salah just needs time to get back to his goal-scoring form of last season. Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino is not concerned by Harry Kane’s three game goal draught but admits his
Sep 22, 2018 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports RICHMOND, Va. — The 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season has been somewhat historic in the sense it is the first that three different drivers have won three consecutive races. Kevin Harvick rattled off
12:07 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Rival executives lobbing calls to Minnesota’s front office on the possibility of trading for four-time All-Star forward Jimmy Butler are getting their inquiries rebuffed, league sources told ESPN. In the aftermath of Butler’s trade request this week, Minnesota executives are telling teams that Butler’s an elite player and that the
12:12 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Remember that mind-blowing moment during Conor McGregor’s last fight in the Octagon? It happened early in the second round of the then-featherweight champion’s challenge of Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight belt in 2016. McGregor had already scored three crisp knockdowns and was in such ruthless command that he stepped to
12:17 PM ET The ex-wife of Addison Russell opened up about abuse allegations against the Chicago Cubs shortstop in a blog post this week. Melisa Reidy-Russell wrote that she suffered physical and emotional abuse throughout their two-year marriage and that the mistreatment severely affected her. Previous allegations by a friend of Reidy-Russell triggered an MLB